Edgar says he was born 6 Apr 1866 in rockcastle co., KY. (SV-404 pg 89)
1870 Rockcastle Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Derrill Cress (24 VA) living in with wife, Mary (32 VA) and children: Thomas J. Cress (4 KY); William R. Cress (3 KY) and George W. Cress (1 KY) and Wm J. Baker (14 KY); George W. Baker (10 KY) and Andrew J. Baker (6 KY); Ellen Cress (16 TN); William M. Cress (21 TN) and Mary J. Cress (21 KY) and Green S. Cress (2/12 KY).
1880 KY census: Living in Rockcastle co., KY with parents and siblings (SV-169 & 345)
1900 kY census: Living in Wayne co., KY with wife, Sallie, an 3 kids (SV-165)
1896 Rockcastle Co., KY marriage of N. S. Cress (20) to Lula Proctor (17): witnesses Robert Cress & W. F. Baker. (SV-1499)
1897-1901 County Attorney. (SV-404 pg 87)
1902-6 Judge of Wayne co., KY. (SV-404 pg 87)
1920 KY census: Aged 52 living in Wayne Co. (Monicello) with wife, Sallie G. (51); son, Homer G. (29); dau., Derl E. (18). (SV-821)
He was also a dairyman and at one time had one of the leading herds of Holstein Dairy cattle in Kentucky. (SV-404 pg 87)