Is the marriage county Rockcastle, KY ??
Nan Harvey says he was born in Tenn. (SV-693)
1850 TN census: Aged 4, living in Claiborne Co. with parents (Jacob & Mary) and 3 siblings. (SV-1010)
1860 Claiborne Co., TN census (Ancestry.com): Jacob Cress (39 VA) living in subdiv. 1 with wife, Cynthia (32 VA) and 6 kids: John S. (15 VA); Andrew (13 TN); Wm. F. (11 TN); Anna A. (8 TN); Mary E. (6 TN) and James A. (2 TN). (SV-404 pg 728 & SV-1010)
1867 W. F. Cress purchased grant for 35 acres on Fork of Skeegs Creek in Rockcastle co., KY. (SV-304 pg 1067)
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).
1874 Rockcastle Co., KY: He and wife, Martha were witnesses to marriage of D. M. Cress to Sarah E. Warren. (SV-1499)
1880 KY census: Living in Rockcastle co., KY aged 31 with wife, Mary J. (30), Green (10); China B. (5); Catherine (3); Tilly (8 mo.) (SV-169 & 345 & SV-693)
SV-345 (1880 KY census) says he was born in TN.
1900 KY census: William F. Cress (Mar 1848), living in Seaggs Creek, Rockcastle Co., KY, married 31 yrs with wife, Mary J. (Nov 1847) and 2 kids: William H. (Mar 1883) and Mary S. (May 1887), living next door to daughter, Lula Vanhook. (SV-165)
1900 census says he was born in Tenn. in Mar. 1848
1910 KY Census (Ancestry.com): William Cress (61) living in Rockcastle Co. with wife, Mary J. (60); son-in-law, Jeff Price (22) and daughter, Susan Price (23) and grandson, William Price (3).
1920 Rockcastle Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): W. F. Cress (70 KY) living in Browns with wife, Mary J. (68 KY) and grandson, Delbert Price (13 KY).