Photo of hinm and wife and children in SV-1010.
Penny (his granddaughter, says he was born in Indiana) SV-586
1870 KY Census (Ancestry.com): Jacob Cress (48 b. VA; Farmer) living in Dallas, Pulaski Co. with wife Cynthia M. (42 b. TN) and 4 kids: James A. (11 b. TN); Wanna B. (sic) (10 b. TN); Geo F. (7 b. TN) and Francis M. (6 b. IN).
Death Certificate lists his birthplace as Kentucky. (SV-1010)
1880 KY census: Aged 16, living in Pulaski co. with parents, brother and 2 sisters. (SV-345 & SV-1010)
He worked for the Frisco Railroad. (SV-586)
1892 They left Herington, KS for Monett, MO. (SV-586)
1900 census: Aged 36, living in Barry Co., MO with wife, Flora Penita (35); dau. Nancy Jane (12); dau. Dora (11); dau. Nellie (7); dau. Maudie Gladys (5); and son William Dewey (2). (SV-1010)
He died of Typhoid Fever. (SV-586 & SV-1010: Death Certificate)