Her death record indicates her father was James Brown (NC). (SV-1363) but the 1850 Johnson Co., TN census lists only Mary, D/O Wm & Lydia Brown born 1830-1840 so I, David Attride, suspect that Wm & Lydia Brown are her parents. (SV-1354)
1850 Johnson Co., TN Census: Aged 15, living with parents, and 7 siblings. (SV-1354)
1895 She and S. W. Cress sold 200 ac. in Wood Co., TX that they had inherited from Wm & Lydia Brown. (SV-1334)
1900 TN census: Living in Carter co. aged 65 with son, James M. Cress. (SV-1291)
1910 TN census: Aged 75, widowed, living in Carter Co. with son, James M. Cress. (SV-1338.10)