1880 TN census: Living in Johnson co. with parents and 2 sisters. (SV-305)
1900 census: Living in Johnson co., TN with parents and 5 siblings (SV-241)
They lived on a farm at Cobbs Creek and had 10 children (SV-186)
He and Mollie operated the Cress Boarding House Hotel on G Street in Elizabethton, TN (SV-186)
1912 He moved his family to Boise, Idaho but stayed only 3 years. (SV-348)
1920 TN Census (Ancestry.com): Rufus G. Chess (sic) (45 TN) Farmer living in Johnson Co. with wife, Mallie H. (38 TN) and 6 children: Floy G. (13 TN), Retta A. (10 TN), Winnie K. (9 TN), Sallie F. (6 TN), Kenneth B. (4 TN) and James C. (10/12 TN) and Aunt, Florance E. Hall (71 TN), widow.
1927 Moved to Elizabethton, TN (SV-186)
1935 They moved back to their farm at Cobbs Creek (SV-186)
1947: Living in Elizabethton, TN (SV-184)