1860 TN census: Aged 2, living in Johnson co., TN with parents and 3 siblings (SV-240 & SV-1338)
He was reared by John H. Shupe. (SV-404 pg 450)
According to Tom Gentry of Mountain City, TN, Mary Evelyn Cress had a brother who moved west and made substantial amounts of oil money and left it to her when he died.