SSN 228-09-2291
He was the oldest boy (SV-219)
1930 VA census (Ancestry.com): Aged 32, living in Wise Co. with wife, Annabell (31). (SV-1043)
They probably didn’t have children but adoped a son, Tommy (SV-219)
His June 1971 will leaves all property to his wife, Annabell, but if she is dead to their son, Thomas.
16 June 1971, he has died and Annabell is 75, living in Gate City, VA; Thomas E. Cress, son, is 43 and living in Bradford, OH. (SV-1047)