Born 22 Jul 1908 Dotha, Clay Co., KY per Robert W. Cress Jr. (SV-1262)
1910 KY census: Aged 9/12, living in Clay co. with parents and 10 siblings. (SV-669)
1920 KY census: Aged 11 living in Clay Co. with parents; 4 siblings; nephew and mother’s brother, Henry Napier. (SV-821)
1930 KY census (Ancestry.com): John S. Cress (72 KY), living in Clay Co. with wife, Meda (59 KY); son, Richmond (42 KY), married but no wife listed and son, Oliver (20 KY). (SV-1044)