Mary Elizabeth Cress

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Cress, daughter, in the household of Horatio G. Cress; Address:
  Hay's Avenue
• Census: 1910, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Mary E. Cress, daughter, in the household of Horatio G. Cress

Mary married Aaron Fouts Eidemiller on 16 Jul 1914 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Aaron was born on 24 Feb 1891 in West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, United States; died on 19 Jul 1946 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Horatio Cress, in the household of Geo. Cress, Esq.
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Horatio G. Cress, works on farm, in the household of George Cress
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Horatio Cress, son, farm hand, in the household of George Cress
• Census: 1900, Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Horatio G. Cress, bank broker, head of household; Address:
  Hay's Avenue
• Beneficiary: 5 Mar 1900; in the will of his father, George Cress
• Census: 1910, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Horatio G. Cress, banker, head of household
• Census: 1920, Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as H. G. Cress, toy manufacturer, head of household; Address:
  536 West Main Street
• Census: 1930, Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Horatio G. Cress, toy manufacturer, head of household; Address:
  508 Main Street
• Residence: 1935, Troy, Concord Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1940, Troy, Concord Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Horatio G. Cress, widowed, president of novelty factory, head of household, same residence in 1935

Notes:

Horation Gates Cress, son of George and Ruth Cress was born in 1859, married Amanda Shearer of near West Milton, graduated from Ada College (Ohio Northern), organized several banks, namely at Brookville and Arcanum, taught school at Nashville, Ohio in Union Township, was in the manufacturing business at Berea, Ohio and established the H. G. Cress manufacturing business in Troy, Ohio, where he died in 1943. Their children: Clara, deceased; Blanche Yarman, deceased; Estella Weisenberger, Orlando, Florida; Mary Eidemiller, Orlando, Florida; and Helen Grassle, deceased. George and Ruth Cress have some twenty-five or thirty great, great grandchildren and about as many great, great, great, grandchildren, many of them still living in Miami County, Ohio. ~ Edna Falknor Clements, Virgil M. Cress (Source: The Miami County Historical Society, Tipp City, Ohio, "History of Miami County Ohio", Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing County, pg. 440)

Horatio G. Cress. From the creative ingenuity of a country school-teacher has grown the important toy manufacturing concern of H. G. Cress Company, of Troy, one of the leaders in its lines in the Middle West. The creator of these instructive playthings, and the head of the present large concern, Horatio G. Cress, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1859, a son of George and Ruth (Mann) Cress. Educated primarily in the public schools of his native county, and at West Milton he furthered his preparation by courses in a commercial school and at Valparaiso University, and Ada, Ohio, following which he began teaching school in the country districts of Union and Monroe townships, Miami county. It was while he was thus engaged that Mr. Cress conceived the idea of advanced methods of teaching reading and spelling for the use of children. These met with almost instant popularity and were followed by other toys. The full history of the growth and development of this industry will be found in the Troy section of the General History of Miami County, a part of this work. Mr. Cress has also been identified with financial undertakings which have proven successful having been the organizer of the Citizens Bank of Brookville in 1895, the Farmers Bank of Arcanum in 1902 and the Farmers Bank of Englewood in 1911. He likewise has been interested in civic affairs, and during the period of the World war was a generous contributor, of time and money, to the various enterprises outlined by the administration at Washington. Mr. Cress married Amanda, daughter of Abijah Shearer, of West Milton, and to this union there have been born four daughters: Stella, the wife of H. G. Weisenberger, of Troy; Blanche, the wife of S. K. Yarman, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Helen , the wife of L. N. Graessle, of Troy and Mary E., the wife of A. F. Eidermiller, major, U. S. A., stationed at Panama. (Source: "Memoirs of the Miami Valley", (Chicago: Robert D Law County, 1920), vol. 3, pg. 58)

Horatio married Amanda Elizabeth Shearer on 14 Feb 1884 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. Amanda was born on 6 Aug 1864 in Nashville, Miami County, Ohio, United States; died on 14 Feb 1928 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 17 Feb 1928 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Nellie Shearer
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Amanda C. Shearer, in the houshold of Ahijah Shearer
• Census: 1900, Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Amanda E. Cress, wife, 5 children/4 living, in the household of Horatio G. Cress; Address:
  Hay's Avenue
• Census: 1910, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Amanda E. Cress, wife, 3 children/3 living, in the household of Horatio G. Cress
• Census: 1920, Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Amanda Cress, wife, in the household of H. G. Cress; Address:
  536 West Main Street

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as George Cress, farmer, in the household of Abram Cress
• Census: 1860, Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Geo Cress, Esq., farmer, head of household
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as George Cress, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as George Cress, farmer, head of household
• Will: 5 Mar 1900, Miami County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 9 Dec 1905, Miami County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

HISTORY
...Jacob, John and William Cress or possibly Abraham, Jacob and William with their father and mother were thought to have come to Philadelphia from Germany sometime between 1756 and 1766. their mother and father (name unknown) became ill and died on the way over. The boys were sold out to pay for their passage. William was said to have entered the Revolutionary army and was killed in the Battle of Bunker hill.
...Jacob, after arriving to manhood about 1776 married Elizabeth Fickus. In 1777 they moved to Virginia, living mostly in Franklin and Wythe Counties, Virginia. They left Virginia in 1809, settling in the northern part of Montgomery county (now Miami County, Ohio, near Frederick. Jacob died in 1811 and is buried near Frederick. Seven children were born to Jacob and Mary, one in Pennsylvania and the others in Virginia. The children were: Elizabeth, Barbara, Rebecca, Mary, John, Abe and Sarah. Jacob Cress was a carpenter and farmer and a very industrious citizen.
...Abraham the second son of Jacob and Mary, born in Virginia in 1782 lived until 1873. He married Mary Pearson and they had nine children: Elizabeth, George, Samuel, Noah, Amelia, Henry, Beulah, Sarah and James.
...George, the first son married Ruth Mann and settled on land west and north of Kessler in Union Township. The couple had five children: Margaret, Mary Jane, Robert Davis, Henry Rodolphus and Horatio Gates Cress. Margaret married Frances Fox and their son Grant married Floreta Pearson. They had two daughters, Treva and Ruth. Floretta died in 1905 and Grant married Emma Fulker in 1909. She had one son, Vivian Fulker. Grant died in 1948. Treva Strohmeyer lives in Troy. (Source: The Miami County Historical Society, Tipp City, Ohio, "History of Miami County Ohio", Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing County, pg. 440)

Census:

Also in this household is Anna Mann, niece, age 20

Will:


WILL
Dated March 5, 1900, filed in Probate Court, Miami County, Ohio November 9, 1905 – pg. 464
Last Will and Testament of George Cress
Know all men by these present that I George Cress do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.
—Item first. I give and bequeath to my son Horatio R. Cress One Thousand Dollars to be paid out of my Estate.
—Item Second. I give and bequeath to my son Adolphus R. Cress and Davis R. Cress my farm on which I now reside. Being 97 acres in the South East quarter of Section 10, ____ 6, Range 15, E. Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, to be divided as follows: Adolphus R. Cress to have all that part of said farm lying West of a line parellel with the East line of a ten acre tract owned by said Aldolphus Cress in said qr. Section. Also all the balance of said farm lying South of the said road. Also Eight acres of timber land in the South East corner of said farm as follows - beginning at the South East corner of said farm at the junction of the pike and ___ thence North for enough for a line parallel with North line of farm to make Eight acres thence West on said line to road thence South East with road to place of beginning. All the balance of said farm to my son Davis R. Cress. Provided said Davis R. Cress is to pay to my estate One Thousand Dollars in cash. All of said land to be subject to the dower of my wife Mary Cress if she should survive. In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of March A.D. 1900.
George Cress
Signed and acknowledged by said George Cress as his last will and testament in our presence: and signed by us in his presence.
Stella Kessler
Wirt Kessler

George married Ruth Mann on 22 Jun 1851 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Ruth was born on 9 Nov 1822 in Miami County, Ohio, United States; died on 28 Jun 1888 in Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jun 1888 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Ruth Cress, in the household of Geo. Cress, Esq.
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Ruth Cress, in the household of George Cress
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Ruth Cress, wife, in the household of George Cress

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Abram Cress, farmer, head of household

Notes:

Abraham the second son of Jacob and Mary, born in Virginia in 1782 lived until 1873. He married Mary Pearson and they had nine children: Elizabeth, George, Samuel, Noah, Amelia, Henry, Beulah, Sarah and James. (Who is the second Sarah in the 1850 census????)

Abraham married Mary Pearson. Mary was born on 12 Apr 1789 in Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States; died on 9 Oct 1847; was buried in Oct 1847 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]