Columbia Missouri Herald, 12 September 1889, p. 2, col. 5. Interview with Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 96. b. 25 May 1793, Pennsylvania; when very young went to Va., at age 5 to Scott Co., Ky.; age 10 to Bourbon Co., Ky., where she m. 1818 to William Smith, merchant. Her father was Valentine Cres. Her mother's maiden name was Bishop. Her husband, a veteran of the War of 1812, d. 1860 in Columbia, MO. Baptist.
A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans
Elizabeth Cress, her early home having been near the Virginia and Pennsylvania line. She died about twenty years ago, when within a few weeks of 100 years of age. She came of long lived stock, her mother having attained the age of 104, and that trait she passed on to her descendants. Her oldest child, Robert H., died a resident of Columbia, Missouri, at the age of ninety-eight. The second son, William, was a St. Louis trader at the time of the war, and being within Confederate lines, though not enlisted, he was drawn into the service of the South and was killed while leading a charge of Confederate troops against Union forces. John B., the third child, went out to California in 1849 and spent the rest of his life in the far West, where his descendants are still found. Wilson H. married and had children and died at St. Joseph, Missouri. George W. is still living at Columbia, Missouri. Henrietta is Mrs. T. J. McClelland, of Oklahoma. The youngest of the family is Leander V.
A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans
Elizabeth Cress, her early home having been near the Virginia and Pennsylvania line. She died about twenty years ago, when within a few weeks of 100 years of age. She came of long lived stock, her mother having attained the age of 104, and that trait she passed on to her descendants. Her oldest child, Robert H., died a resident of Columbia, Missouri, at the age of ninety-eight. The second son, William, was a St. Louis trader at the time of the war, and being within Confederate lines, though not enlisted, he was drawn into the service of the South and was killed while leading a charge of Confederate troops against Union forces. John B., the third child, went out to California in 1849 and spent the rest of his life in the far West, where his descendants are still found. Wilson H. married and had children and died at St. Joseph, Missouri. George W. is still living at Columbia, Missouri. Henrietta is Mrs. T. J. McClelland, of Oklahoma. The youngest of the family is Leander V.
Columbia Missouri Herald, 12 September 1889, p. 2, col. 5. Interview with Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 96. b. 25 May 1793, Pennsylvania; when very young went to Va., at age 5 to Scott Co., Ky.; age 10 to Bourbon Co., Ky., where she m. 1818 to William Smith, merchant. Her father was Valentine Cres. Her mother's maiden name was Bishop. Her husband, a veteran of the War of 1812, d. 1860 in Columbia, MO. Baptist.
A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans
Elizabeth Cress, her early home having been near the Virginia and Pennsylvania line. She died about twenty years ago, when within a few weeks of 100 years of age. She came of long lived stock, her mother having attained the age of 104, and that trait she passed on to her descendants. Her oldest child, Robert H., died a resident of Columbia, Missouri, at the age of ninety-eight. The second son, William, was a St. Louis trader at the time of the war, and being within Confederate lines, though not enlisted, he was drawn into the service of the South and was killed while leading a charge of Confederate troops against Union forces. John B., the third child, went out to California in 1849 and spent the rest of his life in the far West, where his descendants are still found. Wilson H. married and had children and died at St. Joseph, Missouri. George W. is still living at Columbia, Missouri. Henrietta is Mrs. T. J. McClelland, of Oklahoma. The youngest of the family is Leander V.
A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans
Elizabeth Cress, her early home having been near the Virginia and Pennsylvania line. She died about twenty years ago, when within a few weeks of 100 years of age. She came of long lived stock, her mother having attained the age of 104, and that trait she passed on to her descendants. Her oldest child, Robert H., died a resident of Columbia, Missouri, at the age of ninety-eight. The second son, William, was a St. Louis trader at the time of the war, and being within Confederate lines, though not enlisted, he was drawn into the service of the South and was killed while leading a charge of Confederate troops against Union forces. John B., the third child, went out to California in 1849 and spent the rest of his life in the far West, where his descendants are still found. Wilson H. married and had children and died at St. Joseph, Missouri. George W. is still living at Columbia, Missouri. Henrietta is Mrs. T. J. McClelland, of Oklahoma. The youngest of the family is Leander V.
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