Henry E. Kress, the son of Elijah and Susan Ann Kress, was born in Erie County New York in 1816. In 1844 he married Laura Watkins and moved to Berlin Township. The next year, (1845) they moved to Clarksfield Township. Mr. Kress was a cabinet maker and painter and worked in the Tyler shop with Hoyt Husted and other cabinet makers. He and Smith Starr and Starr Hoyt voted the last Whig ticket ever voted here. He died in Clarksfield in 1894, having lived in this township nearly all the time since he first came here. His widow is still living, spending time in Cleveland, New London and Clarksfield. Elijah Kress came to live with Henry after his wife died in Berlin in 1845. He had been a soldier in the war of 1812. He died in 1854. From: Pioneer History of Clarksfield by Frank Edgar Weeks. c1908
Henry E. Kress, the son of Elijah and Susan Ann Kress, was born in Erie County New York in 1816. In 1844 he married Laura Watkins and moved to Berlin Township. The next year, (1845) they moved to Clarksfield Township. Mr. Kress was a cabinet maker and painter and worked in the Tyler shop with Hoyt Husted and other cabinet makers. He and Smith Starr and Starr Hoyt voted the last Whig ticket ever voted here. He died in Clarksfield in 1894, having lived in this township nearly all the time since he first came here. His widow is still living, spending time in Cleveland, New London and Clarksfield. Elijah Kress came to live with Henry after his wife died in Berlin in 1845. He had been a soldier in the war of 1812. He died in 1854. From: Pioneer History of Clarksfield by Frank Edgar Weeks. c1908
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