Mary Cress

Mary A, the eldest child of Jacob and Mary Lehman, was born and came to Paulding county with her parents in 1851. On Sept 11, 1856 she was united in marriage to William Teller Cress, son of George and Sylvilla (Baitz) Cress who was born in Miami county Ohio, Nov 29, 1833. George M Cress was born in Floyde county Kentucky in 1806, was married to Sylvilla Baetz, March 19, 1829, who was born in Ohio. The Cress family came to Benton township in 1852 and settled on the farm four miles north of McGill, southwest corner in which is located the school house. The children of these estimable people were Cynthiana, William T, John, Jackson and James. Mary A, the eldest child of Jacob and Mary Lehman, was born and came to Paulding county with her parents in 1851. On Sept 11, 1856 she was united in marriage to William Teller Cress, son of George and Sylvilla (Baitz) Cress who was born in Miami county Ohio, Nov 29, 1833. George M Cress was born in Floyde county Kentucky in 1806, was married to Sylvilla Baetz, March 19, 1829, who was born in Ohio. The Cress family came to Benton township in 1852 and settled on the farm four miles north of McGill, southwest corner in which is located the school house. The children of these estimable people were Cynthiana, William T, John, Jackson and James. William T, who was usually called Teller, learned the carpenter trade, and was one of the builders of the Theodore Merchant house northeast of Payne. He enlisted in 1861, but was injured on the march from Virginia to Green River Ky, and was discharged after a service of six months, when he returned to the home farm. Teller and Mary Cress had four children, Emmett, Chester, George and Nettie who died in her girlhood. Emmett Cress married Lena Birkhold, daughter of John M and Barbara (Schone) Birkhold. He was in business in Payne a number of years but is now in the grocery business in Van Wert O. To them were born three sons, Orlando, who married Laura Gensel, daughter of George W Gensel and Lucinda (Pease) Gensel and is now a medical student in Cincinnati, also his younger brother Forest. The second son, Lloyd is a dentist, is married and lives in Cincinnati. Chester Cress, the second son of Teller and Mary Cress married Lucinda Anderson and lives in Grand Rapids. George Cress, third son of Teller and Mary Cress married Belle Moyer. He is an engineer on the Pennsylvania road and resides in Ft Wayne, they have two daughters.