Titus County, TX - Cemeteries: Cress Cemetery ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: David M. Horton USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** CRESS CEMETERY Cress is an old family cemetery located in rural South central Titus County but it was used also for public burials. Cress, Carpenters and others are buried in the cemetery, but it has long been abandoned and is essentially lost. Reportedly, it was a large cemetery. There is no trace of any graves except a large excavation where, most likely a body was disinterred and a broken foot stone with the initial A. M. engraved. This is presumably for A. M. Cress who, in Lynch Harper’s "Cemeteries of Titus County" states that "one monument carries this name and inscription on it: A. M. Cress, Age 40, Died 3-8-1882 "In my father’s house are many mansions." "At rest" He also includes a list of family members believed buried here: ====================================================================== NAME BIRTH DEATH ====================================================================== J. J. (Jake) Cress -- 1869 Nancy Cress 8-10-1810 9-17-1901 W. A.. M. Cress 1842 3-8-1882 Mary Jane (Jones) Cress -- -- Mary Jane (Jones) Cress Culpepper -- 2-2-1925 R. J. Culpepper 8-1-1858 9-15-1930 L. J. (Lod) Cress 2-11-1872 M. A. Cress -- -- I. A. Cress 9-14-1876 11-10-1918 Ada (Arnie?) Cress 1-7-1879 R. S. Cress 9-22-1880 8-20-1958 Fannie Cress 7-15-1875 9-13-1875 Abbie Cress 7-11-1882 -- J. W. Banks -- -- Abbie C. Buchanan -- 5-7-1964 James J. Byers (Adopted son of A. M. Cress) -- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To reach the Cress cemetery from the Titus County court house take Madison Street south for 0.3 mile to the intersection of Ferguson Road (US 271). Turn left onto Ferguson Road for 0.1 mile to the intersection with Jefferson Street (US 271). Turn right (South) onto Jefferson Street and proceed 3.8 miles to the intersection with FM 3417. Turn right (West) onto FM 3417 for 0.2 mile to the intersection with County Road (CR) 2200 (CR SW 41). Turn left (south) onto CR 2200 for 0.6 miles. The cemetery lies on the right side (west) of CR 2200 just a few feet from the road. Coordinates 33o11.513'N 094o59.300'W Survey completed: February 2, 2002 The compiler of the following information hereby grants permission to use, reproduce, and/or extract data for any purpose except such data must not be offered for sale in any form. This right cannot be restricted by any other organization or individual. Any non-commercial entity has unlimited use of the data. David M. Horton Rt. 6 Box 1800 Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455 (903) 572-0156 hdavid@mt-vernon.com