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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Cress, Eliza Emmeline Williams
Eliza Emmeline Williams was born November 6, 1844, in Lawrence county, Kentucky and died March 19, 1925, at Cedar Point, Kansas, at the age of 80 years, 4 months and 13 days.
In 1854, she moved with her parents to a farm near Lee�s Summit, Missouri. In 1855, they moved to Kansas, which was at that time a new territory and just opened to settlement. On account of the border warfare they returned to Missouri.
In 1856 they returned to Kansas and settled on a farm at Willow Springs, near Lawrence. She was living here at the time of Quantrill�s raid on Lawrence. She united with the Baptist church at the age of 14 years and has always retained her membership in this church although since coming to Cedar Point she has been active in the Presbyterian church.
On October 6, 1863, she was united in marriage to James Fletcher Cress, who passed away June 7, 1907. To this union ten children were born. In. 1863, they came to live in Morris county, Kansas, on Clark�s Creek, near Latimer, and a few years later they homesteaded a farm south of Parkerville, Kansas, where they lived until 1900, when they moved to Cedar Point.
She is a past worthy matron and charter member of the Eastern Star chapter at Parkerville.
She leaves to morn her death, two sisters, Mrs. M. H. Burton of Parkerville, Kansas; and Mrs. A. M. Smith of Eureka, Kansas; and ten children; Mrs. A. M. Cress of Clements; B. F. Cress of Council Grove; P. W. Cress of Perry, Okla.; E. L. Cress of BrentWood, Ark.; Blanche Cress of Cedar Point; Mrs. C. H. Munsell of Council Grove; Mrs. J. B. Hanna of Emporia; L. E. Cress of Florence; Mrs. E. A. Bobblits of Elmdale and C. F. Cress of Liberal; forty-two grand children and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Cress is one of the oldest settlers in Kansas, having came here the first time over seventy years ago and has seen the state grow from a wilderness to one of leading commonwealths of the union. Her life has been an example of self sacrifice and devotion to others throughout. It has been consistent in thought and action with the faith in our Lord Jesus which she taught her children. she lived beautifully and died beautifully, serene in her assurance of a great love. We cannot mourn we know � that she is happy in the realization of her hopes.
Just as the sunsets slips into the sea
She slipped away
Peaceful and glad in the joy yet to be
in another day.
She did not fear what she might
look upon
She had the vision of seeing the
dawn.
Resting in Jesus she sweetly lives on
Tho� gone away.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, March 19, 1925.
by your Chase County Host, Lorna Marvin.
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