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GEORGE KRESS, farmer, P. O. Sardinia, was born in Franklin Township December 15, 1840. He is a son of John A. and Catherine L. (Boners) Kress. The former came to America in 1825, and located in Franklin Township, this county. His mother and her husband, Peter Sneder, emigrated about the same time and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her husband died, and the following year she came to Franklin Township. In 1843, Mr. Kress removed to Hillsboro and lived six years, then returned to Washington Township, where he died August 1, 1846. George Kress, our subject, was reared to his majority on a farm. September 2, 1861, he rallied to his country’s call by enlisting in Company B, Thirty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the West Virginia Army and was in the battles of Chapmanville, Princetown, Fayetteville, thence down to Charlestown. He veteranized at Charlestown, and fought at Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Berryville, Winchester, Fisher Hill, Cedar Creek, and Beverly, where he, with 300 other soldiers, was captured and confined in the celebrated Libby Prison for forty days and was paroled. He joined the Thirty-sixth Regiment which was consolidated with the Thirty-fourth, March 1, 1865; he was appointed First Lieutenant and served in that office till August 25 following, when he received his honorable discharge. He then returned home and has since followed farming. He was married, October 4, 1869, to Miss Minerva B. Hite, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth Hite. Mrs. Kress was born in Washington Township December 7, 1847. They have five children, viz., Ida I., Ettie L., George A., Myrtie B. and an infant son. Mr. and Mrs. Kress associate with the M. B. Church. He is connected with the Masonic order. Politically, he is Republican. He served as Trustee of his township three years and Assessor one year. His farm contains sixty acres and is well improved.