Background
Kress, Claude Washington was born on April 4, 1876 in Slatington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Franklin and Margaret (Connor) Kress.
Kress, Claude Washington was born on April 4, 1876 in Slatington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Franklin and Margaret (Connor) Kress.
Descendant of Carl Kress who came from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania in 1752. Educated Wyoming (Pennsylvania) Seminary.
Cornelius Sheehan, of Atlanta, Georgia., 1902. Children—Elizabeth, Rosalind. Associated with brother Samuel H., in mercantile business, at Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, 1893, and elected vice president South. H. Kress & Company, New York, after incorporation, 1907, president, 1924, company operating chain of 5, 10, and 25 cent stores in 219 cities of the United States and Hawaii.
Home: New York, New New York
Married Agatha, daughter; children: Elizabeth, Rosalind.