Background
Kress, Samuel Henry was born in 1863 in Cherryville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Franklin and Margaret Dodson (Connor) Kress.
Kress, Samuel Henry was born in 1863 in Cherryville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Franklin and Margaret Dodson (Connor) Kress.
Education high school. Unmarried.
Began as schoolteacher then entered retail mercantile business, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, 1887, wholesale stationery business, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1890, these dveeloped into the present South. H. Kress & Company, 5, 10 and 25c stores, now 264 stores in 29 states. Chairman South. H. Kress & Company. President Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Trustee Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), National Gallery of Art (Washington), Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.
Member Military Order Loyal Legion of the United States, South.R., Sons of the American Revolution Mason. Over a period of years acquired a collection of paintings and sculpture, particularly of the Italian school. This collection, practically intact, was presented as a gift to the National Gallery of Art, also paintings and sculptures presented to various museums, galleries and institutions