William Henry Reser

1837 - 1908  (70 years)

• Name	William Henry Reser
  Born	6 Aug 1837	Scott County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Apr 1908	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	29 Apr 1908	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I11565	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Wyatt Reser
  Mother	Nancy Reser
  Family ID	F2293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes W Reser,   b. 10 Jun 1838, Ripley County, Indiana ,   d. 17 Mar 1919, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1858
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Melvina Reser Whearty Nason,   b. 1864, Indiana ,   d. Jul 1933, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 69 years) + 2. Benjamin Franklin Reser,   b. 1 Oct 1867, Aurora, DuPage County, Illinois ,   d. 26 Jan 1933, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 65 years) + 3. Prudence Reser Shenk,   b. 30 Sep 1869, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana ,   d. 12 Jun 1950, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri  (Age 80 years)   4. Zack A Reser,   b. 1871,   d. 10 Dec 1953  (Age 82 years)   5. Delia B Reser,   b. 1873,   d. 1887  (Age 14 years) + 6. Mollie M Reser James,   b. 25 Jan 1877, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 10 Sep 1941, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 64 years) + 7. John C Reser,   b. 1882,   d. 14 Oct 1958  (Age 76 years)   8. Wyatt Reser   9. Rolia Reser
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021 01:23:34
  Family ID	F2288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Reser, William H. Obituary. [photo caption: Wm. Henry Reser.] William Henry Reser was born at Scott, Kentucky, Aug 6, 1837. At the age of 20 he moved to Indiana and a year later was married to Miss Agnes Reser. To this union were born 11 children. In the year 1870 they moved to Kansas, coming by way of steamboat to St. Louis and from there by way of rail to Topeka, Kansas. For three years they lived in the old Indianola hotel. Mr. Reser then took up a homestead in Pottawatomie county and lived on it until the year 1883 when the family moved to Rossville township where he purchased the farm owned by him ever since, three miles north of Rossville. Recently the farm was rented to J.C. Reser, the youngest son, and Mr. Reser and wife moved to the residence of his son, B.F. Reser, near the Cedar Bluff Mill. It was here Sunday evening, April 26, that he was struck with paralysis and remained in an unconscious condition until death came to his release at 7:10 o’clock the following Tuesday evening. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife and eight children – five sons, B.F., J.C., Roll, Zack and Wyatt Reser, and daughters, Mrs. Mart Nason, Mrs. Ed James and Mrs. John Shenk. Besides the immediate family are four brothers, M. Reser, Z. Reser, M.B. Reser and Wyatt Reser and three sisters, Mrs. John Sebring of Westmoreland, Mrs. Harriet Sawyer of near Eskridge, and Mrs. Sarah Sawyer of Topeka, to mourn his going away. Mr. Reser united with the Christian church at the age of 24 and was a faithful servant of the Master until his death. The funeral services were held in the Christian church at Rossville Wednesday afternoon, April 29, conducted by the Rev. Chas. Finch of the First Christian church, Topeka. A large concourse of sympathizing friends filled the church and many beautiful floral tributes banked the casket. The interment took place in Rossville city cemetery. Mr. Reser was a good citizen, holding the respect and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances and neighbors and his loss will be keenly felt by the community in which he lived. But he had rounded out a long life of usefulness and service and his death is but the transition of the faithful Christian to the joys of the life beyond. [From the Rossville Reporter, 8 May 1908]