Agnes W Reser

1838 - 1919  (80 years)

• Name	Agnes W Reser
  	Reser is maiden and married name.
  Born	10 Jun 1838	Ripley County, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Mar 1919	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5935	Rossville
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F2368

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  Family	William Henry Reser,   b. 6 Aug 1837, Scott County, Kentucky ,   d. 28 Apr 1908, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 70 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, Agnes Mrs. Agnes Reser died Monday morning about 9:15 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. James while sitting at the table eating her breakfast. She had arisen apparently in her usual health. Death took her without a struggle and it was several moments after she laid her head on the table that Grandma James, who was in the dining room at the time, became alarmed and called the family. Heart trouble was the cause of her death. Agnes Reser was born in Ripley county, Indiana, June 10, 1839, departed this life March 17, 1919, aged 79 years, 9 months and 7 days. In the year 1858 she was married to William Henry Reser, in Ripley county, Indiana. To this union eleven children were born, eight of whom survive her. In the year 1870 she came to Kansas with her husband, coming as far as St. Louis by steamboat and from that point to Topeka, Kansas, on the railroad. For three years they lived in the old Indianola hotel and then took up a homestead in Pottawatomie county and lived on it until the year 1883, when the family moved to Rossville township and purchased the farm three miles northwest of Rossville. Mr. Reser died April 28, 1908 and Mrs. Reser has made her home among her children since his death. At the age of 16 she united with the Baptist church, but transferred her letter to the Christian church after coming to Kansas, and was faithful to the end. Her motto in life was “Love thy neighbor as thyself”. The funeral was held yesterday at 2 o’clock in the Christian church the service conducted by Revs. F.H. Bentley and W.A. Manion. The surviving members of the family are: Five sons – Rolly and Wyatt, of Topeka; Zack, of Dover; B.F. and John C. of Rossville; three daughters – Mrs. Melvina Nason, of Topeka, Mrs. C.E. James and Mrs. John C. Shenk, of Rossville; one brother, J. Harve Reser; one sister, Mrs. Silas Cooper, of Topeka; thirty-three grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.