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Obituary- Reser, Zachariah

Zack Reser, one of the pioneer citizens of Rossville, passed away at his home on south Main street, Tues¬day, May 24, at 11 p.m.; after an illness of several months.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Metho¬dist church conducted by Rev. G. G. Horne, of Topeka. Interment was in the family lot in Rossville ceme¬tery.
Beside his widow he is survived by a son George, one daughter,, Mrs. Edith Stewart, one granddaughter, Miss Vida Reser, two brothers, M. B. and Wyatt Reser, two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Sawyer, of Topeka, and Mrs. Harriett Sawyer, Eskridge, and many other relatives in and around Ross¬ville.
Zachariah Reser was born in Scott County, Ky., March 13, 1848. His parents were Wyatt and Nancy Reser natives of Kentucky, of whose thirteen children the survivors live in Kansas, representatives of a sturdy stock from which class came many pioneers hither.
When Wyatt Reser and wife packed their household goods and children in the wagon that was to carry them out of their native state they headed for Indiana and on reaching that state located on a farm near Rising Sun. There they lived until 1866 when they were attracted to Kansas and again a long journey was made and land was secured near Topeka and on that place the parents of Zachariah Reser died in ad¬vanced age.
Zachariah Reser was 18 years old when he accompanied his parents to this state. He had not been given many educational advantages as he was an older member of the large family and from boyhood had been obliged to work hard for his own sup¬port and to help others. He was a good son and did his duty. In the course of time he secured a home¬stead in Pottawatomie County and later sold it and came to Shawnee county and bought 60 acres to which he added until at the time of his re¬tirement from farm work he owned 400 acres of fine land.
In 1868 Mr. Reser returned to Indiana and was married there to Lizzie Meyers, who died three years later. On January 17, 1883, Mr. Reser was married to Mary Alice Lemon, who with their two children survive him.

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