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Eliza Ellen Holstine Reager

Birth
Champaign County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 May 1909 (aged 85)
Madison County, Iowa, USA
Burial
East Peru, Madison County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Married Andrew Z Means March 31,1842 Henry Co., Missouri he died 1850 they had daughter Mary Susan Means. Eliza married George Washington Reager November 5, 1854 Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa.
Eliza was daughter of Henry and Margaret Holstine.

Eliza (Holstine) Means Reager (1909)

HOLSTINE, HUSTED, MEANS, PHILLIPS, REAGER, SEWARD, SHAW

Posted By: Cay Merryman
Date: 8/3/2004 at 23:01:06

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
May 21, 1909

A message received at this office this Friday afternoon says that grandmother Reager died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Steward in Des Moines at 3 o'clock. The body will be brought to Peru on the noon train.

Newspaper Unknown
May 1909

Eliza Holstine Reager, daughter of Henry and Margaret Holstine, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, January 10, 1824. With her parents she moved to Indiana in 1828, from there to Illinois in 1833. In October 1836, moved to Iowa, settling on Casey Prairie in Des Moines county, and with her parents moved to Henry county, Mo., in 1840, where on March 31, 1842 she was united in marrriage to Andrew Z. Means, who died in California in 1850. To this union six children were born. All having passed away but Mary Susan Husted, who now lives at Winterset, Iowa. In March, 1852, with her children, she moved back to Iowa, settling near Burlington, in Des Moines county. On November 5, 1854, she was united in marriage to George W. Reager. To this union six children were born, of whom four are now living. In April 1855, she with her husband and family moved to Madison county, Iowa, where she has made er home since. On November 12, 1898, she was again made a widow, since which time she has made her home with her children.

Newspaper Unknown
May 1909

In early life she embraced religion and joined the M. E. church. She was 85 years, 4 months and 4 days old at the time of her death, and was surrounded by all her children, except the one who was prevented by illness. Those living are Mrs. Thos. Husted, of Winterset, Mrs. B. F. Seward, Mrs. Jennie Phillips, Mrs. Ida Shaw and J. W. Reager, all of Des Moines. There are 36 grand children and 39 great grandchildren.



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Married Andrew Z Means March 31,1842 Henry Co., Missouri he died 1850 they had daughter Mary Susan Means. Eliza married George Washington Reager November 5, 1854 Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa.
Eliza was daughter of Henry and Margaret Holstine.

Eliza (Holstine) Means Reager (1909)

HOLSTINE, HUSTED, MEANS, PHILLIPS, REAGER, SEWARD, SHAW

Posted By: Cay Merryman
Date: 8/3/2004 at 23:01:06

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
May 21, 1909

A message received at this office this Friday afternoon says that grandmother Reager died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Steward in Des Moines at 3 o'clock. The body will be brought to Peru on the noon train.

Newspaper Unknown
May 1909

Eliza Holstine Reager, daughter of Henry and Margaret Holstine, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, January 10, 1824. With her parents she moved to Indiana in 1828, from there to Illinois in 1833. In October 1836, moved to Iowa, settling on Casey Prairie in Des Moines county, and with her parents moved to Henry county, Mo., in 1840, where on March 31, 1842 she was united in marrriage to Andrew Z. Means, who died in California in 1850. To this union six children were born. All having passed away but Mary Susan Husted, who now lives at Winterset, Iowa. In March, 1852, with her children, she moved back to Iowa, settling near Burlington, in Des Moines county. On November 5, 1854, she was united in marriage to George W. Reager. To this union six children were born, of whom four are now living. In April 1855, she with her husband and family moved to Madison county, Iowa, where she has made er home since. On November 12, 1898, she was again made a widow, since which time she has made her home with her children.

Newspaper Unknown
May 1909

In early life she embraced religion and joined the M. E. church. She was 85 years, 4 months and 4 days old at the time of her death, and was surrounded by all her children, except the one who was prevented by illness. Those living are Mrs. Thos. Husted, of Winterset, Mrs. B. F. Seward, Mrs. Jennie Phillips, Mrs. Ida Shaw and J. W. Reager, all of Des Moines. There are 36 grand children and 39 great grandchildren.



Madison Obituaries maintained by Judy Wight Branson with the
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen.net


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