William Reeser

William Reeser was born in Manchester Township, September 2, 1814. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Shelley) Reeser, of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. They reared a family of six sons and one daughter, of whom William Jr. was the third child, and second son. He grew to manhood on the farm, and engaged in distilling. In Newberry Township he learned the milling trade, and worked at it about six years. In 1840 he was married, in Manchester Township to Elizabeth Good, daughter of Henry Good, a German. They had eleven children, one, Mary, the wife of Tobias Quickel, died at the age of twenty-eight years; Louisa, Mary, Henry, John, Eli, Amanda, William, Benjamin, Amos, Augustus and Edward. Mr. Reeser was county commissioner from 1864 to 1867; is a very active Democrat, a very industrious man, and has besides his farm of 134 acres, considerable property.


Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical Editor