Frank E. Reigle1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17127, (1892 - 1905)
FatherWilliam David Riegel4,5 (25 Jan 1850 - abt 1924)
MotherMary J. Quakenbush4,6 (18 Sep 1857 - 3 Nov 1925)

Key Events:

Birth: Nov 1892, Sumner Co., Kansas7,8,9
Death: 1 Jun 1905, Phillips Co., Kansas10,11,12
Burial: 7 Jun 1905, Dubois Cemetery, Crystal Twp., Phillips Co., Kansas13
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel
AncestryThe Reigel Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

      Frank E. Reigle was born in Nov 1892 in Sumner Co., Kansas.7,8,9
     He appeared on the 1895 State Census of Crow, Glenwood Twp., Phillips Co., Kansas, in the household of his parents, William David Riegel and Mary J. Quakenbush.14
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Sumner Twp., Phillips Co., Kansas, in the household of his parents.5
     Frank and several of his siblings were temporarily left with neighbors when his parents moved to Missouri about 1905.15,16 He was staying with Tenis Peterson in Crystal Twp. In late May 1905 he entered the stall of a vicious mule, after having been cautioned not to. The animal trampled and chewed him, causing grave injuries. He suffered for several days before his death.17
     Frank died from his injuries on 1 Jun 1905 in Phillips Co., Kansas, at age 12.10,11,12 He was buried on 7 Jun 1905 in Dubois Cemetery, Crystal Twp., Phillips Co., Kansas.13

Citations

  1. [S1404] W. D. Reigel household, 1895 Kansas State Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, Glenwood Twp., shows name as Frank E. Reigel.
  2. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows name as Frank D. Riggle.
  3. [S14081] "Killed by a Vicious Mule," The Phillipsburg Dispatch, 8 Jun 1905, shows name as Frank Reigal.
  4. [S1404] W. D. Reigel household, 1895 Kansas State Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, Glenwood Twp., shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas.
  6. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows him as the son of her husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S1404] W. D. Reigel household, 1895 Kansas State Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, Glenwood Twp., shows age 7 mo. and state.
  8. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows month, year, age 7, and state.
  9. [S14082] Frank Reigal obituary, The Phillipsburg Dispatch, shows county.
  10. [S14081] "Killed by a Vicious Mule," The Phillipsburg Dispatch, 8 Jun 1905, shows died last Thursday of his injuries.
  11. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows his mother as having 8 children, with 7 living.
  12. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows his mother as having 8 children, with 6 living.
  13. [S14082] Frank Reigal obituary, The Phillipsburg Dispatch.
  14. [S1404] W. D. Reigel household, 1895 Kansas State Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, Glenwood Twp.
  15. [S14081] "Killed by a Vicious Mule," The Phillipsburg Dispatch, 8 Jun 1905, shows they had moved some time before, leaving several of their children with neighbors.
  16. [S7343] Deeds, Phillips Co., Kansas, 19:386-7, William D. Reigel and Mary J. Reigel to Greene Price, 16 Apr 1906, shows them as of Webster Co. Missouri, and their signatures were notarized in Webster Co.
  17. [S14081] "Killed by a Vicious Mule," The Phillipsburg Dispatch, 8 Jun 1905.