Ancestors include James H. Coleman (1780-1864, of Wapella County, Iowa); Nicholas Reusch (ca. 1792-ca. 1862, of Morgan County, Missouri); and George Brandstein (b. ca. 1790, in Germany; died in Lorain County, Iowa, date unknown).

Phylander Edgar Reusch was born 14 October 1876 in Douglas Co., Kansas. He married Myrtle A. Jones 18 November 1906. they were the parents of four children. Phylander married four times and was the father of five known children. He died 9 June 1940 in Lawrence, Kansas. Descendants lived primarily in Kansas, Missouri, Oregon, Indiana and elsewhere.

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