Christian O Musser

Christian O. Musser (1863–1950) was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and moved to Dickinson County, Kansas, in March 1884. In November 1884 he married Amanda Eisenhower (1861–1951), whose brother David J. Eisenhower was the father of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Musser farmed briefly near Abilene but in December 1889 took a job at the Belle Springs Creamery in Abilene, Kansas where he worked for 38 years. In 1892, when the Eisenhower family was living in Texas, Musser made it possible for the family to move to Abilene (now the site of the Eisenhower Presidential Center) by obtaining a job for David J. Eisenhower at the Creamery. Musser was active in the Brethren in Christ Church, and invested in real estate in the Abilene area.