Dan Henry Axtell, oldest son of William and Florence Axtell, was born Dec. 5,
  1879, at Watsaka, Illinois. He moved to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in 1889. One
  Christmas Day, 1900, he and Myrtle M. Warren, daughter of Robert C. Warren,
  were married. They spent all of their married life in the Amber Community. He was
  a well-known and respected farmer on Elm Creek.
     Myrtle Minnie Axtell was the daughter of Robert and Hattie Warren. in 1898 she
  enrolled in Normal Institute. After her marrieage to Dan, they resided on the farm
  in the Amber Community. She was active in church and spent many years on the School
  Board and as a member of the Amber Club. They took their nephew, John Kimsey, into
  their house when he was six years old. Dan passed away in 1936 after a short illness.
     Myrtle and her nephew lived on the farm until Myrtle's death on October 25, 1968,
  at age 89.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 94 
     Submitted by: Jane Mease