Clyde S. Boots was born December 24, 1899, on a farm near old Lawndale, in
  Pratt County, Kansas. His parents were Riley Edwin (Ed) and Olive G. (Meairs)
  Boots, both of whom grew up near Westphalia, Kansas.
     About 1903 the family moved to Isabel, Kansas, where Ed Boots engaged in the
  grain business, building the first elevator in Isabel. After a number of years
  the grain business was sold to a farmer's organization which later became the
  present Farmers Coop Equity Company.
     In 1905 Ed Boots organized the Isabel State Bank and was the principal stock-
  holder. J.M. Ratcliff was president and D.A. Nossaman was cashier. Ed Boots was
  principal stockholder and an officer until his death in 1953. The bank was in a
  fram building on the northwest corner of the intersection of Main Street and
  Ethel Avenue until about 1909 when it was destroyed in a fire which started in
  the Runkle Hardware adjoining it. A new frame building was built at the location
  of the present bank building, and it was also destroyed by fire in 1914. This
  building was replaced by a brick structure as was the building next door.
     When they came to Isabel, the Boots family had built a new home just north
  of the elevator; they lived there until 1912 when they bought the dwelling where 
  Ira Mabie now lives.
     Clyde S. Boots grew up in Isabel and attended both grade and high school. As
  a youth he engaged in the usual activities of young boys, trips to the swimming
  or fishing holes were made on foot or by horseback.
     His summers were usually spent working on the farm near Isabel and in 1917
  and 1918 he spent the summers on the farm in Finney County, driving a four mule
  team from Isabel to Finney County at the start of summer, camping out along the 
  way, then returning the same way in the fall.
     In the fall of 1918 he enlisted in the Army but was not sent over-seas due
  to the surrender of the Germans.
     After having attended business college for two winters, he started working
  at the Isabel State Bank as bookkeeper on August 1, 1919. He was with the Bank
  continuously until his retirement in August, 1971, a period of 52 years. He had
  been elected president of the Bank in 1953 and served as such until the Bank was
  sold.
     In July, 1928, he married Orpha S. Randle of Wichita, who had been teaching
  in the Isabel schools. She was the daughter of Arthur E. and Pearl (Miller) Randle.
  About two years later they bought the home where they now live.
     Two children were born to them: Edwin, born in 1933, and Clydene, born in
  1937. Mr. Boots was a charter member of the Isabel Legion Post and a member of
  the Masonic and Odd Fellow Lodges. Mrs. Boots has been active in the Methodist
  Auxillary for over fifty years.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 110