One of Barber County's oldest residents was Katherine Goodner Brock. She was born
  July 25, 1885, at Sedan, Kansas. On July 24, 1902, she was married to Wertly Brock.
  He was born in 1880 near Independence, Kansas.
     They lived in Attica, Harper County for a time, but came to work on the Stewart
  Farm west of Sharon in 1923. There were 11 children, one dying in infancy. The 
  children attended Walstead and Central View schools, where Lena Thomas Neal was one 
  of their teachers. They all enjoyed holidays and weekend visits with aunts and uncles
  at Harper.
     Wertly helped with the building of the Sharon school building which burned in the
  50's. Later he worked for Barber County Highway Department. He died in December, 1940.
  A daughter, Evelyn was a diebetic and was hospitalized many times during her nine
  year illness. She died at age 18 years. The Brocks were members of the Christian
  Church in Medicine Lodge.
     Katherine and Wertly moved to Medicine Lodge in the early 30's, and after her
  husband's death, she made her home with her son Wayne. When she could no longer care
  for herself, and at age 91, she made her home in Pennock Rest Home in Anthony, Kansas,
  where she died in March 1979, at age 93 years.
     The family were William, deceased; Ray, Joplin, Mo.; Earl, Bellflower, California;
  Joe, Hazelton, Kansas; Kenneth and Wayne, Medicine Lodge. Daughters were Blanche (Mrs.
  Walter Stienbarger0, Sharon; Opal (Mrs. Herb Marts), Junction City; and Jessie (Mrs.
  Leon Houston), Harper. There are 31 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren, and 8 great
  greats.
     Three children remain in Barber County. Blanche, born in 1910, and Walter, born
  1905 to Sam and Belle Stienbarger, were married in 1928. Walter was a bricklayer. He
  helped lay the pavement on Medicine Lodge Main Street. He later was an electrician for
  Dickey Appliance. His sister Florence (Mrs. Walter Williams) is a Medicine Lodge
  resident.
     Blanche did her first cafe work for Mrs. Elmus (Alma) Gaunt who operated a cafe
  during the pavement project. The oil play was just beginning in Barber County and cafe
  business was good. Blanche has been involved in food service since 1929. She has had
  her cafe in Sharon since 1970. Her specialities are her cinnamon rools and homemade
  pies.
     Walter and Blance had eight children: twins Lester, Medicine Lodge and Leslie,
  Hutchinson; Helen Curl of Medford, Oklahoma; Thelma Elkins lives in Austin, Texas;
  Samuel James deceased in 1936; Vernon lives in Sapulpa, Oklahoma; Carolyn Haddock makes
  Sharon her home; and Larry lives in Sheridan, Oregon.
     Kenneth and his wife Lois (McKeever) Brock are retired and live in Medicine Lodge.
     Wayne (Bob) was born June 27, 1926. He has worked for National Gypsum, now Gold
  Bond Products, since 1944. He also has done farm and yard work for many local families
  and continues to live in Medicine Lodge.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 114 
     Submitted by: Wayne Brock and Blanche Stienbarger