I, Gayle Smith Buck, am a decendant of a pioneer family of Barber County, being a
  granddaughter of the late William Henry and Mary Ellen Smith, who came to Kansas
  from Delaware. They settled in Sedgwick, KS.
     My father, Frank Smith, was born in Sedgwick and at the age of three, came with
  his parents to Barber County settling on Mule Creek, southwest of Medicine Lodge, 
  where he grew to manhood.
     He married Laura Ludwick, whose parents were also pioneers from Pennsylvania, and
  to this union were born three children, Glann, Mick,a nd myself.
     Our mother passed away in 1905, after which, we children were separated. I went
  to live with my aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Tip McCracken. Uncle Heil and Aunt Ada
  Smith took Glenn, and Mick, who was just a baby, lived with Aunt Della and Uncle
  Fette Thomas.
     My first three years of schooling were spent in the old Canema school, a short
  distance from my grandfather Smith's home. My cousin, Bob McCracken, and I drove a
  horse and buggy to school.
     Uncle Tip sold their ranch and moved to Medicine Lodge and bought Charley and
  Zeal Johnson's Livery Stable. There were few automoviles then, so business was good.
     I resumed my schooling through that year and the next in the basement of the old
  high school and the grade school building with Miss Myrtle Rodgers as my teacher.
     Our father married again, so Glenn and I went with him and our new mother. Ada
  Humphrey Smith. They lived in Clark County, where neighbors were few and far between.
  We moved to Nevada, Mo., after the World Warr II and lived there 5 years, then moved
  back to Barber County on the ranch now owned by the Smith Brothers at Deerhead.
     Sometime later, I met and married Harris Buck, son of Frank and Hattie Buck, who
  owned and operated their ranch located 3 miles north of Lake City.
     Harris's grandparents, the Henry Bucks, originally from Tabor, Iowa, came to 
  Barber County in the early days of the County; they lived on their claim in a dugout
  until they could build a house. Their son, Frank, was 7 years old at the time and
  that was the beginning of the Buck Ranch.
     Harris was born on this ranch as was our son, Bill. We lived there until the ranch
  was sold, then moved to Garden City, where Bill finished High School and Junior college.
     After graduation, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Service and was sent to Augusta, 
  Georgia, for Basic Training, later being transferred to San Antonio, Texas. There he
  met and married Joan Kendricks. She was a Dental Technician in the Air Force. They
  were stationed there until their service time expired and were discharged.
     We live on a farm near Iola, KS., where Harris farmed until his death in 1974; 
  then Bill and Joan took over the farming with their three children, Mike, Larry, and
  daughter Terry.
     They live across the road from my home, and I am fortunate in having them so close
  to me.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 116 
     Submitted by: Gayle Smith Buck