Lee Chapin and Myrtle Martha Rogers were married in 1913. Both were born in 1890 and
  both were offspring of Barber County pioneers.
     My parents, James Allen and Ellen Victoria Tatum Rogers, came to the "new country"
  in 1885. They left their homes in Georgia and settled in Sharon Valley - Father bought
  out a homesteader who was ready to return to Indiana. A two-story house was the only
  improvement, but the spring-fed creeks provided abundant water for livestock and
  family, and cooled the milk and butter.
     Enon School was formed in 1885. Soon after, a church was organized. My parents, with
  Uncle Billy Brown, Miss Ann McKinney, and Rev. McMurtry were the founding members of
  this First Baptist Church. Early services were in the Enon School. The building the
  congregation finally made possible is now the central part of the Sharon First Baptist
  church-house.
     During the early 1900's we visited with the neighbors. Farmers helped each other at
  harvest; neighbor women came to quilt; and the children made mud pies.
     Father had corn cribs, a grape vineyard, garden and fruits of all kinds. Wheat and
  corn were brought into Medicine Lodge to the mill and exchanged for flour and meal. The
  mill was located where the Seventh Day Adventist Church is now, the corner of Main and
  West Second.
     We only had to buy coffee and sugar, and the sugar was bought in 100 pound sacks. 
  Father's chickens, turkeys, and geese furnished meat and eggs; his cows provided our
  milk and butter. We also butchered for fresh meat and to make lard. Father raised
  peanuts and popcorn. In the winter we would roast peanuts and make popcorn balls. The
  young people met often at our house to pull taffy and play the organ. Father liked to 
  sing and entertain them.
     The social life of the community centered around the church and school. Children 
  often recited at school and met with other schools for spelling matches. There were
  religious plays occasionally, ice cream socials, and oyster suppers.
     I attended grammar school at Enon. School terms lasted only until February and no
  report cards were used - we passed according to our ability to read. I also attended
  the one-month Normal School at Medicine Lodge - during the tornado of 1907 that destroyed
  all the houses in the north section of town. I then attended three years at Emporia
  Normal School.
     Before Lee and I were married, I taught six years of school - three in Medicine Lodge,
  1909-1912.
     Willis Lee's parents were Luke Wadleigh and Ollie Harding Chapin. They came in a
  covered wagon in 1879, from Illinois and took a claim on Elm Creek. That original claim
  is still in the Chapin name.
     We spent our first two years of married life on a farm near Cherokee, Oklahoma. We
  owned a motorcycle and often enjoyed riding on the salt flats. From 1915-1927, we lived
  on Lee's father's ranch.
     Our oldest son, Willis Luke, was born in Oklahoma; Ted and Dorothy Lee (Mrs. Tom
  Smith) were born here. Dorothy was born in the Carrie Patton Nursing Home, located at
  311 North Walnut in 1927. I had lived at this address earlier, when teaching in the
  Elementary School. Mrs. Gibson operated a boarding house here; that one-story home
  was later torn down and replaced in 1917 by the two-story home we purchased.
     After lee's death in 1936, our sons helped to continue farm, but not to the neglect
  of their education. Luke graduated from Washburn Law School in 1938; Ted graduated from
  Kansas University in 1939; Dorothy graduated from KU in 1945.
     I served as secretary of the Peace Treaty Association for twenty years and participated
  in each Pageant; served on the Lincoln Library board for thirty years; have been a
  member of Monday Afternoon Club for fifty-two years and am a charter member of Mothers
  Club and PEO. My church membership is now in the United Methodist Church.
     While serving as precinct committee woman years ago, I received a surprise visit
  from Kansas Governor Ratner - while resting barefoot, on the front porch. This
  embarrassing incident was responsible for the beginning of one of my large collections.
  I have received and collected over 100 pair of miniature shoes of many styles and made
  of various materials, and some from foreign countries.
     Ceramics and scrapbooks are other hobbies. The scrapbooks are filled with Peace
  Treaty history, local church history, and Sharon Valley history.
     My three children live in Medicine Lodge. There are eight grandchildren (six married):
  Thomas Chapin and Nancy Smith; Robert Gordon and Glenda Smith; Ted Willis and Trilby
  Smith; Dorothy Jo Chapin; Mary Patricia Chapin; Cathy Ruth and James Colborn; Dwight
  and Paula Chapin; Willis Luke, Jr., (Bill) and Veneta Chapin. There are also eight
  great grandchildren: Bryan and Keri Smith; Stacy and Scott Smith; Wes Lee and Kelli Chapin;
  Stephen and Stephanie Chapin.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 128  
     Submitted by: Myrtle Rogers Chapin