About 1725 Ludwig Zirchel came from West Germany with his father and twin sister,
  Anna Maria, age 20. They settled in southeast Pennsylvania where Ludwig married and
  raised five sons. The sons all went south into Virginia, where they settled and raised
  their families. Years passed and families prospered. Peter changed the spelling of
  his last name to Circle for convenience. He was the only one to make that change.
     Came the Civil War, slaves were freed, wealth lost supporting a losing war, and
  men young and old were killed or crippled in the battles. Daniel Circle was one of 
  the latter; he died in 1874.
     Daniel's widow, Emma (Williamson), herself an immigrant from Scotland as a girl,
  set out with her three step-children John, Martha, and Viola; and her own 5 children,
  Andrew, Lillie, Duncan, David, and William, and other relatives and friends for the
  West.
     They settled first in Cowley County, but soon moved on to Barber County probably
  seeking more room for all their group, arriving in 1883.
     Ellen proved up on a claim 3 miles west of Hazelton with the home site on a hill.
  Andrew, Lillie, John, and Ed, a cousin had claims very close to her. The three
  younger boys were underage so couldn't stake claims. They went West, David and Bill
  to Washington State, where they married and settled down to stay. Duncan got a job
  in the next county west but returned when he was 21, and bought Andrew's claim. Then
  he settled down, while Andrew went to Alva, Oklahoma, to live and raise 6 children.
     Lillie married John McGee, and they lived on the farm for many years, later
  retiring to Kiowa.
     Martha married James Curran; they lived south of Kiowa in northern Oklahoma. They
  had 5 children; when the oldest was eleven years old, his father rode away on 
  business and was never seen or heard of again.
     Viola disliked pioneer life. She married a Mr. O'Conner, and they had two children.
  The children had red measles; Viola got them and died. She had said she didn't want
  to be buried where coyotes howl, yet such was her fate. Years later one of her grand-
  sons became a noted wrestler.
     John, Ed, and Duncan enlarged their holdings so much that when school district
  boundaries were made one was named Circle District No. 59.
     In the nearly ninety years since the days of the great migration, the Virginians
  became good Kansans, working and thriving through good years and bad. They multiplied
  and scattered over the nation. Yet a considerable number remain in and around Kiowa,
  and count themselves "Circles" whether they bear the name or not, a loosely knit
  family that have never lost the feeling of unity and interest in all the others. A
  memorable occasion was a "Circle" reunion in Kiowa in 1960 with 125 attending and
  especially enjoyed by the older generation.
     
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 130 
     Submitted by: Gertrude F. Circle