My parents were Jesse and Lillian Cushenbery; they came from pioneer
  families in Barber County. Jesse Clyde Cushenbery and Lillian May Schloetzer
  were married August 10, 1916, in her parents' house in Sharon. Her parents
  were Dr. F.L. and Anna Schloetzer (the former Anna Matis).
     They came to Sharon in 1900 with the local veterinarian, also known for 
  his beautiful penmanship. Many times he was called on to write announcements
  for weddings or graduations.
     My grandma Schloetzer came from Prussia as a child. My granddad Schloetzer
  was from Wooster, Ohio. They lived in Oklahoma before coming to Sharon. My
  mother was born in a tent in Oklahoma, April 15, 1895; she died in 1971.
     My parents raised four children in Barber County: Mildred, Ivan, Donald,
  and Wilbur. Ivan gave his live for his country in WWII. He was shot down
  over Hamburg, Germany, and his body was never found.
     My dad's parents were Charlie and Mary Cushenbery, who raised 12 children
  four miels southeast of Sharon. Grandma Cushenbery was Mary Huddleston, born
  January 14, 1853 in Marydosia, Illinois. Granddad Cushenbery was born December
  18, 1852, in Scottsville, Kentucky. They were rearing their young family in
  Coffeyville, Kansas, when they were urged by his brother, a medical doctor in
  Medicine Lodge, to come to Barber County. They loaded their belongings on a
  railroad car - children, furniture, wagon team of horses, etc. - and pioneered
  to Barber County. Grandpa bought a few acres and with much hard work and
  determiniation, added acres to it as he could. At one time he traded a span
  of mules for 40 acres. When he died he had 320 acres.
     Their  children got their education at Enon School. They attended the Baptist
  Church three-fourths miles north of the farm. Of the 12 children they raised
  in Sharon Valley only one is living, she is Mabel Demint, who lives in Hutchinson,
  Kansas.
     My dad used to tell about getting up at daylight, eating breakfast, and going
  to the field to work until just enough time was left for them to cut across the
  fields to school. For their lunch they carried in their pocket some dried fruit.
     Dad said, "Get a good education, no one can take that from you."
     Wilbur has Bachelor, Master, and Specialist degrees in administration.
  Donald has Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate degrees in reading; he is at
  University of Nebraska at Omaha. I have been Catalog Supervisor at Penny's
  Catalog here in Gunnison for 10 years.
     My parents left their children a fine heritage, that of honesty and hard
  work. My dad was born in Waverly, Kansas, February 7, 1886, and died in 1967.
  None of us children live in Barber County, but we are proud to say we were born
  and raised, and educated there. We have fond memories of our homeplace.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 147 
     Submitted by: Mildred Cushenbery Hart