Carl Dixon and Bertha McAllister were married in her parent's home at
  Piedmont, Greenwood County, Kansas, in 1898. Soon after their marriage
  they loaded their possessions in a wagon and moved to Driftwood, Oklahoma.
  I, Margaret, was born in a sod house there. My father then took a claim in
  Woodward County. While there, two sons were born to the young pioneers.
  All was going well until my father had a long seige of typhoid fever. Carl
  and Bertha became discouraged, sold their land, and returned to Driftwood.
  In the summer of 1904, after hearing news of the thriving little town of
  Kiowa, Kansas, across the border, they established their home there.
     My father was a drayman and worked for the L.B. Hill Store. In 1903 he
  started working for a grain company located on the Santa Fe Railroad. This
  occupation, managing elevators and buying grain, he followed for many years.
     By the time I graduated from high school in 1919, our family had increased
  to four sisters and five brothers; however, two died in infancy. We were a 
  close family. Our parents had high aspirations for us; it took hard work and
  planning to adequately feed and clothe us. There was always music in our
  home; there were lively times when papa played the violin or harp, mama the
  piano, my blind Uncle Will and Aunt Josie, fiddle and mandolin, and we
  children sang. My memories of playing croquet and other games with our parents
  are precious.
     We all attended grade and high school in Kiowa and were active members of
  the Methodist Church. As I reminisce, I think of the influence of such teachers
  as Mrs. Hugh Griffin, Harry McGuire, and George Stevens. Arvil and Herbert 
  are graduates of Emporia State Teachers College, Gerald a graduate of Oklahoma
  University, Effie a piano graduate, Lee and Ruth special training in their
  professions.
     After attending Emporia State Normal, I taught school several years near
  and in Hazelton before marrying Luther Wainscott in 1923. We lived on the
  Wainscott family farm west of Hazelton until 1934, when Luther became Hazelton
  postmaster, and we moved to town with our children, Jean and Don. A little
  later I became assistant postmaster. While continuing our farming interests,
  we served in the Hazelton post office for thirty years.
     My brothers, sisters, children, and we have scattered - Lee, Gerald, Herbert,
  and Ruth now live in California. Effie in Texas, Arvil in Missouri; our daughter
  Jean in Ponca City, Oklahoma; our son Don at Normal, Illinois; and Luther and I
  in Ponca City, Oklahoma, since 1974. We are all so grateful for our Barber
  County, Kansas, Heritage! Occasionally we find it essential to return "back
  home" to those people we love so much.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 157 
     Submitted by: (Mrs. Luther) Margaret Dixon Wainscott.