In 1902 a boy of fifteen left his home at Maiden Bradley, England, and with
  an older brother crossed the Atlantic Ocean to find work in America.
     Caleb Forsyth first came to Osage City, Kansas, where he worked as a farm
  laborer for two years. He had heard of the Gyp Hills with its acres of grass-
  land as well as its crop and work possibilities, so in 1904 he came to Medicine
  Lodge in Barber County. It was to be his home for the next sixty years.
     In 1917 he married Amy Richardson and to this marriage were born two children,
  Samuel Edwin and Mary Alice. Amy Forsyth died in 1924 and Caleb and I were
  married in 1930.
     My name is Rachel Mary, and I am the oldest of three daughters of Thomas and
  Rachel Balmer. I was born in Meeteetse County, Wyoming, and my father was a
  sheep herder for the YU Ranch.
     In 1904 they came to Barber County, Kansas, and lived on a farm eight miles
  south of the county seat of Medicine Lodge. In 1910 they moved into town, but
  later they went to eastern Kansas close to the town of Neosha Falls. I stayed
  in Medicine Lodge and lived with my grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Mounsey.
  I attended school in Medicine Lodge and three of my grade school teachers were
  Myrtle Chapin, Louise Axline and Glenola Hinshaw.
     Following my marriage to Caleb, we lived on the Richardson land, but we
  eventually moved to what was to be our home ranch in the Gyp Hills. Esther
  Elizabeth was born to us in 1932. We worked hard and in 1955 we left the ranch
  and built a home on North Oak Street in Medicine Lodge. Caleb's health gradually
  failed, and he died in March of 1968.
     Caleb's son, Sam, graduated from Kansas Unicersity and he went on to become
  a chemical engineer with the Phillips 66 company. He died in 1973, leaving a
  son, Bill, of Tacoma, Washington.
     Mary Alice married Glenn Thomas, and they lived for several years on the
  home ranch; but in 1978 they bought a home in Medicine Lodge. They have two
  children, Mike, who is an electrical engineer with National Gypsum, and Patsy
  Snyder of Logan, Kansas.
     Esther Beth married Jackson Winters, and they lived at Conway Springs where
  he was superintendent of schools. He died in 1975.
     She has three chilren, Rachel Cortest of Berkeley, California; Mark of 
  Lawrence, Kansas; and Jesse, who is a junior at the University of Kansas. She
  is now Mrs. Don Funk of Conway Springs.
     I have three great-grandchildren. Marcos, Nicholas and Marisa Rachel Cortest
  of Berkeley, and step great-grandchildren, Glennis, Margaret, and Kyle Thomas,
  and Amy Snyder.
     The years have been busy ones. I am a long time member of the United Methodist
  Church and am treasurer of our active Golden Age Club. We also have a very
  faithful quilting group. We have quilted quilts from several states as well as
  the ones at home. In 1978 my sister, Thelma Colton, and I attended a quilt
  seminar at Lawrence, Kansas, and we had the honor to have one of our quilts
  displayed there.
     
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 178