Charle Gant was born on the Gant homestead south of Forest City, Mingona
  Township, Barber County, to Joseph and Hattie (King) Gant, January 31, 1905.
     He attended school one year at Dick's Peak; it closed and he completed
  grade school at Forest City. He attended Medicine Lodge High School.
     September 3, 1930, he married Mildred Suhler, daugher of Nic and Lousia
  Suhler of rural Nashville, Kansas. To this union were born a daughter,
  Charlene, and a son, Gaylord. Mildred was family oriented, but she shared
  Charley's avid interest in horses.
     He went into partnership with his father, Joseph, at an early age. All
  work was done on horseback, and he developed a lifetime love of horses.
  Charley was instrumental in the formation of the Kansas Cutting Horse 
  Association, of which he is a charter member.
     In the 1950's he was approved to judge cutting horse contests by the
  National and Kansas Cutting Horse Associations. He judged at horse shows,
  fairs, and rodeos in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Wyoming State Fair.
     In the 1960's Charley and Mildred began breeding and racing quarter 
  horses; they were member os the American Quarter Horse Association.
     In the fifties and sixties, they were partners in a local group, who,
  with Lloyd Berry as their 'caller', square danced on horseback to the music
  of "The Double Eagle" at many rodeos in this area. Both were active in the
  Saddle and Roping Club. They have been regular and ardent horse racing fans
  at Ruidoso, New Mexico, and have attended the Kentucy Derby and Calgary
  Stampedes. Only their love of children surpasses their love of horses.
     For eight years after their marriage, Charley and Mildred lived with his
  parents on the homeplace. In 1938 Joseph and Hattie moved to Medicine Lodge.
  Charley and Mildred continued on the home place until 1950, when they moved 
  to the ranch house on Bitter Creek. In 1968 they moved to Medicine Lodge
  into the house on West Kansas Avenue, which his parents had built.
     
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 185