George W. Horney was 30 years old and a haberdasher in Springfield, Ohio, in
  1878, when he decided to come to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, to be a cowboy. George,
  the youngest of eight children born to Jeffrey and Catherine Janes Horney of
  Jeffersonville, Ohio, was a big man, referred to in an early Medicine Lodge news-
  paper as "the biggest and best natured man on the range."
     George rode for the Eagle Chief Pool, the T5, and the Comanche Pool. He was
  in the barber shop north of the bank on the day of the robbery, heard the shots, 
  picked up his gun to run out the back door of the shop, had the wrong size ammunition
  so went back. This probably savd his life because he would have been within easy
  range of the gunmen. He had been in cow camp many times with Billy Smith, one of
  the robbers.
     During the flood of April, 1885, George performed heroically in rescuing the
  family of Frank Rigg, marooned in their gypsum house on Spring Creek, east of the
  Methodist Church. The house did not wash away, but the family was trapped in waist
  deep water. George rode his horse across the swollen stream several times until he
  had carried out all members of the family. Once his horse fell in the rushing waters,
  but recovered its footing, and they continued the rescue.
     In November 1886, George was appointed City Marshall. The citizens presented him
  with a solid gold badge. He served as City Clerk at this same time. In April 1889
  (the same month that Mrs. David Nation arrived in Medicine Lodge), George resigned
  his city position to assume the duties of bookkeeper and member of the Board of
  Directors of the Sugar Mill. Years later George served again as City Clerk and as
  bookkeeper for Chase & Noble Hardware. He wrote beautiful script, holding his pen
  between his first two fingers because his right thumb was stiff. In July 1886,
  George has the misfortune, while assisting in branding some cattle, to get his right
  thumb caught in a running loop in a rope he had thrown on a yearling, breaking the
  thumb between the first and second joints. It was a common occurrence on the range,
  but this was the first case known in the area where the thumb was saved.
     On November 3, 1898, George W. Horney was married to Ora Kathryn Painter in
  Medicine Lodge. Kate was born near Petersburg, Indiana, on September 28, 1873, the
  daughter of David F. and Cynthia Morton Painter. She came to Barber County with her
  parents in 1886.
     George W. Horney had lived at the Grand Hotel from the time it opened in 1885. One
  day, shortly after his marriage, George sat down for lunch in the hotel dining room,
  when he suddenly remembered that he had a lovely young wife who was waiting for him
  to come home to lunch! So, he bought the Grand Hotel, which was home to him.
     George W. and Kate were the parents of two children, born in the Grand Hotel -
  William Janes, known throughout his life as George, on August 10, 1899, and Thelma
  Lillian, known as Sweet, on November 27, 1902.
     Kate died in St. Francis Hospital in Wichita on August 9, 1909, and was buried in
  Medicine Lodge on her son's 10th birthday. George W. died in the lobby of the Grand
  Hotel on the morning of January 20, 1929, after doing his regular routine of work
  around the hotel.
     W.J. (Geo) Horney was graduated from Barber County High School in 1919. He was
  active in football, basketball, and track, having set several track records. After
  graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army for the duration of WWI. He then attended
  KSU in Manhattan, studing to be a civil engineer. He later worked as an engineer on
  the construction of Highway 160 from Medicine Lodge to Wellington.
     George was married to Leone Powell in Wichita on August 16, 1924. Leone, daughter
  of John Robert and Della Engle Powell, was born in Long Lane, Missouri, on February 
  25, 1901, and came to Medicine Lodge with her family in October 1916. She also was
  graduated from BCHS in 1919. She attended Phillips University and taught in the
  Christian school in Livingston, Tennessee, before her marriage. Leone then taught in
  Barber County rural schools and Medicine Lodge elementary school for 20 years. She
  has also been active in the First Christian Church. Leone has enjoyed membership in
  PEO, Justa Matrons, Monday Afternoon Club, and a number of bridge clubs.
     George became a rural mail carrier in 1929 and carried the mail on Route 1 until
     his retirement in 1965. He also served as a volunteer fireman in Medicine Lodge
  for 43 years. He died at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita on November 27, 1975.
     Geroge and Leone had one daughter, Beverly Kay, born at Wesley Hospital, Wichita, 
  on February 12, 1930. She was graduated from MLHS in 1947, Cottey College in 1949, 
  and the University of Colorado in 1951. She worked for NBC TV in Washington, D.C.,
  for several years before her marriage to John McCollom in the Washington Cathedral
  on July 16, 1959. They have two sons, Robert George, born in Denver, Colorado, on
  July 15, 1961, and William Girard, born in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1963.
  They live in Medicine Lodge.
     Sweet was graduated from BCHS in 1922 and attended college in Emporia. She was
  married in Newton to Maurice Bailey (Hap) Skinner on December 2, 1928. Hap, the son
  of H.W. and Lulu Anderson Skinner, was born near Lake City on March 14, 1903. They
  had two daughters born in Medicine Lodge - Patsy George on December 31, 1929 (died
  April 12, 1933), and Candace on July 8, 1933. Hap died on December 6, 1935. Sweet
  had managed the Grand Hotel since his death. She died on January 30, 1980.
     Candy was graduated from MLHS in 1951 and from Stephens College in 1953. She was
  married to Lloyd Jacobs on August 28, 1954. They have three sons, born in Medicine
  Lodge - Mace Dean on May 1, 1955; Michael George on May 6, 1957; and Maurice Cord
  on July 16, 1916. They live on the Skinner Ranch near Lake City.
     Mace was graduated from MLHS in 1973 and was married to Joan Kerchner in Pratt,
  Kansas, on June 8, 1974. Their son, Justin Lloyd, was born in Medicine Lodge on March
  14, 1977. Mike was graduated from MLHS in 1975 and was married to Shari Norton in St.
  John, Kansas, on January 28, 1978.
     Bob McCollom and Cord Jacobs were graduated from MLHS in 1979. Jerry McCollom wil
  be graduated in 1981.
     
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 238 
     Submitted by: Beverly McCollom, Candace Skinner Jacobs.