James Elden Inslee


       Elden had lived in Barber County off and on before he moved here with
    his family in 1945.
       Elden and Margurite Eileene Inslee and their two children, Gareld and
    Jane, moved to a farm four and one half miles east of Isabel. Elden
    farmed and raised cattle.
       Gareld Wayne was born September 23, 1940. He completed twelve years at
    the Isabel Consolidated School. He went on to spend nine years in the
    National Guard. He married Janelda Jean Olmstead August 23, 1960. To this
    union were born James DeWayne, Gareld Dean, Michael David, and Michelle
    Deann. They now make their home at Pratt, Kansas.
       Elizabeth Jane was born September 22, 1942. She also completed twelve
    years of school in Isabel. She helped with her family and worked in the
    family store. She married Lonnie Dean Frederick November 6, 1965. They have
    two children, Brett Eugene and Melissa Renes, and make their home in Isabel.
       On July 7, 1947, Nancy Elaine was born at the Inslee's home east of
    Isabel. She attended the Isabel Consolidated School for twelve years, going
    on to four years at Southwestern Sate University at Weatherford, Oklahoma.
    She married Myron Russell Bales, April 26, 1969. They have two children,
    John Elden and Cheryl LeAnn. They make their home at Sawyer, Kansas.
       On February 21, 1951, Cecile Eileene was born. She was the last of the
    children to graduate from Isabel. She married Benny Leroy Murphy on April
    27, 1970. To this union were born Brenda Lee, Byron Elliott, and Bradley
    Gene. The Murphy's make their home in Isabel.
       May 30, 1956, Eva Marie was born. She completed the family. She started
    her education at Isabel and finished at Medicine Lodge. She then attended
    Professional Beauty College at Wichita, Kansas. She now works and lives in
    Wichita.
       The family, bought Dixon's Grocery in 1957. They were planning to move
    to town when Mrs. Inslee took ill and departed her family September 20,
    1958. The family moved to Iabel, where they lived and ran  the grocery
    store, Inslee's Market. In 1964 the store closed and later was torn down,
    leaving the living quarters. Elden started working as a brick mason and
    continued to farm. In the last few years his son has been working with
    him. Elden remarried in 1968 to Viola Oller Blue. They make their home in
    Isabel. 
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 249
       

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