Augustas Arterburn with his daughter, Katie, came to Barber County from
  Marion County in 1877; Katie was seven years old at the time. The two fo
  them settled on a claim on Cedar Creek, west of Medicine Lodge. This land
  remained in the family until Katie's death in 1967.
     Robert Kimball came to the Forest City Community from Blue Springs,
  Missouri, and settled on a claim in 1880. My father, Ed Kimball, on of 12
  children, was about 16 years old at that time. Grandfather engaged in
  farming and racing horses.
     Ed Kimball and Katie Aterburn were married in 1896 and took up house-
  keeping on the Arterburn farm. Dad farmed and raised livestock until his
  death in 1908.
     There were four sons born to Ed and Katie Kimball; Millard, Orville,
  Virgil, and Paul. We were kept busy with the work on the farm, and as we
  became old enough we all attended Doles School, District 16. This was the
  same school that our mother had attended.
     Mother, widowed shortly before my birth, always seemed to find something
  for us to do: weed the garden, water the chickens, milk the cows, and feed
  the pigs. Yet, we always found time to go fishing or swimming at Cedar Creek
  or go to a box or pie supper at the Doles School. There were debates and 
  plays put on by the various neighbors. From time to time a transit preacher
  would come along and hold a revival after which there would be a baptizing
  in some farmer's stock tank, and was that water ever cold!!
     Virgil and I attended Medicine Lodge High School, taking part in all the
  sports activities. Virgil graduated with the class of 1924 and I with the
  class of 1929.
     Each of us four boys chose different occupations. Millard took up painting
  and paper hanging until his death in 1968. Orville farmed until 1955, at which
  time he moved his family to Gunnison, Colorado, where he was employed by
  Enders Lumber and Hardware Company. Orville died in 1976. Virgil taught school,
  and then he became an electrician; he retired in 1970. He and his wife moved
  to Miami, Oklahoma. After graduation, I worked at various jobs. As the
  Depression came along, I enlisted in the CCC and spent 15 months operating
  heavy equipment.
     In 1939 Mary Willan and I were married, and we had three sons. In 1942 I
  was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad at Wellington, Kansas. In 1943 we moved
  to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where I continued to work for the Santa Fe. Our
  sons attended school and went on to chosen professions of their own. In 1974
  I retired from the railroad after 32 years of continuous service. I then
  moved to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, where I now reside.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 258 
     Submitted by: Paul Kimball