John Cope Louthan and Anna Jame Haddow were married in Barlo, Ohio, in 1863. They had
     three sons, Eddie, Bertie, and Sammie. Anna Jane died in 1884, and John married Mary Ann
     Elizabeth Hale. They moved to Barber County near Nashville. They had seven children: Laura
     Jane, who died at birth; Sarah, Jessie, Charlie, Pearl, and Emilie.
          In 1892 the grasshoppers destroyed all their crops. John Louthan went to Oklahoma and
     filed on a 160-acre claim in Woods County. He put in a crop and came back to Barber County
     for the family.
          Some of the older children were married and had homes of their own. The father had
     been wounded in the Civil War and received a small pension. With the help of the older
     children they gathered all their belongings on wagons and made the hazardous journey to 
     their claim. They arrived on Christmas Day with $27.00 cash and a herd of horses. They lived
     in the granary and chicken house for three years. Then the men cut cedar logs to build a
     house. There were no doctors and everyone had to depend on neighbors for help. Quinine was
     their principle medicine.
          Indians often stopped by to visit or to trade. Times were hard, but game was plentiful.
     Mrs. Louthan died in 1901, and Mr. Louthan in 1918.
          Pearl married a Bensch. She had eight children; Raymond, Velma Schaffer, Lloyd, Leatha
     Sizemore, Blanche Schiska, twins Jack and Jean, and Gladys Mae Gibson of Medicine Lodge.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 283