Born at Bell Fountain, Ohio April 14, 1860, John Reeder Llewellyn
     grew up in Carroll, Ohio. His father, Culbertson Llewellyn was born in
     Ohio in 1825. When Culbertson was about 7 years old his mother died.
     Culbertson was 'bound out' to a neighbor and his father went west, 
     presumably to Wisconsin, and was never heard from again. Elizabeth (Park)
     Llewellyn, John's mother, was born in 1826 and died in 1899 in Ohio.
        John Luallen came to Medicine Lodge in 1885 at the age of 25, leaving
     his parents, 4 brothers - James D., William A., Joseph C. and Samuel V. -
     and two sisters, Susan Eulalia and Mary Belle (Carpenter) in Carroll.
     (The 1880 census shows the name spelled LUALLEN, but in 1890 it was again
     spelled LLEWELLEN.) John and 2 brothers, James and Samuel who followed
     him to Kansas, retained the Luallen spelling. Samuel migrated to Oklahoma;
     James returned to Ohio, but James' son, Harry Luallen, was a lifetime
     resident of Medicine Lodge.
        Upon his arrival in Kansas, John Luallen entered in the restaurant
     business. During the flood of 1886 he helped make boats and rescued several
     families from the high water. He was a charter member of the Odd Fellows.
        Mary Collom Gibson, was born near Livingston, Tennessee, August 13, 1874.
     At the age of 4 she moved with her parents, 3 step-brothers - John D.
     Gibson, William F. Gibson and Willie Gray - and baby sister Carrie D.
     (Mrs. Preston Patton) to Isabel. Her mother Margaret Gibson died when Mary
     was about 5 years old. Her father, Joseph, married Phoebe Rogers 2 years
     later in 1881 at Lake City, Kansas. Five more sister - Ethel, Cornelia,
     Gladys, Fern (Mrs. Everett Shell), and Helen (Mrs. Abe Harrison) were born.
        Mary grew to womanhood near Isabel until she was married there to John
     Luallen July 15, 1896 at the home of her parents. They moved into the groom's
     residence at 212 E. Kansas in Medicine Lodge. Both were members of the
     Methodist Church. To this union were born 3 daughters, Ethel Eulalia (Mrs.
     John Holser), and twins - Marjorie (Mrs. Ralph Lonker), and Margarett, who
     died in infancy during a flu epidemic.
        John opened a confectionery and bakery in 1900, and continued its operation
     until his death Augtust 31, 1930, at the age of 70 due to cancer. The Luallen
     Confectionery and Bakery, located in the north 100 block of Main Street was
     a favorite meeting place of all young people during those early 1900's for
     a 'coke', ice cream (he made his own), banana split or doughnuts. His artistry
     at baking and decorating cakes was renowned. Wedding cakes were ordered and
     shipped as far away as England. He was loved and respected by the whole
     community. Small youngsters were always treated with stick candy and they
     affectionately called him "Uncle John."
        'Culley' as Mary was called was a practical nurse. She delivered many
     children in the Medicine Lodge area and frequently traveled by buggy to 
     nurse the sick in their homes. During her absence, John and his daughter
     stayed in the back room of the confectionery. Culley also did practical
     nursing in her home until she moved to Long Beach, California in 1939.
     There she married M.C. Rule, also of Barber County origin. She returned
     to Medicine Lodge in 1951 for a visit but due to illness, she was unable
     to return to California. She died of pneumonia November 30, 1951, at the
     age of 77. 
     
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 284 
     Submitted by: Margaret Carolyn Hough