Sarah and William (Bill) Moad came to Barber County from  Cabool, Missouri in
     1891. They settled on a farm near Gerlane. In 1905, the family moved to Kling and
     lived on what is known as the Clay Kennedy farm. Part of the house was made of rock,
     some of it is still there.
          The Moad children: Minnie, Ray and Willis attended school at Kling. The old
     schoolhouse is still there minus the roof, windows and a few other things. It was
     also made of rock. Others who attended school there were the Clawsons and Kennedys.
          The Moads later moved west of Sun City. While living there, they had the mis-
     fortune to lose their home by fire, having to replace everything. Mrs. Moad used to
     tell how she appreciated a sack of cleaning rags which Betty Sears gave her. (Having 
     nonthing she could make rags of made her realize how important little things like
     that were.)
          Later the family moved about a half mile west of Sun City. Stock water had been
     a problem everywhere they had lived. Here Turkey Creek ran through the place. During
     a flood in 1928 the creek got so high it ran into the first floor of the house.
          Minnie, the eldest of the children,, married Monte Ward. Mr. Ward farmed for a
     time and later ran a store in Sun City. Montie and his father did their own butchering.
     Fresh meat was quite a treat in those days. The Wards had four children. Adrian (Bud)
     is dead. He ran a barber shop in Medicine Lodge for a number of years. Alma and her
     husband, Charles (Buster) Hathaway, live in Sun City. Another daughter, Mildred Hogard,
     also lives there. Helen and her husband, Bill Axtell, live in Medicine Lodge.
          Ray Moad and wife, Cuma, live in Sun City. Ray farmed for a number of years, and
     at one time he ran a garage in Sun City. He also built ponds and terraces and did other
     types of dirt work. Ray and Cuma had two daughter; Iona, who married Walter (Pete) Braden,
     and with her family live in Medicine Lodge; Maxine and Lloyd Sutton live west of Hardtner.
          Willis Moad and his wife had one daughter, Maxine. She and her family live in Montana.
     Willis sold cars for a time and later ran a cafe in Sun City.
          Marian (Tudy) married Sam Shepler. They made their home in Sun City where Sam worked
     for National Gypsum Company. Their daughter, Mary Ellen and her husband, Ernest Larkin,
     live in Sun City.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 333 
     Submitted by: Ray Moad