I (Ellen) was born on a farm nine miles west of Medicine Lodge to James
     and Elizabeth (Myers) Moore. I had a brother, John and three sisters,
     Bessie, Cora and Rena.
       Papa was born to John and Hannah (Harding) Moore at LaPort, Indiana.
     His mother died with cancer during the Civil War and his father was
     killed at Chatanooga, Tennessee. He came to Hodgman County, Kansas, and
     was raised by an aunt and uncle, Lilly and Frank Cross.
       Mother (Elizabeth) was born to Hiram and Sarah Myers in Casconade County,
     Missouri, and crossed the plaines in a covered wagon at age 11 years. Her
     family settled in Hodgman County also. She was a good nurse. She and her
     sister, Fannie Cline, ran a dressmaking and hap shop in Ness City before
     her marriage to a young cowboy, Jim Moore. They moved to Barber County.
     They joined the Christian Church while David Nation was minister.
       We moved to Medicine Lodge from the farm in 1911 and ran the Central
     Hotel. Later, Papa hauled express and freigh. He once played in a tall
     and short men's baseball game and was nicknamed 'Mutt' and Dr. Coleman
     was 'Jeff.' This nickname remained with him always.
       An outstanding memory for me was watching a Gypsy encampment on the
     river. They bought a pig, chickens, eggs and milk. We watched them eating
     or dancing to beautiful music.
       Bessie married William Clark and had two sons, Ted and Clarence. Will
     was studing law and farming. He sufferd a sun stroke which affected his
     mind and his violence forced Bessie to divorce him. She later married
     Lawrence Howard and had a son, Roy. Roy and wife, Lucille, had a daughter,
     the present Mrs. Chas. McLane, of Montana. Bessie later married Harvey
     Johnson ( a carpenter) and they made their home in Medicine Lodge for 42 
     years. All three sons and Harvey preceded her in death.
       John took over the farm when my parents moved to town. He married Lora
     Urton. They had two children. Vera Warwick and Harold who died in Germany 
     serving his country.
       Cora married William Nida of Hazelton. Her daughters are Willa Mae Borger
     of Valley Center and Aldena Rose of Kiowa. Cora now lives in Kiowa.
       Rena married Fred Phillips of Spivey, Kansas. They ahd two children;
     Doris Smith of Americus, Kansas, and Denzel Phillips who was killed in a
     plane crash in Alabama. Denzel's wife, Helen (Bauer) and tow sons, Ronald
     and Robert live in Downer Grove, Illinois.
       I worked on the Barber County Index for three years, then went to Wichita
     and worked for the Wichita Eagle where I conducted a column called 'Alice
     in Wonderland.' There I met and married Guy Earl, a stereotyper, who also
     worked on the Eagle. He was from Madison, Nebraska.
       In 1929 we moved to Denver, Colorado, where he worked on the Denver Post
     and the Rocky Mountain News. I sold 'spot continuity' for radio station 
     KVOD and attended Colorado University Extension courses and became an author
     and poet. I had many published works in magazines, newspapers and poetry
     books.
       We moved to Miami, Florida, in 1949 where Guy worked on the Miami Herald
     until his death in 1959. I opened a rock and antique store there and in
     about a year, moved back to Denver where I formed a Pebble Pup Club and
     taught children about minerals, rocks and shells for 10 years.
       After a cancer operation, I returned to Medicine Lodge to renew acquaintances
     and make new friends.  
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 336 
     Submitted by: Ellen (Moore) Earl