Jack and I are both lifelong residents of Barber County, both of us were raised on
  farms, his near the Forest City area, and mine near Gerlane. We now reside in Medicine
  Lodge. Jack has long been active in oilfield work, and we are members of the Methodist
  Church. Being blessed with no children of our own, we enjoy the children of our friends
  and often help to spoil them, or so we are told.
     I was born on June 2, 1919, at my parent's home near Gerlane. My mother was Hazel
  Blanche Lyman and my father was Charles Francis Bevans. They were married on September
  11, 1918. My father was the only son of Sherman L.Bevans and Josie Lee Forshee, also
  of Barber County. My dad farmed the same ground as had his father and grandfather. Both
  my father and I attended Glenco School in the same building. I graduated from Kiowa
  High School in 1937 and taught school for two years. I worked for three years on the
  ration board during World War II. The Bevans farm now belongs to the fourth generation
  of our family.
     My mother died on August 30, 1922, when I was only three years old. My father
  married Elma Springer of Medicine Lodge on January 23, 1924. Dad and Elma moved
  to Kiowa upon his retirement. He died there on May 8, 1968.
     In May, 1947, I married Arthur W. Saddler, son of William Bruce and Carrie Ettie
  (Swope) Saddler, also of Barber County. We moved to Medeicine Lodge, where Arthur
  worked as a carpenter until his death on June 28, 1957. I worked for twelve years as
  a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. On February 22, 1959, I
  married Jack D. Nurse.
     Jack was born December 13, 1919, to Walter Scott and Ethel L. Nurse. The Nurses
  were a pioneer family in Barber County. In addition to Jack, the children were Marvin,
  now of Wichita; Betty Jane (Mrs. Virgil) DeMint of Hutchinson; and Carol Sue (Mrs.
  Richard) Vester of Tribune. Jack's father died on November 29, 1951. His mother 
  recently celebrated her 80th birthday.
     Jack graduated from Medicine Lodge High School in 1938. He served in the U.S. Army
  from September, 1942, until December, 1945; and he saw duty in the South Pacific. 
  Except for the time spent in the service, Jack has always lived in Barber County.
     We continue to reside in Medicine Lodge, where are roots are well established.
     
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 348 
     Submitted by: Marguerite E. Nurse