The Sam Overstreet family, consisting of Mr. Overstreet, his wife, the
      former Lulo Patterson of Hutchinson, Kansas, and three sons: Ray, Dwight,
      and Dorse, came to Medicine Lodge in 1911.
        Mr. Overstreet was born in Gentry County, Missouri, in 1870. He 
      apprenticed for four years under a German watchmaker in Hutchinson, Kansas.
      He married his wife in Hutchinson in 1896, where he operated a watchmaking
      and jewelry store.
        After moving to Medicine Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. Overstreet had two daughters:
      Geneva, who married Loy Isaacs, and lives i Rawlins, Wyoming; and Nerva,
      who married Carlton Trimble, and lives in Thayer, Missouri. All five children
      received most of their education in the Medicine Lodge schools.
        From the time Sam Overstreet opened his jewelry store in Medicine Lodge in
      1911 until his son Ray, who operated it after hime, retired to the Masonic
      Home in Wichita in 1967, a jewelry store in Medicine Lodge bore the
      Overstreet name.
        His son Dwight opened a jewelry store in Kiowa, Kansas, in 1927, where
      he married the former Carrie Sippel of Kiowa. Mrs. Dwight Overstreet worked
      with him in the business through the years. In 1978, Dwight Overstreet
      closed his store in downtown Kiowa, and now has his business down to just
      a little repair work which he does in his home.
        Sam;s son Dorse chose, instead of jewelry, to become a grocer and a
      salesman. He resides in Wichita, Kansas.
        The Sam Overstreet family were all active in the Baptist Church in
      Medicine Lodge.
        Sam Overstreet and his three sons were all members of the Masonic Order.
      Mrs. Overstreet and numerous members of the family belonged to the Eastern
      Star.   
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 353 
     Submitted by: Nerva Overstreet Trimble