Emmitt L. Schiff and Mary Huffaker, schoolmates of the Sharon High 
     School, were united in marriage at Wichita, Kansas, November 3, 1933
     while Mary was attending a State Teachers' Meeting. She continued
     teaching in the rural schools until 1936.
       October 31, 1937, their first child, James Lewis (Jim) was born in
     the local hospital at Sharon, Kansas. The hospital was located at the
     former Duckworth residence with Dr. J.M. Gacusana as the attending
     physician. In two more years another child, Charlotte Gloria, was born
     at this hospital. By this time Dr. Gacusana was called to be an Army
     doctor in Minnesota. The hospital was discontinued; so when the next
     child was born, Mary Ann, Dr. Galloway's intern, J.T. Terry, M.D., at 
     the Anthony hospital was the attending physician.
       This family lived five miles west of Sharon on the Crawford farm,
     owned by W.C. Schiff. In 1944 another girl was welcomed into the family,
     and they named her Emma Lou.
       Jim, Charlotte, and Mary Ann attended the country school Central View,
     one and one-half miles from their home. This was their dad's childhood
     school, where he graduated from the eighth grade, later attending Sharon
     High School.
       In the spring of 1947 a tornado swept through this vicinity, demolishing
     the bedroom in which the three older children slept. Charlotte and Mary
     were blown out of their bed into the yard, but uninjured. Charlotte quickly
     grabbed Mary Ann's hand, and they both ran into the storm cellar nearby.
       In October the family moved to Mary's birthplace, one-half mile south of
     Sharon. The children attended Sharon Grade School, all graduating from the
     high school.
       In the meantime, on September 22, 1950, another girl, Kathleen Diane
     (Kathy), was added to the happy family. She, too, attended the grade and
     high school, later completing nurses' training at St. Joseph's Hospital
     at Wichita in 1971. She earned the Sister M. Mel Bride C.S.J. award.
       In 1952 an epidemic of polio broke out in the Sharon community, striking
     over 30 children. They were rushed to hospitals in Wichita for treatment,
     where all but two survived. James (Jim), Charlotte, Mary Ann, and Kathy
     suffered from this disease. Kathy and Jim were in the Wesley Hospital at
     Wichita for several weeks, while Mary Ann and Charlotte were treated at
     home by the local Nashville doctor, T.L. Waylan.
       All of these children are grown and married, living with their families
     withing one hundred sixty miles from their home town. Emmitt and Mary 
     reside on the homestead. Emmitt has participated in all of the Peace Treaty
     Pageants since its beginning in 1927.
     
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 402 
     Submitted by: Mary Schiff