Lee and Edna Strickland came to Kansas in 1879; they came from Missouri
     in a covered wagon. They located in Mingona Township. Their son Lee was
     freighting to support his family, Edna was lonesome; so she went out and
     staked a land claim. They filed on it and lived there the rest of their
     lives.
       They had 16 children, all born on the claim, except Levi. Three of the
     children died in October 1886. The rest grew to adulthood; they were Levi,
     Bert, Nellie, Frank, Louie, Josephine, Irl, Tell, Fred, Tom, Cuba, Carrie,
     and Troy. They attended the Mingona School; church and Literary were also
     held there. They all married local mates. In time several of them moved
     to Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Arizona. Levi, Louie Nurse, Josephine
     Clarke and Fred were the only ones that spent their life in Barber County.
     They are all gone now, the last one passed away July 1, 1978.
       The only descendants living in Barber County are: two grandsons, Lloyd
     and Dale Clarke; their sons, John and Charles, and their families; and a
     granddaughter, Cathy White and family. Dale Clarke owns the old homestead
     now.
       Fred Strickland and I (Alice Bradney) were married in 1918. We lived in
     Medicine Lodge three years; then in 1922 we moved to a farm joining the
     home place. His folks passed away in 1922. We bought the place we lived on,
     and Bill and Josephine Clarke bought the old homestead. In 1934 we sold to
     Bill and Josephine and bought a farm in Elm Mills Township.
       We had four children, Dorothy, Wayne, Dwight and Boyd. December 21, 1937,
     Wayne was killed in a car wreck. April 24, 1945, Dwight lost his life in
     World War Two. Dorothy Leazenby lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her husband,
     Richard, passed away April 3, 1972. Boyd married Juanita Ragan of Medicine
     Lodge; they live in Dodge City. They have two daughters, Kay and Nancy.
       We lived on the farm until 1975 when we moved to Medicine Lodge, renting
     our farm. We celebrated our 58th anniversary in 1976. Fred passed away
     November 14, 1976, at the age of 83. I still live in my home in Medicine
     Lodge.
       My folks, John and Lucy Bradney, came to Barber County in 1900 from
     Oklahoma. They had eight children: Maggie, Linnie and Fred Stirewalt 
     (Mother's children by a former marriage) and Lois, Caroline, Jonas, Alice
     and Laura Bradney. They lived around Medicine Lodge until 1907 when they 
     moved to a farm near Lake City. My parents died in December 1918. The
     children are all gone now except my sister Lois Rackley and me. She is in
     a rest home at Cunningham.
       I'm getting old and enjoy my home and friends and still love Barber
     County.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 445 
     Submitted by: Mrs. Fred Strickland