Emory Sutton was born April 6, 1892, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He moved
     to Woods County, Oklahoma, with his parents at the age of thirteen. His
     family lived in a ten while a dugout was made. Emory started to work for
     Philip Sternberger two or three years later. He met and married Lena, the
     only daughter in this family with eight boys. Her parents had come to
     America from Germany and settled on a homestead southwest of Hardtner.
       Emory and Lena lived near Winchester; they moved to a farm a mile west
     of Hardtner for a time. A few years later they bought a farm ten miles
     northwest of Hardtner and lived the rest of their lives there.
       Ten children were born in their home. Lousie, the eldest, married Clifford
     Morrow and had three sons; Allen, Davie, who is deceased, and Charles.
     Beatrice became a nurse and lives in New Jersey. Beaulah also became a
     nurse. She married Anthony Venza and they have three children; Maria, Joey
     and Helen. They live in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Ophal, the fourth girl,
     becmae a school teacher. She died in a car accident at the age of twenty-
     two. Darline, a nurse also, married Hubert Beatty and they live in California.
     They have two sons, Stanley and James. Lela Mae became a teacher, married
     Virn McElwain and they have five children. They are William, Janice, Russell,
     Warren and Lois. Their home is in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Lloyd married
     Maxine Moad and they had four children; Greg, Eddie, Becky and Doug who is
     deceased. They live on a farm northwest of Hardtner. George married Joan
     Hinze; they have five children and they live on the farm also. Their
     children are John, James, Emily, Thomas and William.
       Two other children of Emory and Lena are deceased; John Captain died at
     the age of three, and Lucille died at birth.
       Lloyd, George, and Beaulah spent time in military service during WWII.
       As the family grew up, all of the children attended Eldred school which
     was about one-half mile away. Everyone walked and carried lunch in a tin
     pail to the one-room schoolhouse. Times were difficult during the twenties
     and thirties with the dust-storms, tornadoes and cold winters. Once, during
     a dust storm, the air was so heavy with dirt we were afraid of getting lost
     on the way home from school. School closed that day because it was so dark.
     Neighbors came from several directions sometimes during a tornado storm
     because they did not have a storm cellar.
       Most of the food was produced on the farm. The orchards and garden supplied
     vegetables and fruit. Homemade bread was a daily event. All dairy and meat
     products came from home. Even soap was made at home. The grain crops were
     hauled the ten miles to market withhorses and wagons during the early years.
       Modernization on the farm was slow. Studying at night was done by keorsene 
     lamps. Gettin a home-built electric generator for electric lights was an 
     exciting time. Finally REA came and complete modernization had really been
     earned.
       All of the children attended the St. Johns Evangelical Church regularly
     through the years.
       Lena Sutton died January 17, 1953, and Emory Sutton died July 8, 1963.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 450