In the early 1890's, Charles Tyrell first came to Barber County with his
     parents, Ada and Robert Tyrell, and his two younger sisters, Bessie and
     Leona. The chikldren attended school in Medicine Lodge for a year or so;
     Robert Tyrell worked around Medicine Lodge and Pratt as a stone mason and
     farm worker.
       The Tyrell family returned to Fontana, in Miami County Kansas. Mr. Tyrell
     resumed his brick-making and logging work. The children grew up there.
       Charles and his father came again to Barber County in 1908. They were
     living in Medicine Lodge when his sister, Bessie, and her husband, Ralph
     Sheldon, came to join them. His mother, Mrs. Ada Tyrell and sister, Leona
     (Watts), came a few months later.
       Charles and Minnie Minch were married in November, 1909, at Alva, Oklahoma.
     Minnie was the daughter of Jane and John Minich. Her father died when she was
     an infant; her mother later married Milton Greever of Barber County. Minnie
     was a native of Barber County. She had lived on a ranch southwest of Medicine
     Lodge until she was a young woman. She had many interesting stories to tell
     of her life on the ranch. Charles will be remembered by old timers for his
     wit and jokes. He loved life and enjoyed it fully.
       Charles and Minnie lived in Barber and Comanche Counties the first years
     of their marriage. He was a brick layer and cement worker. He helped construct
     the cement bases for the rotary kilns when they were installed at Best Brothers
     Gypsum Plant. He lined the kilns with brick. Many of the sidewalks, foundations,
     and chatted houses in Medicine Lodge, Sun City and surrounding areas are his
     handiwork.
       A daughter, Florence, was born in Sun City; Doris was born in Medicine Lodge.
     Two sons, Charles Jr. (Calif) and Scott (Tribune, Kansas) were born at LaCygne,
     Kansas in Linn County, where they lived serveral years. Scott attended high
     school in Medicine Lodge and played basketball and football for MLHS. Three
     children died in infancy.
       Charles and Minnie moved back to Paola, in Miami County, Kansas where they
     were living when they died in 1959. Although they lived away at times, Barber
     County was "home" to them. They loved the beautiful rolling plains. They and
     their daughter Florence (McCain), who died in 1977, are buried in Medicine
     Lodge Cemetery.
       There are five grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 461 
     Submitted by: Mrs. Doris Tyrell Nolin, daughter.