Jason Chandler Wadsworth, his wife Adeline (Ellis), with their three
     children migrated from Rockford, Illinois, to Barber County, Kansas, in
     1879. Here they settled on a farm, a short distance northwest of Medicine
     Lodge. The farm was known as the "Wadsworth Homestead."
       Jason was born in Hopewell, New York, in 1823. He and his first wife,
     Isabel Moore, had two children. The daughter, Flora, married a Wadsworth
     (no relation) and lived in Alta, Iowa. She visited the family in Medicine
     Lodge many times. Nothing is known of the other child.
       Adeline (Ellis) Wadsworth was one of nine children. Only 4 lived to
     adulthood. She was born in Canton, Maine. Her father, Benjamin Ellis, was
     a man of Herculean build and exceptional physical vigor. In 1856 he and his
     family left the ancestral neighborhood in Maine and moved west, settling in
     Boone County, Illinois. Here he bought a farm and established a new home.
     The four surviving children were as follows: Charles, a lawyer who lived and
     practiced in Medicine Lodge; Peres, settled in Reno County, near Hutchinson;
     Susan Gilchrist lived in East Aurora, New York; and Adeline, who married
     Jason Chandler Wadsworth and moved to Barber County, Kansas.
       Jason and Adeline were married in Manchester, Illinois and later moved to
     Rockford, Illinois, where their three children, Ben, Laura, and Fred were
     born. The family then moved to Barber County, and the three children attended
     school in Medicine lodge.
       When the children grew up, Ben and his wife, May, lived on the farm with
     his parents. Laura, their daughter, was born here; she married Lawson Lindley,
     and he had a Real Estate and Abstract business. Their homes were on North
     Walnut and South Walnut. After her husband's death, Laura moved to California
     to be near some of her family. She later married a Mr. Norman Gilbert. She
     died in Santa Ana, California.
       Fred was a farmer at heart, but he had to leave the farm because of his
     fair complexion that would not stand the Kansas sun and wind. He married
     Florence Williams and taught schools near Hardtner and Sharon, living in a
     sod house on the Graves farm while teaching at Hardtner. He later was
     affiliated with Chase Hardware in Medicine Lodge. He then went into partner-
     ship with his brother-in-law, Lawson Lindley, in the Real Estate and Abstract
     business. Later, he bought the business from Lindley and remained in this
     business until he died. Fred and Florence had four children. They were Virgil
     and Albert, deceased; Mildred (Murray) living in Hutchinson; and Louise,
     (Bloom) living on a ranch southwest of Medicine Lodge.
       Fred Wadsworth was a successful businessman and leader in the community.
     A school board member for years. Superintendent of Sunday School at the
     Methodist Church for 30 some years, belonging to the Masons and the Lions
     Club; a real booster for Medicine Lodge.
       Florence gave of her talent, singing in church, lodge, and community
     activities most of her life. She had the honor of receiving her 75 year 
     membership award from the Eastern Star in a ceremony conducted in her
     daughter's home (Mrs. Glenn Bloom) just a few months before she died. This
     was the first time this award had been given to any Eastern Star member
     in Medicine Lodge, and only a very few have been given in the state at that
     time.
       Among other things, Fred and Florence Wadsworth's beautiful flower garden
     will be remembered, from which they both derived a great deal of pleasure.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 466 
     Submitted by: Louise (Wadsworth)Bloom