Kansas' unpredictable weather in 1907 made a lasting impression on 11
     year old Lloyd Weidner. He and brother, Leslie, were taking the 'town
     herd' of milk cows to various homes when the wind came up. They were on
     West Stolp and sought shelter in an old barn just under the hill. They
     watched a house raised into the air and fall apart.
       As they crossed the rising creek and climbed the hill to North Walnut,
     they saw another destroyed. Their home 1/2 mile east of town was nearly
     destroyed. His father was blown from the house and his mother pinned 
     waist deep with fallen brick, yet the bed covers were not rumpled or the
     Rayo lamp upset.
       Lloyd's parents, John and Bird (Lawry) Weidner, came to Barber County
     from Enid, Oklahoma, in 1898 when Lloyd was 3 years old. The mother drove
     a covered wagon, and his father herded the cattle. One day, baby Leslie
     fell from the wagon seat behind the mules, his mother stepped to the
     wagon tongue, grabbed the long dress, and lifted him to safety.
       Lloyd was the oldest of 6 children; Lola married Will Shanks, (d.1920);
     Leslie (d.1935); Robert lives in California; Roy in Florida; and Donald
     (d.1965).
       Weidners were living on the County Poor Farm, where his family farmed,
     milked 8-10 cows, and sold milk to cafes and homes in town. The mother
     cared for 'paupers' - aged people with nothing and nobody to care. She
     received $9 a month for their care. The 'Pest House' was built to house
     quarantined smallpox victims.
       Lloyd worked out for $1.50 a day. Eggs were 3 cents a dozen and Arbuckle
     coffee 11 cents a pound. In July of 1918 Lloyd rented a farm in Union Chapel 
     Community from  Conrad Baier. On November 11, he married the yountest Bair
     daughter, Eva Marie, (b. 1900). She had a brother, Leonard, (d. 1958) and
     two sisters, Lena (Mrs. H.U. Magnisons d. 1976) and Anna (Mrs. Carl) Bolser.
       Eva's father was a German immagrant, coming from the same area as the 
     Lenkner families. He was a hard worker, but never too busy for a barbeque
     or to make ice cream. Barbara (Roth) Baier, Eva;s mother packed eggs in
     washtubs filled with kaffir corn to prevent breakage in delivery to town
     by wagon for sale.
       Lloyd and Eva lived on this farm 13 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge
     45 years. Through the years, Eva made her own soap, washed on the board,
     cooled milk in the cistern, and still uses her favorite butcher knife,
     after 60 years. Lloyd farmed with horses and mules 'till 1937; they
     bought an Allis Chalmers tractor. In 1927 they helped neighbors following
     another Kansas tornado which destroyed their homes and church; Weidners
     were fortunate this time!
       They had two sons, Russel who died in 1963, and Glenn. In 1946 Glenn
     married Hylon Hart, daughter of Roy and Mary (Winnop) Hart. Glenn and
     Hylon have three children, Linda (Mrs. Cal Regier), Steve, and Roger.
     Their home is in Colorado City, Colorado. There are 2 great-grandchildren.
       In 1964 Lloyd and Eva moved to Medicine Lodge. They garden, fish, and
     she has a photograph collection which tells its own story. Both are active
     in the Christina Church; Eva enjoys CWF, Willijng Workers, and Union Chapel
     Ladies Aid. Lloyd has been involved with the covered wagon episode of Indian
     Pageant and now enjoys Leisure Time Center. They celebrated 60 years of
     marriage.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 478 
     Submitted by: Lloyd and Eva Weidner