Hugh Howard Wheelock and Linda Kay Emmele were both born and raised in
     Barber County and have lived most of their lives here.
       Hugh, the son of Albert and Eva Wheelock, was born in 1946, at the
     Hardtner Memorial Hospital, shortly after his family moved to a farm two
     miles west of Medicine Lodge. He attended teh Medicine Lodge Schools and
     graduated in 1964. From 1964-1968, he was a student and received his degree
     from Kansas State University, majoring in Animal Science. He also was a 
     member of the K-State Livestock Judging Team his junior and senior years. 
     Besides his parents, the family consists of two sisters and one brother:
     Beverly Jo Wheelock Moore, Jane E. Wheelock Packard, and Albert Lloyd
     Wheelock. They are all residents of Barber County, living in Medicine
     Lodge.
       Linda, the daughter of Buford and Nelda Emmele, was born in 1947 at the
     Hardtner Memorial Hospital. She grew up in Kiowa and attended the Kiowa
     schools, graduating in 1965. She attended Kansas State Teachers College
     at Emporia for three years. The other members of her family include two
     brothers, Brucy Larrry and Kent Alan, and a sister, Gayla Sue Emmele Whistler.
     Another sister Denise Ann Emmele, died in infancy. Linda's family of Barber
     County residents goes back to both sets of grandparents (the S.G. Emmele's
     and the W.C. McGee's).
       Since their marriage, after living in Germany for about one year, while
     Hugh was serving with the United States Army, they have made their home
     in Medicine Lodge where Hugh is engaged in farming and ranching on the 
     Wheelock Ranch. They have six children: Brenda Carole, Russell Tod, Kathleen
     Mae, Cheryl Ann, Heather Helen, and Krystal Kay.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 484 
     Submitted by: Hugh H. Wheelock; Linda K. Wheelock