Since my grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David Clough, were living in Sharon,
    Kansas, I was born in their home. My mother, Nora (McKeever) Matthews, and
    father, Harry Bertham (Bert) Matthews, and I lived on a farm north of
    Gerlane acroos the river on the Newkirk farm. Near neighbors were Mr. and 
    Mrs. Frank Colborn and their family. North of us were Mr. and Mrs. Lee 
    McDaniel and their family, Bradshaws, and Brumleys.
       I rode horseback with Marjorie Colborn to College Hill school one winter.
    Our teacher was Belle Byers.
       While living on the Newkirk farm, Dad built a cement chicken house,
    making the blocks himself. The upstairs was used for storage place and a
    play house for me. My Aunt Rena, Uncle Sheryl, Gladys and Sherlema, who
    lived at Hazelton, visited us often. We had lots of fun. We always went to
    Medicine Lodge to do our trading. At Trice Store Jack Trice spoiled all the
    kids by giving them treats.
       Dad played baseball with the Sharon team so, when we went to Sharon, we
    all rode in a model T or on a motorcycle which had a side-car.
       Later I lived with my grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John McKeever, who lived
    four miles south of Sharon. Here I graduated from Sharon High School in 1930.
       In 1931 I married Ray Wilson of Attica. We have three daughters: LaRay
    Ann Duvall, Jane Collins, and Nora May Collier. I have eight grandchildren.
       After Ray's death, I moved to Harper to be near by daughter Jane. She and
    her husband operate the Ponderosa Floral and Greenhouse. 
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 490 
     Submitted by: Dorothy Wilson