Winifred Freeman was born in 1914 to David R. and Myrtle A. (Warren)
     Watkins near Medicine Lodge. She was the eldest of nine children; of the
     nine, seven grew to adulthood. At the present there are five still living.
     Our famly grew up on a farm between Medicine Lodge and Isabel. We all
     attended a country school named Eldred and went to Medicine Lodge High
     School with the exception of Corrine Watkins. She attended High School in
     Isabel.
          Winifred attended college at Fort Hays Teachers College, college in
     Alva, Oklahoma and took some courses in Pratt College. She started her
     teaching career in a country school (Amber) in 1936. She married Clair
     Freeman in 1936. They had one son, Dillman. She taught school in the
     rural schools for five years. Her husband passed away in 1939 and her
     son passed away in 1971.
          In 1942 Winifred taught third and fourth grade. In 1943 she went to
     Kiowa for four years. In 1947 she came back to Isabel to teach. She taught
     in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades during her
     teachintg there. In 1970 the school was closed and she finished her teaching
     career in Medicine Lodge Intermediate School. She retired in 1979 after
     teaching 41 years.
          In 1953 my mother came to live with me after Father passed away in 1951. 
     She lived with me most of the time. She enjoyed her live in Isabel. She
     always had a garden. She passed away in 1983 at the age of 95.
          My sister Carrie Watkins taught school in Isabel for two years. She
     went to Kiowa and taught four years. She started teaching in Pratt in 1950.
     She passed away in 1979. I moved to Pratt in 1982.
          Corrine Watkins lived with me while going to high school in Isabel. She
     worked for the Barber County Superintendent. She then went to Pratt to work
     for Special Education. She now is the bookkeeper and clerk of the board. She
     has been with them for 18 years. One of my brothers is on a farm near Nashville. 
     One is retired and lives in Colorado Springs. The other is retired and lives
     in Medicine Lodge.
               
     Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987,  pg. 76 
     
     Submitted by: Winifred Freeman