Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Gruber, John 1839 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

JOHN GRUBER

ON writing up the old timers of Barton County there is none that is better or
more favorably known than the subject of this sketch, John Gruber who came to
this county in 1871 at a time when there were very few people but a large number
of buffalo and antelope. Mr. Gruber is one of the old timers who upon their
arrival here began their first work and made a living by hunting buffalo. Mr.
Gruber located on land in Buffalo township where he still resides. He was born
in Austria, July 2, 1839. He was married in 1863 to Miss Katie Wilka, and they
are the parents of seven children as follows: Antone, 48 years of age, is
farming near the old home place on land given to him by his father; Joseph, 38
years of age, was born in this county and is living with his parents on the home
place; John, Jr., is in the automobile business in Great Bend and is 28 years of
age; Mary, 37 years, is now Mrs. E.G. Reidle of this county; Annie, 31 years of
age, is now Mrs. Stanley Patterson; Rose, 26 years of age, is Mrs. Pearl Holmes
and John, who died when he was four months of age, was the first white child
born in Barton County. Mr. Gruber is one of the really old timers of this
section of the state and has seen Barton County grow from an abiding place of
animals and Indians to its present high state of cultivation. The home place has
a fine set of improvements; the residence contains five rooms in addition to
closets, pantries, etc. The barn is 20 by 30 and a two acre orchard is found
near the house which bears all varieties of fruits common to this part of the
country. The place is well improved and is one of the historical spots of the
county. Mr. Gruber has been a member of the school board and held other offices
and is one of the county's oldest and most widely known citizens. It is to such
men as Mr. Gruber that Barton County owes its high standing among the leading
agricultural sections of the world and makes it one of the best counties in the
State of Kansas.


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