Marian Nettie Freeman was born May 8, 1902 in Jetmore, Kansas. She married Frank Beverly Minnis with whom she had eight children: Frank B. Jr., Merienne Eloise, Loren Eugene, Juanda Marceille, Peggy JeneVieve, Paul Vernon, Ivan Keith, and Theresa Jacqueline. Marian N. Freeman Minnis died April 11, 1969.

Frank B. Minnis, Jr. was born February 20, 1923 in Pratt, Kansas. After attending Pratt's public schools, he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Kansas City, Missouri's Rockhurst College. He did graduate work in information systems at George Washington University and graduated from the Command and General Staff College; he retired as a lieutenant colonel. Minnis held a variety of positions including chief of management in the Fort Leavenworth comptroller's office and as a accountant and computer specialist for the computer systems command in Virginia, where he lived from 1968-1981. After returning to Leavenworth, Minnis became active in that city's politics. He served as chair of the Human Relations Commission and the Leavenworth City and County Planning Commissions. In 1987 he was appointed to complete an unexpired term on the Leavenworth City Commission; he was reelected in 1991, served as Mayor Pro Tem from 1992-1993, and was elected Mayor in 1994. Frank B. Minnis, Jr. married Josephine Peoples on February 6, 1943. The couple had three children: Marian Francine, Michael Eugene, and Beverly JoAnne.