| Summary: | Adolph Vinje was born in Gjemso, Lofoten, Norway. He arrived in Traill County on June 20, 1898 by train. Upon arrival here he settled on the northeast quarter in Section 28, Township 147, Range 52. After several years in this country he married Inga Karstad on March 3, 1906. She was originally from Jev- naker, Norway, leaving there for America in May 1896. From this marriage were born six children; Clara, John, Ida, Erling, Myrtle and Alf. He was a member of the First American Lutheran Church in Mayville. Adolf K. Vinje died on November 11, 1962 and buried in the Bruflat cemetery at Portland, North Dakota. His wife still recides at Mayville, North Dakota. Mr. & Mrs. Ole Anderson came to Traill County in July, 1886 and settled on the NWJ4 of section 23 in Ervin Township. Mr. Anderson was born December 24, 1862 at Aasness, Solor, Norway and he came to the United States when he was 21 years old. Caroline Johnson was born April 14, 1863 at Aasness, Solor, Norway. She came to America in July 1883 and was married the following month to Ole Anderson. They lived at Cummings in Ervin Township all their lives with the.exception of five years, from 1910 to 1915, when they lived at Froid, Montana. Mr. & Mrs. Anderson were the parents of six children: John M., Mayville; Melfred of Kalispell, Montana; Bena and Marie of Great Falls, Montana; Ida Christine who died in September 1921 and Henry O. who died in March, 1957. Mr. & Mrs. Anderson were members of the Highland church. Mr. Anderson served on the Highland church board and the Ervin School board. Mrs. Anderson died in March 1938 and Mr. Anderson died in December, 1950. Christ Amund Hong was born in Lille Hammar, Gubrandsdalen, Norway, on April 30, 1865. He came to Buxton Territory in 1884 at the age of nineteen, and worked on the Reeves farm. In 1892, he opened a hardware store and tin shop at Buxton, which he operated for 40 years before retiring in 1932. Mr. Hong was married in 1904 to Martha Anderson of Hillsboro. Seven children were born to them: Mae, Curtis, Clifford, Lloyd, Nora, Arlyn, and another daughter. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Buxton. He died June 30, 1949, at the age of 84 years, and was buried in the Buxton Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Halvor Olson immigrated to the United States from Norway, coming to Traill County and Belmont Twpt. in the early 1980s. They lived and farmed there the rest of their lives. The following children were born to them. Henry, Ole, Pete, Lena, Albert, Halvor Jr., Rendina, and Lars. They belonged to the Ringsaker Church, and are buried in that church cemetery. Mr. Olson was born in 1858 and died in 1924. We have no information on Mrs. Olson. Knut Ingvaldson was born in Huston County, Minn. July 11, 1859. His wife was born in Skudenes, Norway, she came to the United States in 1882. They were married in 1883, and bought land in Belmont Twpt. where tbey lived the rest of their lives. They had one son Ingvald, and one daugbter Hannah. Mrs. Ingvaldson was born Dec. 3, 1855. They belonged to the Ringsaker Church, and are buried in that Church Cemetery. Mr. Charles L. Gordon settled in Bingham Township in 1875. An interesting story told by Mr. Gordon was: "One day shortly after he settled in Bingham he met a young stalwart looking man while plowing. The man, who had been riding leisurely along on a buckskin pony talked to him for a time and asked him what his ambitions were? Mr. Gordon replied," that he was going to make tbe farm his life's work. At this time the stranger tried to convince him that he could, make more money and lead a more interesting life by coming with him although he did not say what type of business he was in. A short time later, the attempted bank robbery at Northfield, Minnesota took place. The famous James Brothers gang of robbers was broken up with nearly all its members being killed or captured. From descriptions of the men and information which he later received, Mr. Gordon discovered that it was Jesse James, himself, that had offered him a job. Jimmy Wall and Bob Stanley were the "'young 'uns" in a 35-team wagon train that hauled lumber in June, 1870, from Anoka, Minnesota, to Fort Pembina, Dakota Territory, then under construction. The boys had a tough lot. Breakfast of hard tack, black coffee, and baked beans at 3 a.m., dinner when they reached a water hole, and supper under like conditions. Their bed a spot under one of the wagons, their covers an overcoat wrapped about their heads as a defense against mosquitoes. The trip over, they separated. A few years later, Stanley, a stage coach driver from Cannonball to Dedar River on the Deadwood, Bismarck line, expected to be held up any night. A band of masked men staged frequent holdups, seeking to take the stagecoach when it was loaded with gold. Missing the gold, they took watches and money from the men, but didn't touch tbe women. Somehow, Stanley's coach was never molested, even when he carried the gold safe. Finally the leader of the gang was killed in Cheyenne. He was Stanley's companion of wagon-train days—young Jimmy Wall. 81 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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