| Summary: | found out that land could be homesteaded at Deep River. They had to go back to Devils Lake to file on the land. Ingeman came back that same fall to build his shack which was 8 by 12 by 6. He made the same trip four times with horses. It took seven days one way. Ingeman married Marthine Knudsvig, March 9, 1901 and moved to Upham to make their home. They stayed with Jens Braaten's a few days until they got settled in their shack. In 1902, they decided to build a house. The lumber was hauled from Towner. His wife and baby went along. On the way back, they lost the burr of the front wheel and Ingerman walked back two miles, but couldn't find it. Then he had his wife drive the horses and he walked along the side of the wagon and watched so the wheel did not come off. Mr. Smette helped to organize Meadow Township in 1902, together with Barney Benson, T. T. Kongslie, John Ebersole and Willis Ebersole. The Smettes had eight children with seven surviving: Henry on the homestead, Clarence, Upham, N. Dak.; (Tomina), Mrs. Clayton Goheen, Mrs. Bud Demsey (Myrtle), California; Mrs. Don Heseltine, (Julia), Mrs. Sandy Twitched (Lois), California and Oscar of Deering. Melvin passed away in 1950. In 1951, the Smette's celebrated their Golden Wedding and they are now making their home in Upham. WILLIAM W. HALL William Hall was born in Buffalo, New York. He married Carrie Beech, July 28, 1899. Thev had four children, all of whom survive. They are: Lee Hall, Russell, N. Dak.; Arthur Hall, Upham, N. Dak,; Mrs. Arleen Morgan, Crary, and Mrs. Aletha Joern, Lakota, N. Dak. Mr. Hall came to Upham in 1900 from Larimore where he had farmed for a number of years. He went through all the usual hardships of the early settlers — fording streams, building claim shack and breaking the sod. Granville was the nearest town. He filed on land in Pratt Township and later moved to Russell. An experience which nearly cost his life was getting lost in a blizzard, neighbors set a straw pile afire and he found his way home. He served twelve years as a school officer in Tacoma township. During that time a new gymnasium was built. The Halls are members of the English Lutheran Church at Eckman, N. Dak. MR. and MRS. B. T. BENSON Sveinbjorn (Barney) Benson was born in Iceland in 1875. In the year 1883 he emigrated to the United States with his parents, Thor- dur and Maria Benidiktson and family. They settled in Akra, North Dakota where they lived until 1894 when with other Icelanders of that community they moved to the Mouse River valley driving oxen and covered wagons. As Thordur Benidiktson (later changed to Benson) had used his homestead rights in the Red River valley Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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