August Darkenwald was born in Germany in 1861. He came to America with his parents in 1865 and they settled in Indiana. In 1882 he came to Dakota Territory and filed on a homestead in Uxbridge Township, the southwest quarter of Section 2, at the age of twenty one years. In 1895 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Minnie Braley of Long Prairie, Minnesota. To this union were born six children: George of Billings, MT; August of Oceanside, California; lone Stein, deceased in 1955 of Jamestown, North Dakota; Lucille Cowden of Moscow, Idaho; Cordon and Talbot deceased. By a former marriage Mrs. Darkenwald had three children: Martin of San Clemente, California; Gilbert, deceased, and Gertrude of Moorhead, Minnesota. Mr. Darkenwald was a member of the township board and a director of the First National Bank for many years. He passed away at his home at Wimbledon in 1933.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 53