Charles Gage

Charles Albert Gage (1915) oldest son of Wells H. Gage Sr. and Minnie Peter Gage. He was born in Rochester Township, Cass County, North Dakota. He attended school Dist. 101 at Walden, North Dakota. He started farming in Minnie Lake Township, Barnes County in 1935 and continued farming until the present except for four years he spent with the army during World War II.

On June 14, 1952 he was united in marriage to Gladys Sylvia Buchmann at Jackson, Minnesota.

She was born in Jackson County, Minnesota in 1922 and received her formal education there. She also attended Iowa State Teachers College and taught school in Iowa for six years prior to her marriage.

In 1952 they started building their present farmstead on section 12 Minnie Lake Township, Barnes County.

There are two children. Mark Lynn (1955) and Kathy Jo (1960). Both attended school at Page, North Dakota.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 75