Charles Washington Rasmusson was born February 22, 1884 in Kellogg, Cook County, Minnesota. He was the youngest son of Nels P. and Henrietta Harncane Rasmusson. At the age of two he moved with his parents to a farm at Hope, North Dakota, and in 1888 the family moved to a farm a mile south of Valley City. He attended school in Valley City and the N.D.A.C. in Fargo. After the death of his father in 1909 he farmed the home farm and he lived with his step-mother.
He married Hannah Nelson, on February 16, 1913. He moved to a farm north of Valley City, then to a farm near Dazey. He also farmed in Getchell township before he retired and the family moved to Valley City in 1948.
Mr. Rasmusson passed away in Valley City on October 24, 1949. Mrs. Rasmusson continued to live with her son, Kenneth and her grandson, James Sherman, until her death June 15, 1967.
There were twelve children in the Rasmusson family as follows:
Mrs. Harold (Mary) Risser, Valley City;
Mrs. Markus (Alma) Heck, Hannaford, North Dakota;
Frank Rasmusson;
Mrs. Adolph (Nora) Johnson;
Kenneth Rasmusson;
George and
Carl Rasmusson (twins who died in infancy);
Charles and
Hannah (Nelson) Rasmusson 1913
Mrs. Frank (Anna) Kunze;
Mrs. Betty (Kraft) Selleck;
Mrs. Leonard (Louise) Johnson;
Mrs. John (Clara) Sherman, who passed away in 1968 and
Mrs. Frances (Babcock) Elm, all of Valley City, North Dakota.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 199