Claude Garland, born in 1870 in Quebec, Canada came to North Dakota in 1883. He came to file a claim, later he bought land on section 20 in Birtsell Township. In 1894 he married Sarah Ann Stewart at Carrington, who was born in 1878 in Ontario. Besides farming Mr. Garland was a livestock buyer.
The Garlands were the parents of fifteen children: Marie, Claude B., Hamlin, Erna, Howard, George, Celia, James, Theodore, John, Thomas, Stella, Keithel, Lahoma and William.
When the Garlands retired they moved into Carrington. Mrs. Garland died in 1943 and Mr. Garland died in 1950. They are buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 2B