Nathaniel James Semmens was born April 30, 1872 in Cornwall, England. He married in Colorado on December 24, 1902, Kate Skelton, who was born in Fairfield, Illinois on December 21, 1878. The couple moved to Barlow in 1903 where Mr. Semmens was the manager of the Barlow Elevator. In 1918 the family moved to Luverne, North Dakota.
They were parents of thirteen children: Laura, James, Fred, Arthur, Opal, Catherine, Kitchner, Wilson, John, Thomas, Oliver, Lily and Maud.
Mr. Semmens died in 1934. In 1944 Mrs. Semmens came back to Carrington to live. She died August 10, 1977, age 98. They are both buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 5B