H. A. Soliday, born in Pennsylvania on February 25, 1836. He married Sarah Anna Galehouse on November 29, 1860, in Ohio. Mr. Soliday had a merchandising business in Ohio. He came to Dakota in 1882 and settled and built a home where the townsite of Carrington would eventually be.
He was the county judge, also at one time, served as a county commissioner; was chairman at the time the courthouse was built.
He operated a merchandising firm, later becoming manager of the Kirkwood Hotel.
The Solidays had two children: George, who at one time, served as states attorney for Foster County; and Jessie, who became the wife of Dr. J. Ross MacKenzie.
Mrs. Soliday died in 1918. Mr. Soliday died in 1923. They are buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 39B