Lee Fornshell was born August 1891 at Hower Lake, Minnesota. He came to North Dakota as a young man with his parents. Edna Fandrich was born at Goodrich on‑ March 2, 1908. They were married at Jamestown on June 29, 1929.
Mr. Fornshell worked for the highway department, he also drove the fuel wagon of Ober Oil Company. He bought land in Rose Hill Township on section 24 where the family lived for several years until moving into Carrington in 1945. Mr. Fornshell served in the Army Hospital Corps during World War I.
The Fornshells had five children: Leo, Betty, Dorothy, James and Thomas.
Mr. Fornshell died August 12, 1976 and Mrs. Fornshell on December 26, 1971. They are buried in the Carrington cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 23B