Gilbert Fadness was born March 1, 1880 in Iowa. He came to Foster County in 1902 and settled in Eastman Township on section 10, where he homesteaded.
On June 20, 1916 he married Julie Bjornerud at Fosston, Minnesota. Julia had been born at Rothsay on January 4, 1885.
The couple had eight children: Amanda, Cora, Clifford, John, Olga, Esther, Genora, and Julie Ann. Son John died August 23, 1944 in England of wounds received at Normandy Beach. The children all attended school in Eastman township.
In 1947 the Fadness couple retired and moved to Cooperstown.
Mr. Fadness died April 15, 1953. Mrs. Fadness died May 6, 1971. They are buried at Glenfield.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 44B