Both David Vining and Jennie Laura Marie Mork were born in Frontenac, Minnesota, David on November 30, 1874 and Jennie on April 3, 1874. David had come to North Dakota to homestead in 1901 and settled on the Northeast 1/4 of section 24 in Florence Township.
The next year (February 22, 1902) David Vining and Jennie were married and came to Foster County to live. They lived on the farm for many years; he until his death and she until she was 101.
Mr. Vining owned and operated a threshing rig. Mrs. Vining was a kind, neighborly woman and always busy. She lived in her home until she broke her hip when she was 101, and then spent her last five years in a nursing home.
The couple had seven children.
Mr. Vining died in February 1935; Mrs. Vining died in May 1980 aged 106.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 50B