Benjamin Chmelik was born June 27, 1884 in Czechoslovakia. He married at Carrington in 1910, Anna Klina who was born in Czechoslovakia on June 19, 1889. Mr. Chmelik came to the United States settling first in Texas before coming to Foster County in 1905. He bought land on Section 8 in McKinRon Township.
The Chmeliks had four children: Edward, Mary, William and Nlasta.
Ben Chmelik died September 13, 1941 and Mrs. Chmelik died March 9, 1976. They are buried in the Kensal Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 81B