Herbert J. Chadwick was born January 25, 1889, in Wisconsin. He married on July 25, 1901, Ida Mae Rice, born August 20, 1881, at Gay Mills, Wisconsin. Herbert first came to North Dakota to work for Dan Nieman and ran his threshing machine in 1914 and 1915. The family came to Foster County to live in 1916; they purchased and rented land.
There were six children in the family: Thelma, Gertrude, Esther, Wilfred, Lyle and Harold. Thelma and Wilfred died in infancy. Gertrude died in 1962.
Esther lives in Carrington; now married to Eldon Laughlin. She was formerly married to Lyle McAfee and lived at Melville and had three children. Harold is married to Jean Davis, They live in Carrington. They have five children. Lyle is living in Wisconsin and is married and has six children. Both Lyle and Harold served in World War II.
Herbert died in 1934 and Ida Mae in July 1958. They are buried in the Melville Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 83B