Joe and Nellie Templeton came to Foster County in 1883 from Bloomington, Illinois. They purchased a quarter section of land in Rose Hill Township. They built their home here and spent several years in the place.
Templeton Lake, which is located on the farm, is a small but a deep body of water that furnished ice to the town of Carrington for many years.
The Templetons lived in Carrington for a short time and moved to Iowa in 1887.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 102B