Nels Bernard Langseth was born March 31, 1877 at Kensett, Iowa, the son of Hans and Annie Langseth. He came to North Dakota in the early 1900s. At Cando, he was a contractor and on the police force. While at Cando he married Dollie Griggs, on January 18, 1906, who was born February 6, 1888 at Fulton, Missouri, the daughter of John and Mattie Works Griggs. The couple lived in Richland County until they moved to Foster County in 1929 and lived on a farm in Rose Hill.
They had three children: Arthur, Helen and Bernice and three who died in infancy.
Mr. Langseth died in May 1958. Mrs. Langseth lived in Carrington until her death September 6, 1980. They are buried at Carrington.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 101B