Leonard Pederson was born March 28, 1903, the son of Sever and Tina Michaelson Pederson. He married Celia Legried, the daughter of Hans and Julia Bue Legried, homesteaders of rural Maddock, North Dakota, area on June 28, 1928. Celia was born April 4, 1908.
They lived in Sutton until December 1941, when they moved to the Karnak and rural Hannaford area. In 1952, they moved into Hannaford. He was employed on the dray line and later employed by the city of Hannaford.
They had nine children: Herman, Hannaford, died in 1979; Myrtle (Mrs. Don Eberhardt), rural Aneta; Clarice (Mrs. Cleo Eberhardt), rural Aneta; Howard, Hannaford, died in a construction accident at Bowdon, North Dakota, November 1956; Doris (Mrs. David Dahl), Farmington, Minnesota; Sylvia (Mrs. Larry Beattie), Rolette, North Dakota; Jeannette (Mrs. Lyle Pfeifer), rural Cooperstown; Edward, Litchville, North Dakota; and Joyce (Mrs. Clayton Nelson), Kansas.
Mrs. Pederson passed away in March 1960, after a long illness. Leonard resided in the Good Samaritan Center at Aneta, North Dakota, several years before coming into the Griggs County Nursing Home where he now lives. He has 28 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 219