Born to Peter and Hilma Monson in August of 1892, Arthur J. Monson grew to manhood in Barnes County.

On April 2, 1918 he married Anna Billet and they became the parents of four daughters, Hazel, Marian, Mertice and Dorothy. Hazel and Mertice became nurses and Marian and Dorothy became teachers.

Arthur left the farm and for many years was the groundskeeper at Hanna Field at the Valley City High School. He passed away in 1973.

Hazel married Chuck Healy of California; Marian married Earl Lipke of Valley City; Mertice married Ed Muse and Dorothy married Sanford Moen of Minnesota.

Mrs. Anna (Billet) Monson lives at the Sheyenne Manor in Valley City.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 161