Barnes Sorem was born in Wisconsin in 1880. While a small child, he moved, with his family to Wessington Springs, South Dakota. He and Anna Papstein (deceased) were married in 1905. To this union were born four children: Florence, (Mrs. Otto Grahn), who has two sons, Duane and Robert; Mildred (Mrs. Alex Sorenson of Hunter, North Dakota), who has four children; Harold, who married Cordellia Darkenwald. They have one son, Gary of Olympia, Washington. Harold and Cordellia have a home in Wimbledon. Clarence, who married Shirley Barningham lives at Brooks, Oregon.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 229