George Karshner was born in Hughesville, PA, in 1872 and came to Valley City as a young man. He worked in a lumber yard, in a bank, in an office at Valley City Normal School and he was City Treasurer for about fifteen years while Fred J. Fredrickson and Curtis Olson were mayors of Valley City. He also had his own insurance business.

Mr. Karshner married Carrie Sorenson, September 11, 1908 in Valley City. Mrs. Karshner was born near Aarbuc, Denmark, April 23, 1883. Her uncle, Nels P. Rasmusson arranged for her to come to America in 1898. She lived at the Rasmusson farm and attended school in Valley City and business school in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, later. She worked as a secretary for an attorney in Valley City and also worked with her husband in his insurance office.

The Karshners were members of the Methodist Church where Mrs. Karshner was a kindergarten Sunday School teacher. She was a kind, thoughtful person and a wonderful neighbor. She was Executive Secretary for the American Red Cross in Barnes County and was active in Red Cross work as long as her health permitted. Her hands were never idle and she would knit, crochet or sew for her family, for many new babies and for anyone in need.

Mrs. Karshner passed away in January 1946 in Valley City and Mr. Karshner died at the home of his oldest daughter, Mrs. Harold (Anna) Nordstrom, Coleraine, Minnesota. Their other daughter, Mrs. Albert (Rebecca) Flora, lives in LaGrange, Illinois.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 119