Gustav Brock and Julia Hoeft were married in Germany in the late 1870's. In 1880 they came to the U.S.A. and settled for a short time in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In 1881 they moved to the Dakota Territory and homesteaded in Hobart Township about five miles south and east of Sanborn. When they arrived in Dakota Territory they had one small son, William, and only small pocket change. Like so many of the other early settlers, they tried and succeeded on the land of the Indian. Six more children were born to this union. Their children were:

William; Martin; Ida (Mrs. Charles Munz) Valley City; Pauline (Mrs. William I. Noecker) Sanborn, North Dakota; Frank; Caroline (Mrs. Hubert Lettenmaier) Boise, Idaho; Julia (Mrs. Victor Latt) Valley City. Julia had a twin by the name of Ann, but she died as an infant.

Gustav Brock became one of the largest farmers in Hobart Township and expanded his landholdings all through Western Barnes County. His descendants still retain the major landholdings he first acquired.

Gustav Brock died in 1914 and his wife, Julia, passed away in 1934. They are buried in Fairview Cemetery, Sanborn, North Dakota.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 36