Hans Christian Larsen and Christine Hansen, both born in Denmark in 1863, came to Duluth, Minnesota, in 1881 and were married the same year. Two sons were born, Herniel in 1882 and Lawrence in 1889. They ran a small store there for several years and came to the Valley City area about 1888 or 1889. Hans homesteaded south of Luverne, North Dakota, and then later moved to Minot and worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad for a time. Returning to Valley City he worked for the city laying water pipes. In 1 897 Hans decided to go farming again and bought a farm in Minnie Lake Township. Christine died in 1917 at the farm home. Hans lived on this farm until 1924 or 1925 and thereafter with one or the other of his sons until his death in a Valley City hospital in 1929.

The second son, Lawrence, is the father of Mrs. Glenn Powers of Weimer Township.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 135