Jacob Faust, with his brothers, Aaron, John and Otto, came to Barnes County in 1882. With Jacob came his mother, his wife, Anna Christina, and their two daughters.

They first lived in a sod shanty, near the Sheyenne River, but later built a large frame house. It is said that the Faust land extended from Sanborn northeastward to the Sheyenne River at one time.

Four boys were born in the sod shanty; Charles, John Albert, Fred and Walter.

Julia, the oldest daughter, married Olaf Lundquist. Mathilda married Charles Dahl, and they lived in Valley City. Charles, the oldest son, became a teacher. John Albert studied agriculture and managed the home farm when Jacob and Anna retired. He married Sophia Bjornstad. Their daughter, Evelyn, married Delbert Sundstrom.

Fred Faust died in 1918. Walter died in infancy.

Jacob Faust helped organize the Hobart #9 rural school and the Hobart Lutheran Church, which was later moved to Valley City. Hobart Cemetery remains a monument to the early pioneers buried there.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 67