An early settler in Edna Township, John Aygarn came there in 1895, purchasing homestead rights from John Sanberg. John's parents had migrated from Norway where his father was a teacher in the University of Norway in Oslo.

John Aygarn married Martha Kerr of Ashley, Michigan. She was of Scottish descent. Four children were born to this union: Florence, (Mrs. Reinhardt Saar); Hazel (Mrs. Carl C. Becker); Lester, who farms the home farm, and Vida, a teacher in a business college in California.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 20