John Conrad Zaun, oldest son of Fred and Emilie Zaun, was born on June 8, 1888. He married Edith Bertha Bartz on April 18, 1912, at Valley City, North Dakota.

Edith Bartz was born August 1, 1890, in Alta Township, the daughter of Fred sand Bertha Bartz.

John and Edith farmed in Getchell Township on the farm his father homesteaded in 1883 until their retirement in 1940, when they moved to Valley City, and lived at 1024 East Main until 1967. Edith was then confined to a nursing home until her death on December 14, 1970.

John Zaun died on July 2, 1966.

John and Edith were blessed with seven children: two boys Clarence of Valley City and Paul of Lancaster, California; and five daughters, Mildred (Mrs. Carl Colberg) of Valley City (whose first husband, Ernest Fiske, died in 1959), Myrtle (Mrs. George Fiske) of Valley City, Eleanor Colville Jones of Valley City, Elsie (Fiske) Mrs. Marion Wiesenburger, and Lucille (Mrs. Hubert Rude).

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 280