The John Weber family came to Barnes County in 1882, settling on a homestead two miles east and five miles north of what later became the village of Fingal.

The children of the John Webers were as follows: Anna (Mrs. Michael Steials); Rose (Mrs. Matt Bison); Frank (married to Mary Huber); Katherine (Mrs. John Sherman); John T. (married to Elsie Kruger) and Mary (Mrs. Paul Sherman).

The Michael Steials had six children: Edwin, Robert, Albert, George, Margaret (Mrs. Ernest Stangler) of Fingal and Christine (Mrs. Joe Fieberger) of Valley City.

The Bisons had four children, as did the Frank Webers. The John Shermans had two children and John T. and Elsie had six children. Mary (Mrs. Paul Sherman) had two children; Delores of Fargo and Leonard of Valley City, who owns the Sherman Clothing Store.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 261