Lewis Wolff was born at Beatrice, Nebraska, on October 25, 1889. He came to North Dakota from Salem, South Dakota in the Spring of 1912 and worked on the Christ farm near Leal. On December 12, 1912 he was married to Emma Christ, whose parents Christian and Caroline (Treitline) Christ had homesteaded in Uxbridge Township.

Lewis and Emma Wolff lived south of Wimbledon on Section 7 and later on Section 5 in Uxbridge Township where they farmed and raised turkeys until moving to Valley City in 1966. They had three children - Walter, who passed away at the age of 10 years - Harvey who attended Uxbridge School and married Caroline Buck - and Mabel who married Williams Ames.

Emma Wolff passed away in November 1967 and Lewis resides at Sheyenne Manor. They were members of the German Reform Church and later the St. John's United Methodist Church at Wimbledon.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 274