Martin H. Ramseth (1847-1926) was born at Hedemarken, Norway, son of Annie and Hans Ramseth. He came with his parents, at the age of thirteen years, to Fillmore County, Minnesota in 1860. He moved to Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota where he married Anne Iverson in 1872. After three years of totally destroyed crops by grasshoppers, they returned to Fillmore County for a brief period and in 1882 the Ramseths came to Barnes County, Dakota Territory and purchased a farm near Nome, North Dakota, where they lived for twenty-five years. He helped to build St. Petri Lutheran Church in Thordensjold Township and there his children received their religious training. The Ramseths moved into a home on (Columbia Ave.,) Viking Drive, Valley City. Their children are: Casper, Mathias, Henry, Mrs. Thompie Scoggins, Mrs. Albert Lahlum, Julia - Mrs. (Iverson) Peake and Mary - Mrs. Brown.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 199