Paul Wesley Gage was born July 21, 1925 on the farm home of his parents, Wells and Minnie Gage. The farmstead was located on the Cass County side of this 320 Acre farm. He attended Walden public school District 101.

Like his grandfather, Charlie Gage and his father Wells Gage, Paul decided to make farming his life's vocation. In 1946 he purchased land in Section 34 in Minnie Lake Township and moved there to operate his own farm. This farm was originally homesteaded by Frank Sherman in 1879. Later it was owned by John Lindblom in the early part of this century. Paul now owns all of Section 34 and 160 acres of the east one-half of Section 35 in Minnie Lake Township.

In 1950 Paul was married to Marilyn Johnson of Kulm, in LaMoure County, North Dakota. Born to this union are three children: Steve (1951); Diane (1953) and Linda (1957).

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 76