R. Rutledge Kane, the son of Thomas and Roseanna (Reid) Kane, was born in Bremer Township and spent his early life there on the family farm.

He attended the local rural school and the Valley City High School.

In 1916 he married a Valley City girl, Marjorie Cross, then a teacher at Bremer School #22.

Thomas Kane and Roseanna Kane were married in Jamestown, and Rutledge followed his parents' example; he and Marjorie were married in Jamestown, although they took the train back to Spiritwood and a sleigh to their home rather than a lumber wagon as his parents had done.

Six children were born to Rutledge and Marjorie: Beatrice (Mrs. Lyle Melleon, Brimer Township), Milton (and his wife Roylene, in Valley City), Clarice and Eunice in California, Vaughn in Forgo and Jean in Minot.

Marjorie, a long-time member of the Brimer Homemakers and a Sunday School teacher, passed away in 1973. Rutledge, now retired on the farm, served on the school board, the Farmers Union, and as Township assessor since 1924, also on the Winter Show Board since 1957.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 119