John S. Byington - Near Sutton

JOHN S. BYINGTON, born March 14, 1861 at Cairo, Greene County, New York, came to Mabel Township in 1882, died 1942. He married, 1891, Nora Sullivan, who died of T. B. in 1892, then he married, 1894, Ida Erlandson (1872-1950). Children:

  1. KENNETH L. (1896-1938), married, 1934, Selma Fliflet, daughter of Sig F. Daughter Dorothy Ann.
  2. EDNA IONE (1895- ), married Albert Nelson. Children: Joyce, Hazel.
  3. CHESTER V., of Fargo
  4. NINA MAY, married H. K. Sorvik, Jamestown.
  5. LILLIAN (Nurse), married, 1937, O. A. Slinde, Williston.

Source:  Cooperstown Diamond Jubilee 1882-1957 Page 59