Benjamin Zeller was born June 11, 1876 at Lewiston, Wisconsin, to Augustina and George Zeller. He farmed in Wisconsin, Oklahoma and South Dakota before coming to the Barlow area in 1911 where he purchased the West 1/2 of Section 11 in Birtsell Township. In 1912 on February 14, he married Emma Messer at Portage, Wisconsin. Two children were born to the couple: Frances and George. Emma Zeller died December 4, 1940.
On December 31, 1945, Ben married Daisy Tressler at Aberdeen.. The couple lived in Carrington and also Lakeland, Florida. Daisy Zeller died July 3, 1969.
Mr. Zeller then lived at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd at New Rockford the last three years of his life. He died November 14, 1971. He and his first wife are buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 6B