William Denny Land was born in Kentucky on September 28, 1874. He married Mary White on June 5, 1895 at Irvington, Illinois. They came to Carrington from Indiana in 1916 and lived on a farm in Carrington Township until moving to Carrington in 1953.
The couple had ten children: Vernus, Homer, Harold, George, Virgil, Clyde, Eunice, Ruth, Mattie and Wilma.
Mr. Land died in 1957. He is buried at Carrington.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 30B