Albert Leonard Harding was born on December 5, 1850, in Wisconsin. He married in July 1870, Emma Rose Sloan, born May 25, 1850 in Wisconsin.
They came to North Dakota and settled in Haven Township in 1900. Mr. Harding filed for a homestead in Northeast 1/4 and Southeast 1/4 in Section 26.
Nine children were born to the couple: Melvin, James, Ids, George, Lizzy, Erick, Thomas, Isa and Mattie.
Mrs. Harding died April 23, 1908, and he died October 1, 1908. They are buried in a rural cemetery southeast of Glenfield.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 55B