Odin Ramsland was born at Sacred Heart, Minnesota August 14, 1888 to Ole T. Ramsland and Julia Thompson Ramsland. Odin attended the University of Minnesota. He was married to Ida Myrtle Sayles at Dupree, South Dakota on September 30, 1911. She was born at Primghar, Iowa, on October 17, 1887, the daughter of Elmer Sayles and Lydia Melissa Stiles.
The Ramslands came to Foster County in 1918, established a bank in Grace City and owned land in the area and in Grand Forks and Larimore, North Dakota.
Children of the couple are: Odin, Ruth, Jenane and Royce.
Odin Ramsland died August 31, 1945; Ida Ramsland died December 11, 1965. Both are buried at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 63B