Ness Peterson was born July 30, 1879, in Denmark, his wife Jorine Rohr was born in Denmark on February 5, 1885, and immigrated to the United States in 1907 to live at Oldham, South Dakota, where the Petersons were married on May 30, 1908. They came to the Melville area in 1916.
They had seven children: Erna (Zink), Ella (Pentice), Ruth, Laura, Dorothy, Harry and Harland.
Mr. Peterson died December 30, 1957. Mrs. Peterson died April 22, 1974. They are buried in the Melville Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 86B