Warren Wells Willyard, the son of Judson C. and Hattie Estabrook Willyard, was born June 9, 1888, at Edmunds. He attended the local schools and the Agricultural College at Forgo. On April 9, 1928, at Jamestown he married Edythe Zink, the daughter of Franz and Elizabeth Pepple Zink. The couple farmed first near Edmunds and moved to their farm in Section 28, Melville Township in 1935.
The Willyards had six sons: Wells, Howard (Jerry, Alan, George, Edward and James.
Mr. Willyard died March 11, 1979. He is buried in the Melville Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 87B