John Albin Ost, originally from Minnesota, homesteaded in South Dakota. Later he came to Griggs County to farm on Section 20. There he met and married his close neighbor, Betsy Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Brita Johnson.

Mrs. Brita Johnson, with her children Olaf, John and Betsy came to America on the same boat as Margareta Olson in 1882. Unlike many of the pioneers, Brita Johnson was a widow, but she had some money and wanted to give her children the opportunities that America had to offer. Times weren't too good in Sweden then.

Margareta Olson married Per Person. While on the boat she helped the widow care for her small children. They became neighbors in Cooperstown Township.

Later Olaf had a grocery store in Hannaford and John farmed on Section 20.

J. Albin and Betsy Ost had three children. Evelyn and Ellen are living in Seattle, Washington and Elmer is a professor in College in Chicago, Illinois

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 276