Mr. and Mrs. Arne Hovland were both born in Buffalo County, Wisconsin and both belonged to the Lyster Lutheran Congregation. They were married in 1891 and came to North Dakota in 1902 where they joined St. Olaf Church at Walum North Dakota. They had five children:

Sylvia (Mrs. A. P. Nelson), Albert, Margaret, Minnie and Joseph. Two of these passed away in infancy, one at age twenty-five and Margaret at age seventy-six.

They bought the Gunderson farm south of Walum where they lived for many years. Later they purchased a home in Walum where they spent their declining years. The Hovlands were active in church and Ladies Aid. They celebrated both their Silver and Golden weddings.

Mrs. Hovland passed away in 1947 and Mrs. Hovland in 1958. He was eighty-seven years old and she was eighty-nine.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 300