Frederick George Dietrich was born at LeRoy, Wisconsin June 12, 1883. Mary Catherine Albrecht was born at Dane, Wisconsin on March 6, 1887. They were married June 25, 1912 at Auburndale, Wisconsin and left the same day for Binford, North Dakota where Fred had already begun farming. About four years later they moved to the Sutton area living for a short time on the farm directly south of Sutton. In the fall of 1917 they went to Wisconsin, bought a farm and operated it one year, sold and came back to Sutton, farmed Rhodes farm 1 mile N and I mile E of Sutton until 1928 when they purchased the John Ebentier farm 11/4 miles NE of Sutton. Here they lived and farmed until selling in October, 1944, and retired into Sutton where they lived remainder of their lives. Fred died March 10, 1968 and Mary died July 10, 1974. Their four children are:

Mrs. Henry (Leona) Jacobson, born at Binford, now of Sutton

Melvin Dietrich, born at Binford, now of Madison, Fla.

Robert Dietrich, born at Sutton, now of McIntosh, Minnesota

Mrs. Gordon (Ruth) Hagen, born at Sutton, now of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 356