Knudt J. Monson was born in Alamakie County, Iowa October 26, 1870. He came to Greenview Township, Steele County with his parents in 1881. He married Hannah Rismon on July 28, 1904. After their marriage, they lived in a log house on Section 36, Romness Township. This was on the farm where the Odin Knutson family now resides. It was a large log house that had been built by John Dahl. There were five rooms in the house (three rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs) plus an entrance hall and closet space.

The Monsons later bought a farm in Section 12, Washburn Township. Knudt Monson died in 1934. After his death the family remained on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth (Wilmina Sutter) Monson and family have operated the farm since that time. Keith Monson is now residing there.

There were six children in the Knudt Monson family:

Alice (1905-1918)

Theodore (1906-1972)

Mrs. Albin (Hazel) Arneson, 1909, Cooperstown

Kenneth, 1912, Cooperstown

Mrs. Edgar (Edna) Sanger, 1915, Bell, California

and Raymond, 1918, Dazey.

Mrs. Hannah Monson died in 1955.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 486