Asmund Pederson was born November 10, 1862 at Farmington, Minnesota, came to Griggs County when he was a young man and worked for R. C. Cooper. In 1889, he married "Ingeborg" Emma Laadvedt who came with her father from Leland, Iowa in 1882. She was born September 4, 1873 and she and her father Ole Laadvedt came by wagon and team and took homestead by West Prairie Church, which is Art Anderson's now. In 1889, Asmund Pederson bought land in Pilot Mound, where they lived until 1914.
He sold his farm and moved to Mervin, Saskatchewan, Canada. They took seven of the eight children born while they lived in Pilot Mound with them:
Peder Pederson,
Charles Pederson,
Josephine Pederson,
Agnes Pederson,
Irene Pederson,
Roy Pederson, and
Walter Pederson who was only 3 weeks old.
Annetta Pederson who was married to Nels Halvorson stayed in North Dakota.
In 1922, Asmund Pederson passed away and his wife and three children returned to North Dakota in 1925.
In 1959, Emma Pederson passed away.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 502