John Kerber, Sr., came to Broadview Township in 1893, with his wife, Henrietta (Krebs), and their seven living children. In the late 1890s, they came to Lansing, Michigan, from Germany.
George, the youngest was born in Michigan; the rest of the children were born in Germany. They bought Section 17, in Broadview Township from the NP Railway Company. The farmstead was built in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, about a mile from where Karnak is located. Karnak started up in 1912, when the railroad was built from Fargo to Minot. Some of the depot agents who worked for the railroad boarded at the Kerber farm from time to time.
In the early '20s, George took over the south half of 17, and John, Jr., built a farmstead on the Northwest 1/4 of Section 17. He then had the north half of Section 17.
George in 1923, married Mabel Sebbo. They had three children. Phyllis married Ralph Schmidt, who lives at Hawley, Minnesota. They have two children, Carol and Walter. The second child, Carol, died at about one year of age.
The third child, Richard, still farms the south half of the section where the original farmstead still stands. He married Marilyn Fletcher. They now live in Jamestown. Marilyn is employed at City Hall in Jamestown. Richard still grain farms from town.
They have four boys: Kelly, Todd, Greg and Tim, and four great-grandchildren.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 180