Skarphéðinn Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on November 20. 1866. He died in N. Dakota on March 29, 1925. He took the last name Snydal (Snædal) in the west.
Spouse: January 22, 1898 Kristín Bjarnadóttir b. in Strandasýsla on June 27, 1879.
Children: 1. Jón Baldvin (John Baldwin) b. February 3, 1899, d. March 9, 1951 2. Sigurður Bjarnhéðinn b. March 7, 1900 3. Steinunn Emily b. April 14, 1901 4. Jóhann Steindór b. July 28, 1903 5. Ingveldur Oddný b. October 7, 1905 6. Margrét Sigurlaug b. August 20, 1909 7. Guðmundur Ellert b. September 22, 1910 8. Steinberg Eggert b. June 18, 1913 9. Guðbrandur Magnús b. February 22, 1916 10. Lárus Theodore b. January 29, 1919, d. June 11, 1943.
Skarphéðinn came west by sea in 1892 and became a farmer in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Kristín came west to N. Dakota with her parents, Bjarni Bjarnason and Sigríður J. Samúelsdóttir in 1883.