Hi Debbie,
Dick Lekang (
relekang@usfamily.net) does lookups in the Richland County History book, Copyright 1977. There are two Hoel entries that might be helpful:
Erick Hoel, born in 1/13/1838 in Rennebo, Norway and came to USA in 1868. He passed away in 9/20/1927.
Ingebrigt Hoel, born 8/17/1872 in Abercrombie, ND (son of Erick).
I'm looking for Gjertrude (Hoel) Fossum born 2/24/1846 in Norway, married in 1872 to Andrew Fossum. A couple of my Fossum relatives married members of the Flaa family.
Good luck.
Susan