Andrew Hanson

As printed in 1916

ANDREW HANSON.

Mulrew Hanson, farmer, Parkers Prairie township. Otter Tail county, was born on September 12, 184. in Sweden, and is a son of Hans and Sisi (Johnson) Anderson. He attended the public schools of Sweden, and as a young man worked for his father on the farm. In 1868 he came to America and located in Parkers Prairie township, where he took up a homestead. Mis passage to ibis country was paid by Carl Swanson, for whom he worked the first few years after landing. He had no money when he came, and was obliged to work in the timber. His homestead consisted of one hundred and sixty acres, on which he put all the improvements. He afterward added eighty acres more to his farm, and about 1878 he gave seventeen acres to his church. His special attention is now directed to general farming and stock raising, in which lines he has become financially successful. Politically, Mr. Hanson is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church.

Hans and Sisi (Johnson) Anderson were both born in Sweden, where they followed farming, coming to America about 1870, when they located at Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail county,.Minnesota, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They reared a family of eight children, all of whom came to America.

Andrew Hanson was united in marriage in 1875 with Christine Swansun, daughter of Carl Swanson, by win mi he has had hve children, Frank O., Henry, August, Edmund and Julia.

Mr. Hanson is a fine old gentleman, well known and well liked by the entire community in which he resides, and where his success has been achieved.

As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.