Charles Hanson

As printed in 1916

CHARLES HANSON.

For more than seventeen years the street commissioner of Fergus Falls, Charles Hanson, a well-known resident of Otter Tail county, is respected by the people of this enterprising seat of county government for his long and efficient service.

Mr. Hanson was born on January 31, 1854, and is the son of Berger and Martha (Saunderson) Hanson. Mr. Hanson came to America by way of Quebec, Canada, when he was still a young man. After landing at Windom, Cottonwood county, Minnesota, he worked on the construction of the railroad through that place for a few months and then came to Carlisle, Otter Tail county, where he was engaged in the same work for a period of eighteen months.

In 1883 Mr. Hanson removed to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and assisted in laying pipes for the waterworks during the next three or four years. For two years he served in the capacity of steam-fitter, and shortly afterward worked for the city as street commissioner, an office which he is still holding and which he has held now for a period of nearly eighteen years.

By Charles Hanson's marriage to Mathea Storffh. a native of Norway, four children have been born, namely: Martin B., who was born in 1885, married Marion Baglo and they have one daughter, Margaret; Edwin, who married Ann Longfeld, is the father of one child, Ardia E.; Henry is the agent for a railroad in North Dakota, and Mabel lives at home with her parents. Fraternally, Mr. Hanson is a member of the Modern Samaritans and the Sons of Norway.

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.