Fred G. Hansen

As printed in 1911

FRED G. HANSEN.

Though yet a young man, Fred G. Hansen, the present able and popular deputy clerk of the district court at Clinton, Iowa, has won a high standing among the progressive and public spirited men of this locality. He belongs to that class of individuals who win in life's battles by sheer force of personality and determination, and in whatever he has undertaken he has shown himself to be a man of ability and honor.

Mr. Hansen was born May 7, 1883, in Lyons. Iowa, and he is the son of Godber and W'iebke (Tolck) Hansen. His father was born on September 20, 1844, in Germany, where he grew to maturity and was educated and from which country he came to America in 1866 and settled in Lyons, Iowa. He worked at the carpenter's trade for a number of years, assisting in building many of the early houses of this community. Then he entered the grocery business, handling also boots and shoes, and continued successfully as a merchant until 1892, building up a large and growing trade as a result of his excellent management and honorable treatment of his fellow men when he sold out and launched in the implement business. Later he abandoned the field as a merchant and has since been engaged as sidewalk, sewer, road and general contractor and is one of the best known men in this line of endeavor in the count\

Politically, ]\Mr. Hansen is a Democrat, and he served for a period of six years as county supervisor in a very able manner. He was a member of the city council for a number of years here. In religious matters he is a Lutheran.

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Fred G. Hansen received a good education in the public schools of his home city, and was graduated in 1901. He soon afterwards accepted a position with the Iowa Telephone Company, with which he remained until 1904, in which year he was appointed deputy clerk of the district court, which position he has filled to the present time with a fidelity that is very creditable to himself and which has resulted in entire satisfaction to all concerned. He is prominent in Masonic circles, having attained the thirty-second degree. In religious matters he is a Lutheran.

Mr. Hansen was married on April 27, 1905, to Nina M. Barker, of Clinton, who was born August 29, 1883. She, too, received a good common school education and she has borne her husband one child, George Barker. Personally, Mr. Hansen is a very pleasant gentleman and, judging from his past record, the future awaits him with larger success.

As printed in Wolfe's history of Clinton County, Iowa (1911). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.