Fred Hansen

As printed in 1916

FRED HANSEN.

Fred Hansen, a prosperous farmer of Everts township. Otter Tail county, Minnesota, where he owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, is a native of Fillmore county, Minnesota, where he was born on July 20, 1865.

Mr. Hansen moved to Grant county, Minnesota, when a mere child, and soon afterward accompanied his parents to Otter Tail county. He is a son of Andrew and Martha (Erickson) Hansen, both of whom were born in Norway, the former in 1834. and the latter on July 4, 1839. They were married in Norway and settled in Grant county. Minnesota, in pioneer times. They were also pioneers of ( )tter Tail county, Minnesota, and after removing to this county took a homestead in St. Olaf township in 1880. The next year they purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land in sections 8 and 9, of Everts township. Subsequently, however, Andrew Hansen sold the three hundred and twenty acres to his two sons. Fred and Lewis, so that each now has one hundred and sixty acres.

Andrew Hansen and his wife now reside on their old homestead in St. Olaf township, where they have a comfortable and well improved farm and home. Both he and his wife are earnest and faithful members of the Lutheran church. ( )f their eight children. Lewis and Anton are dead. 'I he living children are J. E. TL, Tilda. Fred, Anne. John and Carl.

Fred Hansen received his education in the public schools of Otter Tail county, and in 1893 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land from

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.