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From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
HENRY O. HANSON (1881) is the manager of the Farmers & Merchants Supply Company of Minneota and has resided in Lyon county for the past thirty years. The company by which he is employed was established in 1894 and has the following officers: President, Gilbert Hammer; treasurer, H. A. Tillemans; secretary, K. E. Kjorness; manager, H. O. Hanson. They handle grain, coal and twine. Henry was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, June 20, 1859, a son of Ole and Jane (Peterson) Hanson, natives of Norway who came to Dane county in the days of the early Norwegian settlements of that state. They are both dead.
In 1879 the subject of this review immigrated to Hancock, Stevens county, Minnesota, where he resided until 1881, when he moved to Minneota — his future home. He was engaged in the hardware and implement business until 1885, then in the butcher business, and still later in the livery business until 1895, when he accepted the position he now holds.
Mr. Hanson was married in Minneota to Annie Werpe, a native of Iowa. They are the parents of eight children, as follows: Clara, Ella, Marvin, Chester, Edgar, Milton, Klenora and Milo.
Mr. Hanson has served several terms en the Village Council of Minneota. He is a member of the M. W. A. and Maccabee lodges.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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