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Born 1876
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
JAMES M. HANSON (1903), Coon Creek township farmer, was born in Denmark September 15, 1876, a son of Hans and Annie (Christensen) Christopherson. James received his schooling in the land of his nativity, where he lived until eighteen years of age, when he immigrated to America.
He located at Alden, Freeborn county, Minnesota, and worked at farm labor there until 1903, the year of his arrival to Lyon county.
Mr. Hanson purchased 160 acres on section 17, Lyons township, which he held until the fall of 1911, when he sold and bought land on section 21, Coon Creek township, where he now lives. He is a member of the Danish Lutheran church and was treasurer of school district No. 69 one year.
Mr. Hanson is a man of family. He was married in Lyons township March 10, 1905, to Damie Stiefel, a native of Lyons township and a daughter of David and Jane (Jones) Stiefel, of Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson are the parents of two children, Olga and Margrette.
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.
Named in this biography: Coon Creek
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