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Born 1868
From 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)
KNUD C. HANSEN.
Amoiig the prosperous financial institutions of Otter Tail county mention must be made of the First National Bank, of Battle Lake, which is a reorganization of the old Otter Tail County State Bank, and of which Knud C. Hansen is the cashier.
Knud C. Hansen was born near Christiana. Norway, June 16. 1868, a son of Christopher Hansen Bye and Boel Skatvedt. After his marriage, Mr. Hansen's father dropped the "Bye," and used "Stovern" in its place. Both Mr Hansen's parents were born in Norway and spent their entire lives in that country. The elder Hansen was a farmer and reared a family of seven children, two of whom came to America, Helga, who is unmarried and lives in San Francisco, California, and Knud C, the immediate subject of this sketch.
Knud C. Hansen received his education in the public schools of his native land, and at the age of nineteen years came to America. For seven years he was employed as clerk in a store in Sargent county. North Dakota, hut in [895 removed to Battle Lake, this county, and engaged in business with T. A. Ranstad, under the firm name of Ranstad & Hansen, and was thus engaged in the hardware and implement business until IQ07, a period of twelve years. In 107 Mr. Hansen reorganized the old Otter Tail County State Bank into the first National Bank of Battle Lake, and was elected cashier of the institution, a position which he now holds.
The First National Bank of Battle Lake has as its president. Charles Keith: vice-president, Henry Olson; cashier, K. ( '. Hansen and assistant cashier, F. J. Rudh. A condensed statement from the report made to the comptroller of the currency on.May 1. 11)15. shows the hank to have total resources of $283,078.17, divided as follows: Loans. $213,613.61; overdraft-. $138.02; United States bonds, $25,000: banking house, $8,000; stock federal reserve hank. SX50.00: cash on hand and due from hanks. $34,226.54; redemption fund with United States treasurer. $1,250.00. The liabilities of the hank, which amount to $228,078. 17. are divided as follows; 1 capital stock, $25,000.00; surplus, $3,500.00; undivided profits. $1,263.03; circulation, $25,000.00; deposits, $228,315.14. The hank makes a specialty of farm loans at the lowest rates, and all matters entrusted to that institu-
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