N. W. Hanson

As printed in 1912

N. W. HANSON (1897), farmer of Rock Lake township, was born May 4, 1870, and is a son of Hans and Tillie (Nelson) Johnson, the former of whom is deceased and the latter being now a resident of Sweden. Our subject was born and brought up in Sweden and attended the common schools until fourteen years of age. He then worked at farm labor until the age of twenty-three years.

In the fall of 1894 N. W. Hanson came to America and located at Dundee, Minnesota, where he was engaged as a section hand on the railroad for some months, and later as a farm laborer. It was in December, 1897, that he came to Lyon county, and he rented and farmer for himself in Rock Lake and Custer townships for seven years. With the idea of trying town life, Mr. Hanson went to Illinois and after investigating conditions there accepted employment in a hardware store in Moline, where he worked several months. He had become very well satisfied with Lyon county, however, and he resigned his position, returned to Lyon county, and again engaged in farm labor for six months. Later he returned to Moline and accepted his old position for one year.

Leaving Moline in the spring of 1907, Mr. Hanson spent the summer months in his

ass old home in Sweden. Returning to Lyon county, lie has since conducted the farm which he rents, the northwest quarter of section 1, Rock Lake. He has been successful and his farm is one of the township's fine farms.

Our subject was married July 2, 1910, at Marshall to Tillie Johnson. She is a native of Sweden and was born May 17, 1880. To this union has been born one child, Harry William. Mrs. Hanson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Swan Johnson, former residents of Hinckley, Minnesota, are both deceased.

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.