HISTORY OF KY, Allen, 1872

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SAMUEL HANSON

Samuel Hanson, of Clark County, Kentucky, was born in May, 1786, 
and died in February, 1858, at the age of nearly seventy-two years. 
His birth place was in the State of Maryland, and he studied law 
in the District of Columbia.  He was one of the most learned and 
accurate of his profession. He understood and practiced the system 
of pleading with great success.  He was frequently a member in both 
branches of the Kentucky Legislature.  Rodger Hanson was his son, 
who took an active part in the war of the Rebellion as a general on 
the Confederate side.  he was a talented and brave man, ambitious of 
fame, and died valiantly fighting for the cause he had espoused with 
great ardor.


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