Herbert M. Hanson Biography This biography appears on page 1025 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm HERBERT M. HANSON. Herbert M. Hanson is a native son of Minnehaha county, his birth having occurred in Benton township, on the 29th of January, 1875. His parents were Nils and Anna (Johnson) Hanson, both natives of Sweden. The maternal grandparents, Samuel and Neta Johnson, came to South Dakota in 1874 or 1875 from Wisconsin, where they had first located upon emigrating to the United States, and both are still living in Minnehaha county, the grandfather at the age of eighty-four years and the grandmother at the age of eighty-three. The mother of Herbert M. Hanson came to this country with her parents and the father came to the new world as a young man, first locating in Pennsylvania. After a short time he removed westward, his destination being Wisconsin. There his marriage occurred and in 1874 he removed to Minnehaha county, South Dakota, and. homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres on section 5, Benton township, at the same time, with Lars Benson, taking up as a tree claim the northeast quarter of section 6. Nils Hanson resided upon the homestead until his death, which occurred on the 5th of October, 1895, and his widow, who survives, is still residing there. Herbert M. Hanson was educated in the common schools and assisted in the work of the home farm until 1906, when he located upon his present farm, which is one hundred acres of the tree claim taken by his father and which came into his possession at the latter's death. However, he operates the full quarter section, renting the sixty acres from the estate. He is a successful farmer, understanding well the nature of the soil of his section of the state and knowing also the methods which will secure the best results. He is also connected with business interests as a stockholder in the Crooks Lumber Company and in the Farmers Elevator Company of Crooks. Mr. Hanson was united in marriage in 1905 to Miss Anna Arvidson, a native of Sweden, and they are parents of two children, Arnold Neville and Harry Adolphus. The parents are members of the Swedish Lutheran church and take an active interest in its welfare. Mr. Hanson is a republican in politics and has served for a term of three years as school clerk of his district. Fraternally he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and is popular with his fellow members. His sterling traits of character and his capacity for friendship have won him the affectionate regard as well as the esteem of a wide circle of acquaintances.