Ole Hanson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 332 in "History of Dakota 
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				OLE HANSON. 

	Ole Hanson, an agriculturist living on section 14, Burk township, 
has been a resident of Minnehaha county for the past four decades and 
still owns four hundred acres of valuable and productive land. His 
birth occurred in Norway on the 27th of September, 1848, his parents 
being Hans Thompson and Nellie Olson, who spent their entire lives in 
that country. The father was a seafaring man and for many years acted 
as a pilot. He died at sea while at his post of duty. 

	Ole Hunson was reared to manhood under the parental roof and 
obtained his education in the common schools. In 1871, when a young man 
of twenty-three years, he crossed the Atlantic to the United States and 
took up his abode in Winneshiek county, Iowa. Three years later, in 
1874, he came to South Dakota and filed on a homestead and a timber 
claim. He then returned to Iowa and in the spring of 1875 brought his 
family to the new home in South Dakota. Throughout the intervening 
years to the present time he has devoted his attention to agricultural 
pursuits with excellent results and still owns four hundred acres of 
rich and productive land. He deeded one hundred and sixty acres to his 
sons. 

	In October, 1873, Mr. Hanson was united in marriage to Miss Annie 
Larson, of Winneshiek county, Iowa. She is a native of Norway and 
accompanied her parents on their emigration to the new world in 1866. 
By her marriage she has become the mother of eleven children, nine of 
whom survive, namely: Henry O., who follows farming in Burk township, 
Minnehaha county; Lewis O., an agriculturist residing in Saskatchewan, 
Canada; Albert O., a farmer living in Burk township, Minnehaha county; 
Severin O. and Thomas O., who assist their father in the operation of 
the home farm; Nellie, at home; Hannah O., who is the widow of E. S. 
Pierce and resides in Sioux Falls; Lena, who gave her hand in marriage 
to Joseph Hanson, of Sioux Falls; and Minnie, who married Leo Moore, of 
Sioux Falls. 

	In his political views Mr. Hanson is a progressive republican. 
For the past six years he has served as township treasurer of Burk 
township, making a creditable and commendable record in that 
connection. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the 
United Lutheran church, to which his wife and children also belong. The 
hope that led him to leave his native land and seek a home in the new 
world has been more than realized, for here he found the opportunities 
which he sought and in their wise utilization has won and maintained a 
place among the substantial and esteemed citizens of his community.