Cache County UT Archives Biographies.....Hansen, Peter 1864 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

PETER HANSEN.

    Peter Hansen, of Smithfield, who is identified with ranching, was born in
Denmark, April 23, 1864, a son of Ole and Marie Hansen. He came with his mother
to Utah in 1868, settling at Logan, where they lived for a year and then removed
to Smithfield, where they have since resided. In 1869 they were joined by the
father, who here turned his attention to the occupation of farming. He was also
prominently identified with the building of canals and with the promotion of
various other public enterprises leading to the development and improvement of
the state.

    Peter Hansen acquired his education in the public schools of Smithfield and
has followed farming as a life work. He has been extensively engaged in beet
growing, planting about fifty acres per year and harvesting an extensive crop.
In his business affairs he displays unremitting energy and sound judgment and
his labors are bringing him substantial results.

    On the 30th of December, 1885, Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Ida L. Gammet,
a daughter of Solomon and Sophia (Sorensen) Gammet. The father is a native son
of the United States, but the mother was born in Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen
have become parents of eleven children, of whom ten are yet living, while Ivan
P. has passed away. Those who survive are Luella, Nora, George, Willard, Verna,
Leslie, Edgar, Harold, Orlin and Morris. Nora filled a mission to the central
states in 1915 and 1916.

    Mr. Hansen has remained an active factor in the work of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and was for seven years connected with Logan Temple.
For two years, from 1892 until 1894, he was on a mission to Denmark. In civic
affairs he has also been actively interested and was mayor of Smithfield in 1910
and 1911. He was likewise a member of the city council for two terms and a
member of the school board for six years. Everything that has to do with the
welfare and upbuilding of the district is of interest to him and can count upon
his substantial support.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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