Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Olson, Hans H. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Smith Vickery http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0005998 October 30, 2014, 6:25 pm Source: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897 Author: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson ASSEMBLY. The assembly consists of 100 members, who are chosen biennially by districts, and who receive a compensation of $500 for their term of office. The speaker is chosen by the members, and receives $500 for his services. The assembly contains 91 republicans, 8 democrats and 1 fusion. GREEN LAKE COUNTY. Population, 1895—15,939. HANS H. OLSON (Rep.), of Berlin, was born July 23. 1847, near Skien, Norway; came to this country and to Wisconsin in June, 1857; was educated in the common and Normal schools; lived in the town of Ashippun, Dodge county, from 1857 to 1861, Waushara county from 1861 to 1880, and Berlin, Green Lake county, since 1880; followed lumbering and school teaching up to 1880, and since then hotel keeping; was clerk of circuit court for Waushara county in 1877-78, clerk of the board of education of the city of Berlin from 1890 to 1893; was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 2,090 votes, against 1,550 for Henry Yolkman, democrat. Additional Comments: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under the direction of Henry Casson, Secretary of State 1897. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1897/olson1250gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb