Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . his country when c^uite a youngman. He spent a few years in Michigan,and in Washington county, Wisconsin, andthen took up a quarter-section of govern-ment land in Otsego township. Columbiacounty, a part of which he still owns. Since1887 he has ceased acti\-e work, and is liv-ing in the village of Rio. Hans Hanson,the grandfather of the subject of this writ-ing, was a farmer and a school teacher inNorway, and he li\ed and died in that coun-try. His widow crossed the ocean to spendher last days
Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . his country when c^uite a youngman. He spent a few years in Michigan,and in Washington county, Wisconsin, andthen took up a quarter-section of govern-ment land in Otsego township. Columbiacounty, a part of which he still owns. Since1887 he has ceased acti\-e work, and is liv-ing in the village of Rio. Hans Hanson,the grandfather of the subject of this writ-ing, was a farmer and a school teacher inNorway, and he li\ed and died in that coun-try. His widow crossed the ocean to spendher last days with her son in Rio, and diedin that village when over seventy years ofage. Her father, Levi Gunderson, was oneoi the piniieers of Columbia county, anddied at the age of sixty-eight. His widow,Mrs. Trena Gunderson. li\-ed until Hanson and wife were the parents oftwo sons and three daughters: Hans Levi, partners in business in Rio; An-nie ; Trena, who is Mrs. Charles Isaacson,living at Rio; Christina, Mrs. Ed Isaacson, isa: Hazel Run, Minnesota. H. A. Hanson received \erv good edu-. HAHS A. HAHSOH. COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY. 289 catioual advantages. He attended tlie pulj-lic schools and the Monona Academy atMadison, where he pursued a businesscourse. At the age of twenty-three he leftthe farm, and entered a general store at Rio, he uas engaged as a clerk for someyears. In 1892 he went to Hazel Run, Min-nesota, and engaged in business for himselfas a dealer in lumber and agricultural, im-plements. He was not very well satisfiedwith the surroundings, and sold out in abouta year and came back to Rio, where he be-came manager of the extensive estate of Thompson, deceased. In 1894 he builta large, double, brick, two-story building. Inthis he opened a large department store withThomas Sampson as his partner. He ter-minated the partnership two years later bybuying out all Mr. Sampsons interest, andthe business was carried on for a time underthe firm name of A
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