Hanson, Thomas and Jane (Brothers)

HANSON, BROTHERS, KING, MOSS, LISTER, MUCKENFUSS, OWEN, BEECH, NEWTON, SMITH, JACKSON, GARDNER, HARDENBROOK, WOODY, FINCH, FERGUSON, BREWER, JORGENSEN, SATTELE, REDEL, CLEASBY, MOORE, FORDYCE, WEST, FULLER

Posted By: Andy Anderson (email)
Date: 7/8/2006 at 17:05:17

Thomas Hanson was born around 1820 in Worcestershire, England, died 30 Jul 1879 in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, and was buried in Newton Union Cemetery. The handwriting on the 1851 census clearly shows "Allchurch" as his birthplace, but in 1861 it may be "Alvechurch". Alvechurch, Worcestershire, is not far south of Birmingham, Warwickshire.

On 2 Mar 1841 Thomas Hanson, brick maker, bachelor, of full age, son of Thomas Hanson, gardener, married Jane Brothers in St. George's Church, Birmingham. Witnesses were the bride's parents, Thomas and Phoebe Brothers. On 8 Jun 1840, Thomas "Anson" and Jane Brothers witnessed the marriage of her brother William Brothers to his first wife, Caroline King, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Like Thomas Hanson, the Brothers and King families were involved in brick and tile making.

Jane Brothers was born in January of 1822 in Birmingham, died 5 Jul 1904 in Newton, Iowa, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Ferguson, and was buried in Newton Union Cemetery. Nine children, 50 grandchildren and 11 Great-grandchildren survived her.

Thomas' occupation was "banksman" on the 1841 census, which listed him and Jane in her parents' household on Bosley Street in West Bromwich.

Fourteen children were born to Jane and Thomas. Their birthplaces show the family moved several times, back and forth between West Bromwich and
Birmingham, to Oswestry in Shropshire, and to Ruabon, Denbighshire, North Wales.

Around 1920 Joe Brothers of La Center, Washington, wrote a partial list of his aunt Jane Hanson's children. Fortunately, in the book "Past and Present of Jasper County", in the biography of Jane's son-in-law Thomas Smith Jr., are found all fourteen names:

Emma, Eliza, William, Hannah, Fannie, Martha, Jane "Jennie", Thomas "Tom", Phoebe, Arthur, Clara, George, Anna and Charles Hanson. An adopted son,
Henry Harrington, is named in Jane's obituary. Reportedly, two children died in infancy and three had reached maturity and died by 1904.

By 1868 William Brothers had been in the U.S. for over 20 years. He had become successful enough with his brickyard and coal bank at Newton, Iowa,
that he could afford a second trip to England, seek special medical opinions regarding his son Harry's condition and visit his mother, brothers and sisters and their families. He, his second wife, Mary, and Harry spent the winter there
and returned in March of 1869.

Presumably Thomas and Jane would have gotten together with William during his visit. Maybe it was a bright picture he painted of life at Newton, Iowa, that inspired them to make preparations to move.

The passenger list of the S. S. Denmark, which arrived at New York from Liverpool on December 1, 1869, shows the names of Thomas and Jane Hanson
and children Phoebe, Arthur, Clara, George, and adopted son Henry. Census records indicate children Jennie and Tom and their married sister Eliza Moss and her family also immigrated in 1869, and Martha probably came with them. There are hints that William and Anna immigrated, but it's not impossible they stayed behind as did Emma, Hannah and Fannie.

The Hansons settled in at Newton, and Thomas began manufacturing bricks. Presumably he worked along with William before starting out on his own.
William customarily made brick in the summers and worked in the coal bank in the winters. In 1876 William moved away, eventually settling
at La Center, Washington, in 1882. Thomas stayed on in Newton and died there in 1879.
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The fourteen children of Thomas and Jane Hanson are listed below in order of birth, except for Anna and Charles. Their birth dates are not known. The adopted son, Henry Harrington, is numbered 15.

1. Emma Hanson, born circa 1841 in West Bromwich. The fact that Emma is not listed with her parents in the 1851 and 1861 censuses, but both times in
the household of her grandparents, Thomas and Phoebe Brothers, suggests she may have been raised by them. Her name is mentioned in letters to William Brothers in the U.S. from his nephew Sam Hill and niece Jane (Hill) Lovett at Birmingham. On 2 Apr 1885 Sam wrote that he had not seen or heard of William's brother Tom Brothers lately and that "the same may be said of Emma Hanson, as she has left Price Street and I have not heard anything of her for a long time." He also stated "Dear uncle, I am sorry you have not heard
from my aunt [Jane] as I should like to hear from her, and I hope you will correspond with her..." In a letter dated 31 May 1886 Jane Lovett wrote:
"Emma Hanson still lives in Bath St., Birm'm. She is going on pretty well and in answer to our questions she says that she has written to her mother two or three times lately."
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2. Eliza Hanson, b 19 Aug 1844 Birmingham, d 5 Apr 1918 Newton, Iowa; m/1 on 1 Aug 1864 John Moss, b 15 Mar 1832 Worsall, Staffordshire, England, d 8 Dec 1885. Eliza m/2 on 25 Apr 1895 James Lister, b 9 Feb 1830 Yorkshire, England, d 13 Jul 1902. John Moss established the first floristry at Newton. He and Eliza were the parents of 14 children, of whom four lived to adulthood. The online cemetery listing of Newton Union
Cemetery shows the names of those who died young: John, Sarah Jane, Elizabeth, Lucy, Sophia, Alfred, Bertha, Herbert, an unnamed child, and Nellie May (or Hattie May) Moss. The four who lived to adulthood were Arthur, Charles, Anna and Sidney Moss.

a. Arthur A. Moss, b 13 Jul 1865 in North Wales; m/1 Minnie, b Oct 1869 IA [d 15 Mar 1905], married 9 yrs. Mother of 3 children, all living in 1900:
(1) Beulah, b Mar 1893; (2) Russell Arthur, b 27 Jun 1894 [d 28 Mar 1960, m ca 1921 Emily, b ca 1899, children Ramona b ca 1923, and Royal R. Moss, b 1 Dec 1927, d 17 Aug 1994]; (3) Esther, b Feb 1896. Arthur m/2 ca 1907 Jennie ----, b ca 1872. Censuses show his occupation as painter, furniture refinisher, and "refinisher, hospitals". In Ottumwa IA 1910 and 1920, Chicago IL 1930.

b. Charles A. Moss, b Dec 1867 England, m ca 1895 Mable L. ----, b Jun 1870 MA. Florist. Elberton, Georgia, 1900; Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 1910 and 1920. Children: Florence M. b Mar 1896 TN, Mary L. b Mar 1898 IA, Charles A. ca 1901 GA, Harold O. ca 1904 SC, Robert T. ca 1909 SC. By 1930 Charles Jr. had married Jessie Muckenfuss and had two children: Emily and Charles A. Moss.

c. Anna E. Moss, b 1872 Iowa. Helped in father's floristry. Head of household in 1920, living with brother Sidney and nephew Russell. Census page
shows she was originally listed as having immigrated in 1869, with year of naturalization 1888, but this information is lined out since she was born in Iowa.

d. Sidney Herbert Moss, b 5 Nov 1879. Helped in floristry. In 1917 he was working in the machine shop at the One Minute Manufacturing Co., as was his nephew Russell Moss.
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3. William Hanson, b ca 1846 West Bromwich. Wales 1861 census lists him in his parents' household as 15 years of age and a labourer. Not listed as
immigrating with his parents in Dec 1869, but he may have either come over at another time or remained in Wales or England. Joe Brothers' list
indicates William married and had children.
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4. Hannah Hanson, b ca 1848 West Bromwich. Married 1st John Owen. Widow and seamstress at Ruabon, Denbighshire, in 1871. Married 2nd ca 1872 John
Beech. According to posted info, Hannah had 13 children, two by Owen and 11 by Beech. The 1881 census shows her nephew William Newton, age 7, b
Birmingham, in the Beech household. [The listing of Hannah's descendants will be left to others.]
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5. Fannie M. Hanson, b ca 1849 West Bromwich. Listed in 1871 with grandmother Phoebe Brothers (by then Phoebe Mills) at Birmingham. Fannie
married ca 1873 William H. Newton, b ca 1853. Birmingham 1891 census shows these children:

a. William H. Newton, b ca 1874 Birmingham. He's listed with aunt Hannah Beech at Ruabon in 1881 census.
b. Hannah Newton, b ca 1878 Ruabon, North Wales. c. Fanny M. Newton, b ca 1888 Birmingham.
d. Frank Newton, b 1891 Birmingham. (6 weeks old on 1891 census.)
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6. Martha Hanson, b 14 Sep 1850 in Birmingham, d 24 Jun 1942, bur Newton Union Cem. [Husband's bio gives her date of birth as 14 Sep 1849. 1851
census (taken as of March 30th) gives her age as six months. Cem record says she died in June 1942 at the age of 91, yielding birth year of 1850 if
b Sep.] Martha m 3 Mar 1874 Thomas Smith, b 10 Mar 1834 Barsley, England, d 26 Feb 1907. In England he had m/1 Mary Jackson, and had at least one child by that marriage, a son Frank Smith, b ca 1872 Iowa. In 1907 Frank was living at Colfax, Iowa. Thomas and Martha Smith had three daughters:
Minnie, Ida Mae and Katie Belle Smith.

a. Minnie Smith, b Jan 1873 Iowa, d 1942, m Mar 1908 John Gardner, b 18 Dec 1876 or 1877 IA, d Dec 1967, bur Palo Alto Cem, Jasper County.
John had been married previously and had son Clyde, b 3 Jul 1900. In 1930 census of Grinnell, Poweshiek Co, Iowa, John was teamster for coal company. Children Grace b ca 1914 m Stump, lived Des Moines 1967; John Jr. b ca 1915, lived Des Moines 1967; and Nellie b ca 1917 m Howard Jones, lived Newton 1967.

b. Ida Mae Smith, b 30 Oct 1883, d Dec 1970 Los Angeles Co CA, m in Newton 3 Mar 1903 William Gardner (1879-1915). Ida is a widow on the 1930 census at Newton. Three daughters: Mable Gardner, b 6 Nov 1907 Newton, d 20 Jun 1990
Newton, m 16 Mar 1930 Frank M. Hardenbrook, b 19 Jun 1902 Metz IA, d Jun 1964 Newton; Florence Dale Gardner, b 7 Jan 1910, d 1962; m Hershell Wayne
Woody (1906-1938); and Martha R. Gardner, b 23 Sep 1912 Newton, d 11 Jun 1995, bur Palo Alto Cem, m 17 Mar 1944 Hoyt Woody.

c. Katie Belle Smith, b Aug 1890, d 18 May 1962; m ca 1920 Guy D. Finch, b 18 May 1883 IA, d 30 Sep 1952. Guy was listed as "showman" and "concession
operator". Apparently no children. They were living in Katie's mother's home in 1930.
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7. Jane "Jennie" Hanson, b 21 Oct 1853 Birmingham, d 29 Jul 1917; m 22 Oct 1871 William Sylvester "Bill" Ferguson, b 11 May 1849 Quincy IL, d 21 Sep
1924 Newton IA. He was a printer for the Newton Weekly Journal for 30 years. Family lived at Adel, Dallas Co IA, in 1910. In 1920 Bill was
living in Newton with unmarried daughter Ida. Jane and Bill Ferguson had at least five children: Ida, Nettie, William H., Nellie and Clara.

a. Ida Mae Ferguson, b 23 Sep 1872, d 20 Dec 1950 Los Angeles Co CA; m ---- Brewer after 1920.

b. Jeanetta Myrtle "Nettie" Ferguson, b 4 Sep 1874, m/1 ca 1902 James Peter Jorgensen, b 4 Apr 1870 Denmark, d 17 Feb 1940; m/2 Bruce Sattele. Son Albert William "Al" Jorgensen, b 25 Mar 1907, d 8 Jul 1985 Los Angeles Co CA; m Marie ----, d Jan 1976; lived Santa Monica CA since around 1930. Al had one daughter, Mrs. Sandra Sinks, living Ione CA 1977, and four grandchildren.

c. William H. Ferguson, b 16 Mar 1877. In 1910 appears to be listed as divorced and living at Adel with parents, sister Ida, and son Everett M.
Ferguson, b ca 1904. Everett might be the Everett Maxwell Ferguson who was b 23 Mar 1904 and d Yolo Co CA 5 Dec 1956.

d. Nellie May Ferguson, b 17 Apr 1878 [1900 census shows Apr 1879], d Los Angeles Co CA 5 Dec 1962; m William Frederick Redel, b 13 Nov 1873 IA
[death record index says 1874], d 13 Nov 1946 Los Angeles Co CA. In 1917 the Redels were living in Marshalltown IA, where William was a stereotyper with the Times-Republican Printing Co. In Los Angeles Co CA 1930. Two children: Erle Frederick Redel, b 3 Jul 1908, d 14 Mar 1997 Los Angeles Co CA; and Leon Redel, b ca 1917.

e. Clara Elsie Ferguson, died in infancy.
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8. Thomas "Tom" Hanson, b Sep 1855 Birmingham, d 22 Jul 1918 in Oregon; m ca 1876 Margaret "Maggie" Cleasby, b ca 1855 England, d 17 Feb 1925 in
Washington. Both bur Mt. Zion Cem, LaCenter WA. Family moved to La Center WA by 1912. After Tom's death Maggie lived with her daughter Mary Moore at
White Salmon, Klickitat Co, WA. In 1900 Maggie is listed as the mother of four children, four living, but she probably had more than four. Joe Brothers stated she had "had several children, but some of them are dead". The children living in
1900 were: Fred, Leroy, Mary and Nellie Hanson.

a. Thomas Frederick "Fred" Hanson, b 2 Oct 1877, d 1936, bur Mt. Zion Cem, LaCenter. In business with cousin Jim Cleasby in Portland OR in 1917;
confectioner in Portland in 1918; bookkeeper living with sister Nellie Fuller in Portland in 1920; salesman in shoe store, single and living with sister Mary Moore n White Salmon WA in 1930.

b. James L. "Leroy" Hanson, b 1879, d 1912, bur Mt. Zion Cem, LaCenter.

c. Mary Bell Hanson, b 1883, d 1932, m Lewis Andrew "Lew" Moore, b 4 Mar 1877, d 1936. Two children: Hazel L. (Moore) Fordyce, b 22 Dec 1906, d 4 Apr 2005 White Salmon WA; and Maybelle H. (Moore) West, b ca 1916 WA.

d. Nellie M. Hanson, b 17 Sep 1887, d Jul 1984 Portland OR; m ca 1912 Fred M. Fuller, b ca 1873 IL. Nellie was living in Portland in 1920, 1930, 1972. One known child: Robert M. Fuller, b ca Aug 1919 OR. May be the Robert M. Fuller b 3 Aug 1919, d Portland 24 May 1998 and/or the Robert M. Fuller, b 1919 Multnomah Co OR, enlisted US Army 1940 at Portland.
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9. Phoebe Hanson, b 20 Sep 1857 Oswestry, Shropshire, d 9 Mar 1913; m Feb 1879 John Ransom Woodrow, b 27 May 1852 Lee Co IA, d ca 1926. Both
buried Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, as are most of their children. John and Phoebe had six children: Albert, Merritt, Ella, Maurice, Mabel and Robert Woodrow.

a. Albert Edward Woodrow, b 27 Jan 1880, d 21 Oct 1883.

b. George Merritt Woodrow, b 8 Sep 1882, living in Toronto in August 1977, then aged 94. Wife's name at that time was Evelyn.

c. Ella V. Woodrow, b 16 Nov 1887, d 25 Jan 1976 San Diego CA, m Nov 1910 Charles Edgar Hotchkiss, b 12 Sep 1884 Indiana, d 25 Jan 1986. In 1917
Edgar was a teller for the Jasper County Savings Bank. Apparently only one child, Robert Wendell Hotchkiss, b 16 Oct 1911, d 21 Oct 1941.

d. Maurice Hanson Woodrow, b 6 Jan 1886, d 11 Jun 1962. At that time he was secretary-treasurer of the Woodrow Mfg. Co. Later worked for the Jasper
County Savings Bank. In 1972 his widow, Pauline, b ca 1891, was still living at Newton. Apparently only one child, Walter E. Woodrow, b 6 Jun
1921, d 1 May 1976.

e. Mabel L. Woodrow, b 11 Aug 1894, d 20 Jan 1998; m Elmer Copley Pickens, b 28 Sep 1889 Kellogg IA, d 26 Jan 1967. In 1917 listed occupation as
attorney. Mabel was living in Newton in August 1977.

f. Robert Ransom "Bob" Woodrow, b 17 Sep 1896, d 3 May 1999 San Diego CA, bur Newton Union Cem. Widowed twice; m/1 Wilma Darner, b ca 1902; m/2
Gladys ----, b 20 Mar 1902, d Aug 1986 San Diego CA. Robert and Wilma had a child b & d 13 Dec 1923, and a daughter Margery Ann Woodrow, b ca 1927, m Hamlet, lived Stockton CA 1982.
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10. Arthur E. Hanson, b Dec 1859 Ruabon, Denbighshire, North Wales. Lived Newton in 1900 and 1904; at Lambert, Alfalfa Co, Oklahoma, in 1917; living alone in Dane Township, Major Co, Oklahoma, in 1930. Appears to have married at least three times: m/1 at Newton on 2 Nov 1881 Alice Mitchell; divorced; m/2 at Newton 9 Nov 1887 M. M. Graham; m/3 ca 1893 Lizzie ----,
b Jan 1868. Apparently by the first wife there were two children (Phoebe and Clara), and by the third wife at least three children (Emma, Rebecca and Leona. Newton Union Cem records show an Arthur E. Hanson, b 7 Jan 1897, d at 4 months.). Not known if any children by second wife.

a. Phoebe Hanson, b ca 1883
b. Clara L. Hanson, b ca 1885
c. Emma J. Hanson, b Dec 1894
d. Rebecca Hanson, b Jan 1898 Iowa.
e. Leona Hanson, b Jan 1900 Iowa.

[NOTE: A Mrs. Rebecca H. Davis and her unmarried sister, Leona Hanson, appear in the 1920 census of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Polk County is
the next county west of Jasper County, where Newton is located. These two women have not been verified as children of Arthur E. Hanson, but their names and birth data suggest they are.

Rebecca (maiden name assumed to be Hanson) was born 22 Jan 1898 in Iowa, d 5 Dec 1980, m ca 1914 Howard Davis, b 30 Mar 1891 Greenville OH, d 30 Oct 1974. Howard's unmarried sister-in-law, Leona Hanson, was living in his household in 1920. Leona was born 26 Jan 1900 in Iowa and died 5 Nov 1976,
apparently unmarried. All are buried in Laurel Hills Cemetery, Des Moines. The 1930 Des Moines census (with data added from the Social Security Death Index) shows the Davis children as Lavonne R. (Davis) Wiseman, b 5 Apr 1917, d Feb 1993, Minneapolis MN; Howard Davis Jr., b 15 Nov 1918, d 8 Apr 1995 Pueblo, Colorado; Norman Davis, b ca 1921, (Doris?) Davis, b ca 1924; Mary Davis, b ca 1928.]
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11. Clara Ella Hanson, b 14 Dec 1861 presumably at Ruabon, North Wales, d 5 Oct 1948 Los Angeles Co CA; m ca 1880 John Cleasby, b Sep 1858, d 28 Feb
1917, son of Thomas and Ellen (Pratt) Cleasby. John is buried at Mt. Zion Cem, La Center Washington. They came from Iowa to La Center in Oct 1913. After John's death in 1917, Clara moved to Pendleton, Oregon, and later to Pasadena, California, where in 1930 she was living with son Willis. Clara and John were the parents of Sidney, Bessie, Thomas, Willis, James and Leslie Cleasby.

a. Sidney Cleasby, b 1882, d 21 Jul 1883 at 8 months; bur Newton Union Cem.

b. Bessie P. Cleasby, b 20 Jun 1884, d 17 Jan 1975; m ca 1906 Seth Alvan Cunningham, b 17 Feb 1883 Newton, d 22 Jan 1971. Both died in San
Bernardino Co CA. In Newton 1910; in 1917 and 1920 farming at Edgemont, Fall River Co, South Dakota; in 1930 in Jackson Co, Oregon. Children:
Robert S., b ca 1907; John W., b ca 1908; Francis Leslie (son), b 6 Dec 1909 IA, d 20 Jan 1982 Del Norte Co CA; Vernon E., b ca 1912, Calvin S., b 16 Jul 1913, d Sep 1981 White City, Jackson Co OR. Enlisted in US Army 8 Jul 1943,at which time he was separated, with dependents; Calvin's twin Clara G. (Cunningham) BABB, b 16 Jul 1913 SD, d 23 Jun 1991 Sacramento Co CA.

c. Thomas Cleasby, d 19 Mar 1886, bur Newton Union Cem.

d. George Willis Cleasby, b 20 Sep 1887 IA, d 3 Oct 1955 San Luis Obispo Co CA; m Jennie E. (Krieger?), b 23 Oct 1889, d 7 Sep 1969 Los Angeles Co CA.
Children: Clara Marie, b 3 Jun 1908 OK, d 2 May 1955 San Luis Obispo Co CA, m Grafford; Lester J. b ca 1911 Nebraska, d 22 May 1922 Fall River Co SD; Myra B., b 2 Jan 1919 SD, d 23 Dec 1982 Los Angeles Co CA, m Duran. George had a granddaughter in his 1930 Pasadena household: Betty J. LaVerne, b 1927 CA.

e. James E. "Jim" Cleasby, b 17 Jun 1891 Newton. Father's 1917 obituary said Jim was at that time "in a commercial business with a cousin, Fred
Hanson in Portland". Jim was selling cars in Pendleton OR in 1920.

f. Leslie J. Cleasby, b 18 Jun 1902 IA, d 29 Aug 1972 San Francisco Co CA. Partner in Cleasby-Wittig roofing company, San Francisco.
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12. George Hanson, b ca 7 Dec 1863 Wales, d 18 Sep 1881 of typhoid fever. Worked in the brickyard at Newton.
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13. Anna Hanson. She presumably married a Mr. Norris. Dates and places of birth and death unknown. The 1912 biography of Thomas Smith Jr. naming the Hanson children states that "George is deceased; ...Charles is deceased; Anna Norris is now deceased". Addition of the word "now" might suggest Anna died more recently than George or Charles. If Norris is her middle name and not her
married name, she might have been one of the two children who died young. She does not appear in the 1851 or 1861 census, was not named in the list of children who immigrated with her parents in Dec 1869, and is not shown as one of her mother's survivors in 1904. Joe Brothers' list of his Hanson cousins does not mention her.
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14. Charles Hanson. Named as son in listings of children, but no other record found. Presumably Charles is one of the two children who reportedly
died in infancy.
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15. Adopted son HENRY HARRINGTON, according to the 1900 census of Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa, was born in January of 1859 in England and immigrated in
1869; occupation brick manufacturer. Married first ca 1880 Mary A. b Feb 1861 IA, children George M. b Oct 1881, Rinda G. b Dec 1883, William H. b
Jan 1886, and Elmer E. Harrington, b Sep 1890. Henry m/2 ca 1906 Mrs. Laura (James?).

George M. may be the George Milton Harrington who was b 13 Oct 1881 Iowa, d 24 Oct 1951 Los Angeles Co CA, married Hattie and was a brick setter in
Billings, Montana, in 1918.

William Henry Harrington, b Colfax 23 Jan 1887 [Birth date from WWI draft card; 1900 census shows 1886; age listed as 23 on 1910 census (taken in
April)]. Brickmason in 1917 at Newton, with wife and one child. Newton Union Cemetery listings show William H. Harrington, born 1887, died 11 Aug
1970.

Elmer Eugene Harrington, b Sep 1890 Colfax. Grocery salesman for the Independent Tea Co. of Tama, Iowa, in 1917. Had a wife and two children.
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LETTERS FROM GRANDCHILDREN:

On 3 Aug 1977 Mabel (Woodrow) Pickens (daughter of Phoebe (Hanson) Woodrow) wrote from Newton: "...I of course remember many of the family,
especially my mother's brothers and sisters and cousins - also my Grandmother Hanson. I sat at her bedside the day before she died at Aunt Jennie Ferguson's near where we lived. I was ten years old." "My dear brother, Geo. Merritt Woodrow, in Toronto (94)...can remember more of family than I. His sight is bad but his good wife, Evelyn, reads to him. He is so alert, wonderful mind and keeps up with everything. He was a wonderful artist." Mabel stated that she and her cousin Mable Hardenbrook and Pauline Woodrow had had
lunch the previous June with Albert Jorgensen. [Al was son of Nettie (Ferguson) Jorgensen and grandson of Jennie (Hanson) Ferguson.]

Mable (Gardner) Hardenbrook, in a letter from Newton dated 24 Jul 1972, wrote "...my mother...was Ida Smith Gardner, whose parents were Martha Hanson and Thomas Smith... I remember when I was young my grandmother visiting Washington State for three months, but I don't know now who she visited." Mable was scheduled to "retire at 65 this fall [1972] after working 47 1/2 years for the same company". In a letter of 1977 she
commented on a picture she thought was of her Grandma Hanson: "...when I showed it to Mabel Woodrow Pickens she thought it was Grandma Hanson.
Mabel is up in her eighties and she remembered her well. Said she used to come visit her folks when she was little. In fact she said she visited around the different sisters quite often..."

[I do not have a copy of the picture Mable was referring to.]

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NAMES OF CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND JANE (BROTHERS) HANSON
contained in biography of Thomas Smith, Jr., published in "Past and Present of Jasper County", B. F. Bowen Co, Indianapolis, 1912.

"Mrs. Martha (Hanson) Smith is the daughter of Thomas and Jane Hanson of Newton, to which city they came in 1865* from Birmingham, England. Here he soon began working at his trade, that of brickmaker and molder. Their family consisted of fourteen children, namely: Emma, Mrs. Liza Lister, of Newton; William; Mrs. Anna Beach, who now resides in Birmingham, England; Mrs. Fannie Newton, also of that city; Martha, now Mrs. Smith, of this review; Mrs. Jane Ferguson, who lives in Adel, Iowa; Mrs. John Woodrow, of Newton; Mrs. Clara Cleasby, of Newton; George is deceased; Arthur lives in Oklahoma; Charles is deceased; Anna Norris is now deceased; Thomas lives in the state of Washington."

*The year 1869 is most likely meant.
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JOE BROTHERS' LIST OF HANSON CHILDREN
(Written around 1920. List contains only ten of the children's names.)

"...Jane married Thomas Hanson. He died leaving eight girls and five boys. The girls' names were Emma, Fanny, Martha, Jenny, Phoebe and Clara; the
boys' names were William, Thomas, Arthur and George. I do not recollect who Emma, Fanny or Hannah married, but the others I do.

Eliza married John Moss, who died leaving three sons and one daughter. The sons' names were Arthur, Charles and Sidney; the girl's name was Anna.

Martha married an Englishman named Thomas Smith. They have several children and live in Newton, Iowa.

Jennie married William Ferguson and they have several children.

Phoebe married John Woodrow. They have several children.

Clara married John Cleasby, and they have had several children. John is dead. Clara and two boys live near Pendleton, Oregon, and the daughter is
there.

Thomas Hanson married Margaret Cleasby. They have had several children. There were several children, but some of them are dead. Maggie is living at
White Salmon, Washington, with her oldest daughter, Mary Moore. Mary married Lewis Moore and they have two or three children.

William Hanson and they had children, but they are all dead. [NOTE: This incomplete sentence is copied verbatim from a typed copy.]

George Hanson was never married and died young, in 1881.

Arthur Hanson married Alice Mitchell and they were shortly divorced. He married again and his wife died. Where he is now I have forgotten."
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Andy Anderson
oxdrover@mindspring.com