Dr. R.E. Hanson

HANSON, LARSON

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 7/15/2009 at 07:35:43

Dr. R. E. Hanson, engaged in the practice of veterinary surgery in Forest City, was born in Winnebago county, February 25, 1881, a son of N. P. and Pauline C. Hanson, both of whom are natives of Denmark. They came to the United States in the '70s and both are still living. The father is a blacksmith by trade and in following that pursuit provided for the support of his family, numbering a wife and six children, all of whom still survive, the family circle being yet unbroken by the hand of death.

Dr. Hanson was reared and educated in Winnebago county and supplemented his public school education by three years' study in the Ames Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa. He also spent a year as a student in a veterinary college at Chicago and was graduated in 1910. He then opened an office in Forest City, where he has since been located, and through the intervening period his practice has steadily grown in extent and in importance. In 1910 he was appointed to the position of assistant state veterinarian, a position which he has since continuously filled. Dr. Hanson was married in 1914 to Miss Minnie M. Larson, a native of Winnebago county, and they have become the parents of two daughters, Margaret and Geneva. Dr. and Mrs. Hanson attend the Lutheran church and he gives his political support to the republican party. He is also a member of Forest City Lodge, No. 440, I. 0. 0. F., in which he has filled all the chairs, being recognized as a worthy representative of that order. His attention, however, is chiefly given to his professional duties and he has shown marked capability in his chosen line.

~History of Winnebago and Hancock Counties, Iowa, Vol. II, 1917, pg 65