in active practice at Nevada since January, 1907, meeting with success due to thorough preparation and conscientious effort.
On the 6th of June, 1900, Mr. Hansen was united in marriage to Miss Anna R. Hegland, who was born at Roland, Iowa, July 19, 1883, a daughter of O. O. and Engeborg (Johnson) Hegland. The father is one of the old and influential farmers of the county and is now living retired. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hansen: Floyd, who died at the age of six years; and Margaret, who was born January 2, 1910.
Mr. Hansen has made a favorable start in a profession that calls for the best energy and talent, and there is no doubt that he will attain an enviable position at the bar. He is a constant student and fluent speaker and the possessor of well tested business capacity which cannot fail to assist him very materially in his career. He is a member of the Story County Bar Association and politically is identified with the republican party. He has not sought official responsibility but is now serving most acceptably as a member of the board of trustees of the public library. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and has attained in the latter organization the title of chancellor commander. He and his wife are active workers in the Memorial Lutheran church, of which Mr. Hansen is a deacon. Having made the right start in life, he is winning success and has many warm personal friends in central Iowa.
JESSE R. Wood.
Few citizens of Indian Creek township have exercised a stronger force or more potent influence on the life of the community than did Jesse R. Wood during the period of his residence in this locality. Ohio claimed him as a native son, his birth occurring in Allen county, that state, on the 19th of August, 1832. His parents, John G. and Anna (Kennison) Wood, were both natives of Virginia, whence they removed to Ohio in early life. In the '30s they took up their abode in Indiana and there the mother passed away. Later the father was again married, after which he removed to Story county, Iowa, locating on a farm near Iowa Center, which remained his home throughout his remaining days.
Leaving his native state in early childhood, Jesse R. Wood accompanied his parents on their removal to Indiana, and there he was reared to manhood. As a pupil in the common schools he received his elementary training and later matriculated in the Central University at Pella, Iowa, prompted by a desire for a thorough education. It was decreed, however, that he should not complete his university course, for at the outbreak of the Civil war he put aside all personal interests, actuated by a strong spirit of patriotism, and, offering his ,aid in defense of the Union cause, en-