Hanson, Jacob 1834 - 1914

HANSON, LEVERSON, GULBRANDSDATTER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 9/11/2024 at 14:23:31

Source: Decorah Republican Apr. 30, 1914, P2 C5

OBITUARY.
Jacob Hanson died at the home of C. O. Hagen on Saturday last. The immediate cause of death was a stroke of paralysis sustained on January 17th last, but for the past twenty years Mr. Hanson has been more or less an invalid. The deceased was born October 26, 1834, in Sigdahl, Norway. He came to America with his parents in the summer of 1850 and settled near Highland, Iowa county, Wisconsin, where he resided for fifteen years. An{sic} April 9, 1859, he was married to Gertrude Leverson (Gulbrandsdatter). In 1865 they moved to Washington county, Nebraska, and took up a claim on which they resided for ten eyars. They then moved to Yankton county, S. D., where they continued to farm. During three years of this time Mr. Hanson was engaged in the mercantile business. In 1894 they took up their home at McGregor and in 1902 came to Decorah which has since been their residence. About two weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Hanson celebrated the fifty-fifth anniversary of their marriage.
The people of Decorah know only of Mr. Hanson’s life since he has resided here, but one and all can testify to the goodness of heart and geniality of disposition that have won him many friends and admirers. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. Prayer at the house at two o’clock was followed by services he First Lutheran church at 2:30, Rev. I. B. Torrison officiating, and interment was made in the Norwegian cemetery.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he died April 25, 1914. He is buried in the Lutheran Decorah Cemetery.

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