the personal attendant and companion of that gentleman, much of this time being spent in traveling.
After the death of Mr. Hoyt our subject was persuaded by Dr. C. B. Parker, professor of surgery at the Cleveland General Hospital, to take up the study of medicine and while pursuing the regular medical course he acted as assistant to Dr. Parker. Having been graduated with the title of M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1897, he spent two years in the Cleveland General Hospital acquiring a practical knowledge, which has been of very great benefit to him in the years that have since passed. He began practice in 1899 at Glenville, Ohio, but in 1900 removed to Cambridge, where he has since continued, soon gaining recognition as one of the ablest physicians and surgeons in this section of the state. He is at the head of a private hospital in Cambridge, where surgical cases are treated according to the most modern methods, and is also surgeon for the Milwaukee, Newton and Northwestern Railways.
On the 5th of October, 1900, Dr. Hanson was united in marriage to Florence M. Lane, and their home has been brightened by the arrival of four children, namely : Harry A., born October 9, 1901 ; Lester T., born July 30, 1904; Eugene W., born September 15, 1905; and Sidney L., born November 15, 1907.
Fraternally Dr. Hanson is identified with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Modern Woodmen of America, and he and his wife are both connected with the United Brethren church. Politically he is a radical representative of the republican party and has served one term as coroner of Story county. Both as a professional man and as a citizen Dr. Hanson occupies an enviable position in the estimation of the entire community. Beginning as a poor boy, he has overcome great obstacles and in doing so gained habits of perseverance and a strength of character that are of inestimable value. His career is a remarkable illustration of the power of a well defined purpose and in the opinion of his friends the future holds for him nothing but the most brilliant promise of usefulness and honor.
EDWIN R. SILLIMAN.
Edwin R. Silliman, an ex-banker of Colo, is now successfully engaged in the real-estate and insurance business and enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the leading and respected residents of the town. For the past ten years he has likewise been one of the best known breeders of registered shorthorn cattle in the state of Iowa. His birth occurred in Whiteside county, Illinois, on the 4th of June, 1871, his parents being Rothmer J. and Lucy N. (Newman) Silliman. His paternal grandfather, Ira Silliman, was a stonemason by trade.