Biographical Sketch of Frederick Hansen, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

**********************************************************************

Frederick Hansen, a blacksmith in Campbelltown, was born in Germany
in 1851, and is a son of Jochum and Christina (Jensen) Hansen, born,
respectively, in 1816 and 1818.  Mr. Hansen, a farmer, died in 1882;
his widow is still living in Germany.  Frederick Hansen remained at 
home until sixteen years of age, receiving a good common school ed-
ucation.  He then learned the blacksmith's trade, which he has since
successfully followed.  He came to this country in 1870, and after
working a short time in different places: Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky,
etc., located in St. Louis, where he remained about five years.  In
1878 he came to Franklin County, where he enjoys a good trade, and
owns fifty-five acres of well improved land.  He is an efficient
workman and a man of good business ability.  In 1879 he married Miss
Caroline, daughter of Leopold and Augusta Schaffer, formerly of Ger-
many.  Mrs. Hansen was born in Washington County.  They have three
children: Meta, Thusnelda and Florence.  Mr. Hansen cast his first
presidential vote for Greeley in 1872.  He is a member of the Black-
smith's Union.

====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Joe Miller <mio@netins.net>
		      Penny Harrell <Incog3678@aol.com>

====================================================================