U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hanson, James H. (1842-1901) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 467 JAMES H. HANSON, son of William and Johanna (Hicks) Hanson, born in Morgan County, Ohio, May 24, 1842. Was educated in Quakers School, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and at the age of eighteen, enlisted in the 125th Ohio Infantry, of which company he was a member until the close of the war. Was taken prisoner and lay five months in Libby Prison and Bell Isle. His company was a part of that regiment known as the Opedykes Tigers. He was honorably discharged. And at the time of his death, April 11, 1901, was drawing a pension. Mr. Hanson came to West Virginia in 1872, locating first at Clarksburg; in 1881 he moved to Buckhannon and went into the hardware business; in 1883 he was elected Mayor of the town of Buckhannon and so successful was his administration, that the honor of Mayor was conferred upon him two more terms. He was very instrumental in having located at Buckhannon the West Virginia Conference Seminary now known as the W. Va. Wesleyan College. Married Mary S. Work of Athens, Ohio. There are two living children to this union. Namely: Bertha, the wife of George H. Balsley of Wheeling, W. Va., and Mary Mabel at home. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Pages 136-137) FULL-NAME: James H. Hanson DEATH-DATE: April 11, 1901 AGE-AT-DEATH: 58y-10m-23d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon MARITAL-STATUS: Married CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Stomach, Liver BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------