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Family
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  1. Sidney J. Hanson: Birth: 27 Mar 1820. Death: 5 Jul 1851

  2. William P. Hanson: Birth: 23 Aug 1823 in Prestonsburg,Floyd County,Kentucky . Death: 29 Dec 1889 in California

  3. Jerusha Pausel Hanson: Birth: 20 Jan 1824 in Hansonville,Russell County,Virginia. Death: 8 May 1849 in Coles County,Illinois

  4. Nathon E. Hanson: Birth: 1830. Death: 19 Mar 1912

  5. David Mark Hanson: Birth: 21 Dec 1840 in Coles County,Illinois. Death: 4 Feb 1920 in Solano County,California


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Polly M. Hanson: Birth: 20 May 1848. Death: 6 May 1850 in California


Notes
a. Note:   ted and started in operation a number of sawmills on the Sangamon River. He was a personal friend of President Lincoln when he was a lawyer at Springfield. In 1849 Mr. Hanson and several members of his family came across the plains, and after their arrival he and two his sons went to the mines for a time. They later returned to Marysville and he and a son, William P., built the first toll bridge across the Feather River between Marysville and Yuba City. This cost over thirty thousand dollars, and it was washed away by the high water, causing a total loss to the originators. Mr. Hanson erected the first large house in Yuba City, the lumber having been brought around the Horn. That house is still standing and is still occupied as a residence. He was one of the pioneer settlers in Lake County, being piloted in there by Indian guides. Grizzly Gulch was named by him from the fact that on his trip over the mountains he killed a large grizzly at that place. He became one of the most prominent pioneers of Northern California and spent his last days in Lake County.
Note:   George M. Hanson, a California pioneer. He was likewise an early settler in Illinois and erec

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