Benjamin Hanson was born on January 20, 1896 at Lumber-ton, Minnesota and later homesteaded at Bainville, Montana. He moved to the Aneta community in 1920 and married Ida Marie Huso on August 20, 1920. They farmed, living on the SW quarter of Section 11, Lenora Township, until 1967 when they retired and made their home in Aneta.

Mr. Hanson had been a member of the Sundahl Lutheran Church and its choir for fifty years when he passed away in October 1971. He was a Griggs County Commissioner for twenty years and served on the elevator board, the Farmers Union Oil Company, and the school board for a number of years.

The Hansons had one son, Gordon, who is Chaplain at Fort Snelling, Minnesota and one daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Constance) Gunderson, Casselton, North Dakota. A grandson, Steven R. Hanson, was killed in Viet Nam on September 24, 1971, less than a month before the grandfather's death.

Mrs. Hanson passed away the following June at McVille where she had spent several months in a nursing home.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 340