Submitted
on 25 February 2009 by Freda Hanson
Sago
This photo
shows Abraham Hanson, his wife
Margaret Smalley and her sister,
Elizabeth Smalley Hanson, widow of
Isaac Hanson who was a brother to
Abram. The children are children
of Abraham & Margaret and Issaac
& Elizabeth. The small boy
standing beside Margaret is Joe
Rawlings whom the Hansons raised as a
small boy. My grandfataher was
John Hanson, second boy on back
row. He married Virginia Sitton.
Abraham
(1827-1878) and his brother, Isaac
(1833-1861), married sisters, Margaret
(1824-1880) and Elizabeth Smalley
(1833-1921) in England. Abraham
& Margaret started their family in
England, then set sail for the United
States along with his brother Isaac
and his wife on March 22, 1853.
It took them six weeks to sail across
the Atlantic Ocean in a sail boat
(City of Glascow) to reach
America. Port of entry was
Philadelphia, PA.
Both brothers, with their families
lived jointly during the time of the
Civil War on what is known as the
Clonts farm in Crawford County.
They are buried in the Gibbs Cemetery,
Crawford County.
The photo
below of Abraham and Margaret Hanson
was contributed by Deb Leg
