1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa pages 1344 - 1346 transcribed by: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
HANS BRODERSEN
The office of county supervisor is a very important one, inasmuch as the incumbents of the office are the financial guardians and managers of the county's affairs. It is essential and necessary for the best interests of the county that the membership of the county board be composed of men of tried business ability who have made a success of their own individual affairs. Of such men is the Shelby county board of supervisors composed, and Shelby county is fortunate in having as a member of the board the individual whose name forms the caption of this brief review. Hans Brodersen is a native-born resident of Shelby county and a son of Danish parents. For forty-three years he has resided in the county and has seen the prairie wilderness develop with his own growth from boyhood to manhood and has witnessed one of the most wonderful transformations of a grass-covered landscape into fertile and productive farms that it has been the lot of any man to witness.
Hans Brodersen, county supervisor, was born in a log cabin on a pioneer farmer in Jackson township, January 27, 1871, and is the son of Jacob and Gine Brodersen, natives of Denmark. His fathers, Jacob Brodersen, emigrated in 1868 from the little country which has produced some of the best and brainiest citizens of America and was first employed in the construction of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad through the state of Iowa. He was naturally an agriculturist and secured a farm of forty acres in Jackson township, sending for his wife and infant daughter in 1869. In the year 1870 he located on his new and unbroken piece of prairie land, built a log cabin and proceeded to develop his acreage. The hardships of the family were many during these first years, but they bore them with the true fortitude for which the Danish people are noted. He later sold his first "forty" and moved to another farm about one mile east and again developed a tract of prairie land. To this tract he moved his log cabin, but two years later he erected another and more commodious house. Here the Brodersen family resided for over twenty years and prospered. Jacob Brodersen was born in 1838 and of late years has resided in Harlan.
Mrs. Brodersen died in Harlan in the year 1910. To Jacob and Gine Brodersen were born the following children: Hans, of Harlan; Mrs. Dorothy Boysen, of Harlan; Christ, a prosperous farmer of Jackson township; Peter, on the old home place; Mrs. Ella Christenson, of Harlan; Charles, an automobile dealer of Harlan.
When a boy, Hans Brodersen attended the district school of the neighborhood, which was held in a rented room for a number of years. The schools of that day were rather primitive and the demands of the farm required the assistance of the sons of the family as soon as they were able to work. Consequently, Hans was brought up to become a farmer while acquiring his schooling. He was gifted with the predominant thrift and enterprise of the people of Danish nationality and early began farming for himself. His first farm was owned in Audubon county. He sold this farm after a brief ownership and moved to his father's place, in Jackson township, and resided on it for two years. He then bought a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres in Jackson township, which he still owns. This farm is fairly well improved and in an excellent state of cultivation. In the year 1902 he rented his farm and invested in a general merchandise store at Jacksonville. He was engaged in the retail merchandise business for seven years and then disposed of his interests and removed to Harlan. Here he invested in a home and became one of the valued citizens of this enterprising city. Besides his farm holdings in Jackson township, he owns one hundred and twenty-four acres in Lincoln township, which gives him a total acreage in the county of three hundred and ten acres of fine land.
Mr. Brodersen was married on March 7, 1893, to Minnie Nissen, a native of Scott county, Iowa, and a daughter of Danish parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Brodersen have been born three children: Jennie, aged twenty years, and a nurse in the Jennie Edmonton Hospital, located at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Leroy, aged sixteen, and a student in the Harlan high school; Raymond, aged ten, and a pupil in the Harlan public schools.
Mr. Brodersen is a pronounced Democrat in his political affiliation and is a firm believer in the national policies of his party as enunciated by President Wilson. For many years he has been an active worker in the ranks of Shelby county Democracy and is a recognized leader of his party. In the fall of 1912 he was elected to the office of county supervisor and should have taken his seat in January of 1914, but a vacancy occurring in May of 1913, he was appointed to fill the vacancy. He is now serving his regular elective term. His children are regular attendants of the Congregational Sunday school. He is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. It can truly be said of Mr. Brodersen that he is an excellent, honest and capable public official who realizes fully his obligation to the people of Shelby county and strives to do his duty as a man and official. His genial, warm and sunny disposition has endeared him to hundreds of friends, and no citizen of the county is more widely or more favorably regarded.
HANS BRODERSEN
The office of county supervisor is a very important one, inasmuch as the incumbents of the office are the financial guardians and managers of the county's affairs. It is essential and necessary for the best interests of the county that the membership of the county board be composed of men of tried business ability who have made a success of their own individual affairs. Of such men is the Shelby county board of supervisors composed, and Shelby county is fortunate in having as a member of the board the individual whose name forms the caption of this brief review. Hans Brodersen is a native-born resident of Shelby county and a son of Danish parents. For forty-three years he has resided in the county and has seen the prairie wilderness develop with his own growth from boyhood to manhood and has witnessed one of the most wonderful transformations of a grass-covered landscape into fertile and productive farms that it has been the lot of any man to witness.
Hans Brodersen, county supervisor, was born in a log cabin on a pioneer farmer in Jackson township, January 27, 1871, and is the son of Jacob and Gine Brodersen, natives of Denmark. His fathers, Jacob Brodersen, emigrated in 1868 from the little country which has produced some of the best and brainiest citizens of America and was first employed in the construction of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad through the state of Iowa. He was naturally an agriculturist and secured a farm of forty acres in Jackson township, sending for his wife and infant daughter in 1869. In the year 1870 he located on his new and unbroken piece of prairie land, built a log cabin and proceeded to develop his acreage. The hardships of the family were many during these first years, but they bore them with the true fortitude for which the Danish people are noted. He later sold his first "forty" and moved to another farm about one mile east and again developed a tract of prairie land. To this tract he moved his log cabin, but two years later he erected another and more commodious house. Here the Brodersen family resided for over twenty years and prospered. Jacob Brodersen was born in 1838 and of late years has resided in Harlan.
Mrs. Brodersen died in Harlan in the year 1910. To Jacob and Gine Brodersen were born the following children: Hans, of Harlan; Mrs. Dorothy Boysen, of Harlan; Christ, a prosperous farmer of Jackson township; Peter, on the old home place; Mrs. Ella Christenson, of Harlan; Charles, an automobile dealer of Harlan.
When a boy, Hans Brodersen attended the district school of the neighborhood, which was held in a rented room for a number of years. The schools of that day were rather primitive and the demands of the farm required the assistance of the sons of the family as soon as they were able to work. Consequently, Hans was brought up to become a farmer while acquiring his schooling. He was gifted with the predominant thrift and enterprise of the people of Danish nationality and early began farming for himself. His first farm was owned in Audubon county. He sold this farm after a brief ownership and moved to his father's place, in Jackson township, and resided on it for two years. He then bought a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres in Jackson township, which he still owns. This farm is fairly well improved and in an excellent state of cultivation. In the year 1902 he rented his farm and invested in a general merchandise store at Jacksonville. He was engaged in the retail merchandise business for seven years and then disposed of his interests and removed to Harlan. Here he invested in a home and became one of the valued citizens of this enterprising city. Besides his farm holdings in Jackson township, he owns one hundred and twenty-four acres in Lincoln township, which gives him a total acreage in the county of three hundred and ten acres of fine land.
Mr. Brodersen was married on March 7, 1893, to Minnie Nissen, a native of Scott county, Iowa, and a daughter of Danish parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Brodersen have been born three children: Jennie, aged twenty years, and a nurse in the Jennie Edmonton Hospital, located at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Leroy, aged sixteen, and a student in the Harlan high school; Raymond, aged ten, and a pupil in the Harlan public schools.
Mr. Brodersen is a pronounced Democrat in his political affiliation and is a firm believer in the national policies of his party as enunciated by President Wilson. For many years he has been an active worker in the ranks of Shelby county Democracy and is a recognized leader of his party. In the fall of 1912 he was elected to the office of county supervisor and should have taken his seat in January of 1914, but a vacancy occurring in May of 1913, he was appointed to fill the vacancy. He is now serving his regular elective term. His children are regular attendants of the Congregational Sunday school. He is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. It can truly be said of Mr. Brodersen that he is an excellent, honest and capable public official who realizes fully his obligation to the people of Shelby county and strives to do his duty as a man and official. His genial, warm and sunny disposition has endeared him to hundreds of friends, and no citizen of the county is more widely or more favorably regarded.
1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa pages 1344 - 1346 transcribed by: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
HANS BRODERSEN
The office of county supervisor is a very important one, inasmuch as the incumbents of the office are the financial guardians and managers of the county's affairs. It is essential and necessary for the best interests of the county that the membership of the county board be composed of men of tried business ability who have made a success of their own individual affairs. Of such men is the Shelby county board of supervisors composed, and Shelby county is fortunate in having as a member of the board the individual whose name forms the caption of this brief review. Hans Brodersen is a native-born resident of Shelby county and a son of Danish parents. For forty-three years he has resided in the county and has seen the prairie wilderness develop with his own growth from boyhood to manhood and has witnessed one of the most wonderful transformations of a grass-covered landscape into fertile and productive farms that it has been the lot of any man to witness.
Hans Brodersen, county supervisor, was born in a log cabin on a pioneer farmer in Jackson township, January 27, 1871, and is the son of Jacob and Gine Brodersen, natives of Denmark. His fathers, Jacob Brodersen, emigrated in 1868 from the little country which has produced some of the best and brainiest citizens of America and was first employed in the construction of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad through the state of Iowa. He was naturally an agriculturist and secured a farm of forty acres in Jackson township, sending for his wife and infant daughter in 1869. In the year 1870 he located on his new and unbroken piece of prairie land, built a log cabin and proceeded to develop his acreage. The hardships of the family were many during these first years, but they bore them with the true fortitude for which the Danish people are noted. He later sold his first "forty" and moved to another farm about one mile east and again developed a tract of prairie land. To this tract he moved his log cabin, but two years later he erected another and more commodious house. Here the Brodersen family resided for over twenty years and prospered. Jacob Brodersen was born in 1838 and of late years has resided in Harlan.
Mrs. Brodersen died in Harlan in the year 1910. To Jacob and Gine Brodersen were born the following children: Hans, of Harlan; Mrs. Dorothy Boysen, of Harlan; Christ, a prosperous farmer of Jackson township; Peter, on the old home place; Mrs. Ella Christenson, of Harlan; Charles, an automobile dealer of Harlan.
When a boy, Hans Brodersen attended the district school of the neighborhood, which was held in a rented room for a number of years. The schools of that day were rather primitive and the demands of the farm required the assistance of the sons of the family as soon as they were able to work. Consequently, Hans was brought up to become a farmer while acquiring his schooling. He was gifted with the predominant thrift and enterprise of the people of Danish nationality and early began farming for himself. His first farm was owned in Audubon county. He sold this farm after a brief ownership and moved to his father's place, in Jackson township, and resided on it for two years. He then bought a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres in Jackson township, which he still owns. This farm is fairly well improved and in an excellent state of cultivation. In the year 1902 he rented his farm and invested in a general merchandise store at Jacksonville. He was engaged in the retail merchandise business for seven years and then disposed of his interests and removed to Harlan. Here he invested in a home and became one of the valued citizens of this enterprising city. Besides his farm holdings in Jackson township, he owns one hundred and twenty-four acres in Lincoln township, which gives him a total acreage in the county of three hundred and ten acres of fine land.
Mr. Brodersen was married on March 7, 1893, to Minnie Nissen, a native of Scott county, Iowa, and a daughter of Danish parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Brodersen have been born three children: Jennie, aged twenty years, and a nurse in the Jennie Edmonton Hospital, located at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Leroy, aged sixteen, and a student in the Harlan high school; Raymond, aged ten, and a pupil in the Harlan public schools.
Mr. Brodersen is a pronounced Democrat in his political affiliation and is a firm believer in the national policies of his party as enunciated by President Wilson. For many years he has been an active worker in the ranks of Shelby county Democracy and is a recognized leader of his party. In the fall of 1912 he was elected to the office of county supervisor and should have taken his seat in January of 1914, but a vacancy occurring in May of 1913, he was appointed to fill the vacancy. He is now serving his regular elective term. His children are regular attendants of the Congregational Sunday school. He is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. It can truly be said of Mr. Brodersen that he is an excellent, honest and capable public official who realizes fully his obligation to the people of Shelby county and strives to do his duty as a man and official. His genial, warm and sunny disposition has endeared him to hundreds of friends, and no citizen of the county is more widely or more favorably regarded.
HANS BRODERSEN
The office of county supervisor is a very important one, inasmuch as the incumbents of the office are the financial guardians and managers of the county's affairs. It is essential and necessary for the best interests of the county that the membership of the county board be composed of men of tried business ability who have made a success of their own individual affairs. Of such men is the Shelby county board of supervisors composed, and Shelby county is fortunate in having as a member of the board the individual whose name forms the caption of this brief review. Hans Brodersen is a native-born resident of Shelby county and a son of Danish parents. For forty-three years he has resided in the county and has seen the prairie wilderness develop with his own growth from boyhood to manhood and has witnessed one of the most wonderful transformations of a grass-covered landscape into fertile and productive farms that it has been the lot of any man to witness.
Hans Brodersen, county supervisor, was born in a log cabin on a pioneer farmer in Jackson township, January 27, 1871, and is the son of Jacob and Gine Brodersen, natives of Denmark. His fathers, Jacob Brodersen, emigrated in 1868 from the little country which has produced some of the best and brainiest citizens of America and was first employed in the construction of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad through the state of Iowa. He was naturally an agriculturist and secured a farm of forty acres in Jackson township, sending for his wife and infant daughter in 1869. In the year 1870 he located on his new and unbroken piece of prairie land, built a log cabin and proceeded to develop his acreage. The hardships of the family were many during these first years, but they bore them with the true fortitude for which the Danish people are noted. He later sold his first "forty" and moved to another farm about one mile east and again developed a tract of prairie land. To this tract he moved his log cabin, but two years later he erected another and more commodious house. Here the Brodersen family resided for over twenty years and prospered. Jacob Brodersen was born in 1838 and of late years has resided in Harlan.
Mrs. Brodersen died in Harlan in the year 1910. To Jacob and Gine Brodersen were born the following children: Hans, of Harlan; Mrs. Dorothy Boysen, of Harlan; Christ, a prosperous farmer of Jackson township; Peter, on the old home place; Mrs. Ella Christenson, of Harlan; Charles, an automobile dealer of Harlan.
When a boy, Hans Brodersen attended the district school of the neighborhood, which was held in a rented room for a number of years. The schools of that day were rather primitive and the demands of the farm required the assistance of the sons of the family as soon as they were able to work. Consequently, Hans was brought up to become a farmer while acquiring his schooling. He was gifted with the predominant thrift and enterprise of the people of Danish nationality and early began farming for himself. His first farm was owned in Audubon county. He sold this farm after a brief ownership and moved to his father's place, in Jackson township, and resided on it for two years. He then bought a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres in Jackson township, which he still owns. This farm is fairly well improved and in an excellent state of cultivation. In the year 1902 he rented his farm and invested in a general merchandise store at Jacksonville. He was engaged in the retail merchandise business for seven years and then disposed of his interests and removed to Harlan. Here he invested in a home and became one of the valued citizens of this enterprising city. Besides his farm holdings in Jackson township, he owns one hundred and twenty-four acres in Lincoln township, which gives him a total acreage in the county of three hundred and ten acres of fine land.
Mr. Brodersen was married on March 7, 1893, to Minnie Nissen, a native of Scott county, Iowa, and a daughter of Danish parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Brodersen have been born three children: Jennie, aged twenty years, and a nurse in the Jennie Edmonton Hospital, located at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Leroy, aged sixteen, and a student in the Harlan high school; Raymond, aged ten, and a pupil in the Harlan public schools.
Mr. Brodersen is a pronounced Democrat in his political affiliation and is a firm believer in the national policies of his party as enunciated by President Wilson. For many years he has been an active worker in the ranks of Shelby county Democracy and is a recognized leader of his party. In the fall of 1912 he was elected to the office of county supervisor and should have taken his seat in January of 1914, but a vacancy occurring in May of 1913, he was appointed to fill the vacancy. He is now serving his regular elective term. His children are regular attendants of the Congregational Sunday school. He is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. It can truly be said of Mr. Brodersen that he is an excellent, honest and capable public official who realizes fully his obligation to the people of Shelby county and strives to do his duty as a man and official. His genial, warm and sunny disposition has endeared him to hundreds of friends, and no citizen of the county is more widely or more favorably regarded.
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