The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1038 

CARL H. HANSEN.

Carl H. Hansen, the able deputy sheriff of Benton county, is a native of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, born in 1888, and is a son of Iver and Josephine
Hansen, the former of whom is engaged in the grocery business in Minneapolis.
The son received a public school education and after putting aside his textbooks
turned his attention to a business career becoming connected with a wholesale
hardware house. Later he was employed in a retail hardware store in Minnesota.
In 1914 he came to Prosser, at that time holding the important position of
special officer of the department of the interior. For the past eight months he
has served as deputy sheriff of Benton county and his ability has been
recognized by the public. His government work as special officer had much to do
with the suppression of illicit liquor traffic among the Indians and in the
discharge of his duties he went to Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington under
orders from the main office at Denver.

In 1909 Mr. Hansen was united in marriage to Miss Nanna Oftedal, of
Minneapolis, and they have two children, Leone and Robert, aged respectively
seven and five years. Mr. Hansen owns a valuable tract of land near Prosser. In
his political views he is a republican and fraternally he belongs to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Yeomen and the Foresters of America. Both
he and his wife are popular in the social circles of Prosser and have many
friends in the city, all of whom speak of them in terms of high appreciation.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.