GARNER, HANSON A., a prosperous farmer of Cass County and one who stands well among the agriculturalists of his section, resides on township 18, range 11, section 30, where he owns forty-five acres of excellent land. He was born in Cass County, September 24, 1858, a son of William S. And Nancy M. (Crews) Garner, born in Cass County, December 16, 1837, and in Sangamon County, Ill., October 20, 1837, respectively. The father belonged to a pioneer family of Cass County and was reared amid the stern conditions of those early times. He developed into a judicious farmer and responsible man.

Hanson A. Garner attended the schools of his district and adopted farming as his life work. With the exception of three years during which he served as postmaster at Chandlerville, 1900-1903, he has spent his life upon farms and is well versed in agricultural work. In political views he is a Republican, while his religious faith makes him a Methodist, and he is a liberal supporter of his church.

On September 17, 1903, Mr. Garner was married in Cass County, to Mary E. Richard, born March 4, 1871, and they have had the following children: William A., Evan R., Walter, Harold and Lucile. Mr. Garner is a man of kindly disposition, who is content to take the world as he finds it. His friends are many, and his enemies few, and wherever he goes he is sure of a hearty welcome for he is one whom all kind of men like and want to know.