Charles H. Hanson (1867-1958) was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He married Cora B. Hanson (b. Dooley) in Chicago in 1898 and
was employed first as jobbing salesman in the publishing industry and later as a sales
manager of a spice importing firm. Charles and Cora both joined The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 1899, and Cora was listed as a
practitioner in the directory of
The Christian Science Journal
from 1901 through 1905. Charles was the son of Adelia "Delia" C. Hanson (b. Perry), who
was a student of Mary Baker Eddy and a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science.
His sisters, Josephine Nellis Hanson and Clara Hammersmith (b. Hanson) were also
practitioners of Christian Science. Charles and Cora divorced around 1920 and Charles
married Anna L. Murphy (b. White) in 1923. They moved to Ft. Lauderdale in 1939 and
lived there for the remainder of their lives.
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