This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hanson Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3FC.2ACI/3864 Message Board Post: The True Republic Hudson, St Croix County, WI 15 JULY 1897 Killed by Lightning Louis Hanson, the carpenter, who left Hudson about three years ago, was struck by lightning at West Superior last Friday and instantly killed.He was standing on the porch of the house he was stopping at watching the storm about six o'clock in the morning, when the bolt struck him tearing his clothing to shreds and mangling the body. Four persons in the house were uninjured. About one year ago a barn belonging to him and a number of head of stock were destroyed by lightning. Mr Hanson was well known in Hudson, having served on the county board and on the council. The remains were brought here and interred on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Mrs. Leoparddelivering the address. He was 44 years old and leaves a wife and two children.