Orville Patrick "Dick" Hanson was born in Cedar Grove, West Virginia on November 2, 1910 to Rev. Robert and Alice Hudnall Hanson. He was the fourth of nine children born to the couple.
Dick was raised in Cedar Grove, West Virginia but by the time he was 18, the family had moved to Glasgow, West Virginia. Dick worked as a coal loader in the local coal mines.
On July 4, 1934 Dick married Connie Tucker. The couple settled in Cabin Creek, West Virginia and had three known children, a son and two daughters. His younger brother married his younger sister-in-law.
At some point, Orville and Connie moved to Columbiana County, Ohio.
Dick died in Salem, Ohio on November 22, 1998. He was 78 years old. He is buried alongside his wife in Columbiana Cemetery in Columbiana, Ohio.
Sources
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRHP-MJJ : 12 March 2018), Orville Patrick Hanson, 02 Nov 1910; citing Cedar Grove, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,949.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM4T-D6S : accessed 5 August 2022), Orvil Henson in household of Robert L Henson, Glasgow, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 3A, line 28, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2536; FHL microfilm 2,342,270.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CX-C6Y : 8 January 2021), Orville Hanson, Cabin Creek Magisterial District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-10, sheet 7A, line 18, family 105, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4412.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ5-C6Y9 : 21 July 2022), Orville P Hanson in entry for Orville Hanson and Joyce McLaughlin, 1960.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY44-FQ9 : 8 January 2021), Orville P Hanson, 22 Nov 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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