Hanson, Virginia, 1907-1978.

Nellie Virginia Hanson was born in Logan, Utah on February 19, 1907. The Hanson family settled in Cornish, Utah in 1914. The farm the Hansons settled on became known locally as "Dreary Acres." Virginia attended elementary school in Cornish then went to the Brigham Young College in Logan. Later, she graduated from Utah State University. Early in her career Virginia Hanson was a teacher. She taught elementary school at Cornish and Lewiston in Cache County and at Hiawatha in Carbon County and at Heber City in Wasatch County. She began work as an assistant librarian at the Cache County public library in 1941. She quickly rose to the position of head librarian which she held from 1944 until her retirement in 1974. In addition, Virginia was a traveler and, with her sister Mae, visited every state in the Union and traveled in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and South America. Virginia and Mae (1909-1978) were killed on January 25, 1978 when a Union Pacific train struck their car at a railroad crossing at "Dreary Acres" in Cornish, Utah.

From the description of Virginia Hanson papers, 1920-1978. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 71202876

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