Hanson Alexander Risley
- Given Name
- Hanson Alexander
- Surname
- Risley
- Birth Date
- June 16, 1814
- Death Date
- August 23, 1893
- Mother
- Abigail Risley
- Father
- Elijah Risley, Jr.
- Spouse(s)
- Harriet C. Risley
- Child(ren)
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Olive F. Risley-Seward
Harriet D. Rodman
- Biographical Information
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Hanson Risley was the father of Olive Risley, William Henry Seward's adopted daughter. He was born in Fredonia, NY and was a lawyer. As Governor. Seward appointed him the Master in Chancery, and he was elected the Clerk of Chautauqua County in 1854. Risley was elected to the NY State Assembly in 1861. President Lincoln appointed Risley a supervising special agent of the US Treasury, and he held this post through the Johnson Administration.
Despite William Seward adopting Olive in 1870, Hanson did not pass away until 1893.
- Citation(s) for Biographical Information:
- Edwin Hills Risley. The Risley Family History: Including Records of Some of the Early English Risleys; a Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Risley, of Newtown (Cambridge), Massachusetts, (1633), and of Hartford, Connecticut (1636); an Account of the Family Reunion at Ha. The Grafton Press: Genealogical Publishers: New York, 1909.
Additional notes: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15746820/hanson-alexander-risley https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/?name=hanson_risley&event=_new+york-usa_35&birth=1814 - Citation(s) for Birth Information:
- Edwin Hills Risley. The Risley Family History: Including Records of Some of the Early English Risleys; a Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Risley, of Newtown (Cambridge), Massachusetts, (1633), and of Hartford, Connecticut (1636); an Account of the Family Reunion at Ha. The Grafton Press: Genealogical Publishers: New York, 1909.
- Citation(s) for Death Information:
- Ancestry Library. Last modified December 11, 2014. Accessed on December 11, 2014.
- Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 14, 1863
- Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 10, 1868
- Letter from Olive Risley Seward to William Henry Seward, June 1868
- Letter from Olive Risley Seward to William Henry Seward, July 12, 1868
- Letter from William Henry Seward to Janet Watson Seward, July 22, 1868
- Letter from Janet Watson Seward to William Henry Seward, July 24, 1868
- Letter from Olive Risley Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 26, 1868
- Letter from Olive Risley Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1868
- Letter from William Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 15, 1868
- Letter from Olive Risley Seward to William Henry Seward, 1868
- Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 2, 1869
- Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 26, 1870
- Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., August 30, 1870
- Letter from Olive Risley Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 1871
- Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 21, 1871
- Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, September 5, 1872
- Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 29, 1872
- Journal of Frances Adeline Seward, April 5, 1862 to May 1, 1863