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John Baptist Hanten

Birth	:	20 Jan 1859 Scott County, Minnesota, USA
Death	:	12 Aug 1940
Burial	:	Saint Marys Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.8908005, -97.0836029
Plot	:	In mausoleum
Description	:	John B. Hanten, an eminent attorney of Watertown, Codington county, is a native of Minnesota, having been born on a farm in Scott county, January 20, 1859. He is a son of Henry and Anna M. (Leas) Hanten, who were born in Luxemburg. Germany. Henry Hanten was a man of erudition and sterling character, and was for a number of years engaged in teaching, in colleges and public schools, while finally he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Minnesota, whence he came to Watertown, South Dakota, shortly prior to his death, which here occurred on the 28th of March. 1882. at... Read More	John B. Hanten, an eminent attorney of Watertown, Codington county, is a native of Minnesota, having been born on a farm in Scott county, January 20, 1859. He is a son of Henry and Anna M. (Leas) Hanten, who were born in Luxemburg. Germany. Henry Hanten was a man of erudition and sterling character, and was for a number of years engaged in teaching, in colleges and public schools, while finally he engaged in agricultural pursuits in Minnesota, whence he came to Watertown, South Dakota, shortly prior to his death, which here occurred on the 28th of March. 1882. at which time he was fifty-two years of age. He was graduated in the institute at Luxemburg and later completed a four years' course of study in the university at Charles LeRoy, France. He was a son of Jean and Susanna (Thobes) Henten, the former having been a prosperous farmer in Luxemburg, Germany, where he passed his entire life, his son, the father of the subject, having come to America in 1854. John B. Hanten accompanied his parents to Germany when seven years of age, and in the excellent schools of that land received his early education, having been graduated in the gymnasium at Larochette as a member of the class of 1873, and thereafter taking a post-graduate course in Luxemburg, Germany, where he remained until 1874, when he returned to the United States and in 1878 located at Kranzburg, Codington county, South Dakota, where he was conducting a hotel until 1884, when he engaged in the hardware business in that town. In 1886 he was appointed clerk of the district court, and thereupon disposed of his business in Kranzburg and took up his residence in Watertown. He held this incumbency for six years, within which interval he had devoted much time to the reading of law, and in the fall of 1892 he was admitted to the bar of the state, having thoroughly grounded himself in the science of jurisprudence. On the 23d of December, 1893, Mr. Hanten was appointed receiver of the United States land office in Watertown, remaining in tenure of this office until March 17, 1898, when he resumed the practice of his profession. in which he has met with distinctive success. In the fall of the same year he was elected to represent his district in the state senate, serving one term, while he was the candidate of his party for a second term, in 1900, but met defeat which attended the party ticket in general throughout the state. He has ever been a stalwart advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, in whose cause he has been an active and effective worker. Mr. Hanten is at the present time president of the Business Men's Union, of Watertown, and likewise one of its directors. He served four years as a member of the National Guard of South Dakota, being raised to the rank of sergeant, while later he was assistant chief of supplies, with rank of major, on the staff of ex-Governor A. C. Mellette. He is identified with the Catholic Order of Foresters, in which he is state chief ranger at the time of this writing, having held the office from the time of the organization of the order in the state, in 1900. He and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church, being members of Immaculate Conception church, in whose work they take an active interest. Mr. Hanten was one of the organizers of the Watertown State Bank, of which he is president, and he ever shows a deep interest in all that makes for the progress and material prosperity of his home city and state. In 1878 his father purchased a large tract of railroad land in what is now South Dakota, and several of his sons, including the subject, came here to do their part in settling and developing the country, encountering the varied experiences and vicissitudes of pioneer life on the plains. At Kranzburg, this state, on the 25th of January, 1881, Mr. Hanten was united in marriage to Miss Margaret A. Kranz, daughter of Matthew and Margaretha (Ludwig) Kranz, both of whom were born and reared in Germany, whence they emigrated to Minnesota, and then to South Dakota, being numbered among the first settlers of Codington county, while the town of Kranzburg was named in honor of Mr. Kranz. Mrs. Hanten was born at New Trier, Dakota countv, Minnesota, on the 2nd of July, 1862. The subject and his wife are the parents of nine children, namely: Henry M., assistant cashier and bookkeeper in the State Bank; Margaret; Louisa; John H.; Mary: Helen; Matthew W.; Eleonora and Raphael E. - [History of South Dakota, Vol. 2; by Doane Robinson; B. F. Bowen & Co., Publisher; 1904]

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Latitude: 44.8908005
Longitude: -97.0836029

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Spouse

Margaret Anna Kranz Hanten

(1862 - 1942)

Children

Louise Helen Hanten Conley

(1884 - 1962)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Marys Cemetery
Watertown, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8908005, -97.0836029

2. Mount Hope Cemetery
Watertown, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.9164009, -97.0986023

3. Mother of God Monastery Cemetery
Watertown, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8678000, -97.1181000

4. Schneiders Grove Cemetery
Kranzburg Township, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8786968, -96.9435766

5. Spooner Children Graves
Kranzburg Township, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8786968, -96.9435766

6. Holy Rosary Cemetery
Kranzburg, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8946991, -96.9182968

7. Saint Josephs Cemetery
Waverly, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.9963989, -96.9697037

8. Kampeska Cemetery
Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8703003, -97.2778015

9. Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Rauville, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0432053, -97.0844650

10. Saint Peter's Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8118500, -97.2690600

11. Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Hamlin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8039017, -97.2671967

12. Oxford Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.7607900, -97.2134400

13. Castlewood Cemetery
Castlewood, Hamlin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7183200, -97.0264800

14. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
Castlewood, Hamlin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7176575, -97.0239113

15. Goodwin Cemetery
Goodwin, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8792000, -96.8242035

16. Bemis Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8333015, -96.8343964

17. Christian Reformed Cemetery
Bemis, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7757000, -96.8751000

18. Evergreen Presbyterian Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7747002, -96.8657990

19. Esterly Cemetery
Florence, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0564003, -97.2281036

20. Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0926094, -97.0336533

21. Havana Lutheran Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7771590, -96.8423800

22. Larson Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.9347000, -96.7893982

23. Swedish Cemetery
Astoria, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8499985, -96.7727966

24. Troy Cemetery
Grant County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0513992, -96.8613968