Casper Petersen

Casper H. M. Petersen
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Calumet district
In office
January 3, 1881 – January 2, 1882
Preceded byJames W. Parkinson
Succeeded byAdolph Moeller
In office
January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
Preceded byWilliam H. Dick
Succeeded byThomas Lynch
In office
January 6, 1868 – January 3, 1870
Preceded byRandolph J. Needham
Succeeded byJames Robinson
Personal details
Born(1826-03-14)March 14, 1826
Jagel, Schleswig, Denmark
DiedJuly 16, 1906(1906-07-16) (aged 80)
Plymouth, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeNew Holstein City Cemetery, New Holstein, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • first wife (died 1856)
  • Auguste Johanna Bodenstab
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    (m. 1859⁠–⁠1906)​
Children
  • with first wife
  • Amelia (Hajenga)
  • (b. 1853; died 1918)
  • Mary (Bruns)
  • (b. 1856; died 1932)
  • with Auguste Bodenstab
  • Fred J. Petersen
  • (b. 1863; died 1913)
  • four others
Residences
Military service
AllegianceSchleswig-Holstein
Years of service1848–1851
Battles/warsFirst Schleswig War

Casper H. M. Petersen (often spelled Peterson) (March 14, 1826 – July 16, 1906) was an American schoolteacher, businessman and farmer from New Holstein, Wisconsin, who spent four non-consecutive terms as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Calumet County, Wisconsin.[1]

  1. ^ Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999; p. 93 Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine