He immigrated to America from Denmark in 1861 and Anglicized his name to Peter Petersen. He served in Company B in the 49th Wisc. Infantry during the Civil War (his surname was misspelled Peterson on his veterans marker). He and his wife Henrietta had 12 children - Paul, Densmore, Edward, Dora, Lily, Frederick, Rosina, Lydia, Annie Marie, Earl, Ettie, Theodore.
He immigrated to America from Denmark in 1861 and Anglicized his name to Peter Petersen. He served in Company B in the 49th Wisc. Infantry during the Civil War (his surname was misspelled Peterson on his veterans marker). He and his wife Henrietta had 12 children - Paul, Densmore, Edward, Dora, Lily, Frederick, Rosina, Lydia, Annie Marie, Earl, Ettie, Theodore.
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