James Norman Peterson, b: 1939 - Rising Sun, Wisconsin

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{Lars Pederson Teigen}^{b.1848 Teigen, Norway d.1917 Crawford Co., Wisconsin}

		^{Rudalph Peterson}^{b.1895 Crawford Co., Wisconsin d.1943 Madison, Wisconsin}	^{Oleana Oleson}^{b.1861 Norway d.1921 Crawford Co., Wisconsin}

^{Living Peterson}^{b. d.}	^{James Norman Peterson}^{b.1939 Rising Sun, Wisconsin d.2012 La Crosse, Wisconsin}		^{Soren Tollefson}^{b.1879 Norway d.1925}

^{Living Peterson}^{b. d.}		^{Lillian Mayme Tollefson}^{b.1912 Cashton, Wisconsin d.1990 Viroqua, Wisconsin}	^{Tillie Running}^{b.1887 Cashton, Wisconsin d.1933}

^{Kurt John Peterson}^{b.1965 Viroqua, Wisconsin d.2008 La Crosse, Wisconsin}			^{Joseph Johnson}^{b.1887 d.1946}

^{Living Peterson}^{b. d.}		^{James Johnson}^{b.1909 Coon Valley, Wisconsin d.1976 La Crosse, Wisconsin}	^{Clara Johannesdtr Strangstalien}^{b.1889 U.S. d.1932}

^{Stephanie Peterson}^{b.1966 Viroqua, Wisconsin d.2018 Ladysmith, Wisconsin}	^{Janice Elaine Johnson}^{b.1943 La Crosse, Wisconsin d.2022 Westby, Wisconsin}		^{Henry Holter}^{b.1869 Coon Valley, Wisconsin d.1949}

^{Living Peterson}^{b. d.}		^{Jessie Mathilda Holter}^{b.1912 Coon Valley, Wisconsin d.1965 Viroqua, Wisconsin}	^{Emily Peterson}^{b.1874 Coon Valley, Wisconsin d.1931}