Clarence Peterson, b: 1919 - Vernon County, 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}

		^{Elmer Louis Peterson}^{b.1885 Crawford Co., Wisconsin d.1961}	^{Oleana Oleson}^{b.1861 Norway d.1921 Crawford Co., Wisconsin}

	^{Clarence Peterson}^{b.1919 Vernon Co., Wisconsin d.1987 Viroqua, Wisconsin}

^{Charles Peterson}^{b. d.}		^{Anna Simonson}^{b.1889 d.1934}

^{Carol Peterson}^{b. d.}

^{Christine Peterson}^{b. d.}

	^{Jane Hoilien Johnson}^{b. d.}