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Below is a family biography included in The History of Perry County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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PETER CASPER, one of the old and well known citizens of this township, is a native of Prussia, his birth occurring April 5, 1822. He is the third in a family of twelve children born to Peter and Angeline (Emery) Casper, who, in company with their family, immigrated to the United States in 1842, and from June to September of that year, resided in New York. They then removed to Perry County, Ind., stopping a few months at Louisville while on the way, and the parents made this their home until their respective deaths. Peter Casper, the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood in his native country, where he was fairly educated. August 2, 1851, his marriage with Sarah A. Sweat was solemnized, and to their union ten children have been born, of which these seven are now alive: Mary E. (now Mrs. John James), Delilah J., (the wife of James Burke), Annie, (consort of August Etienne), Michael (married Agnes Etienne), Eliza, Peter and Eva. Mr. Casper has made farming his principal occupation through life, although from 1847 to 1866 he was engaged in flat-boating on the river. Industry and economy on the part of himself and wife have brought to them a good farm of over 300 acres. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and family are Roman Catholics. His father was a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte, and died at the ripe old age of seventy-eight years.

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This family biography is one of 257 biographies included in The History of Perry County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Perry County, Indiana History and Genealogy

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