Carrie Cassel was the youngest daughter of Peter Cassel, who in 1845 established the first Swedish settlement in Iowa. She was also the only daughter of Peter Cassel born in America. Peter Cassel was born in 1790, so he was 61 years old when his daughter Carrie was born.

For more about Carrie Cassel, see: My Swedish Ancestors

For a photo of her father-in-law, Jacob Axel Johansson, see: My great-great grandfather, Jacob Axel Johansson

For a newspaper clipping, 1926, in Swedish, of Axel Jacobson (1843-1935) and Carrie Cassel (1851-1942) on the occasion of their 50 th wedding anniversary, see: The Golden Wedding Anniversary

For a photo of my mother, the granddaughter of Carrie Cassel, see: Dr. Marjorie Jacobson

Here are more family history and photos:

• My Ancestors from Kisa, Östergötland, Sweden
• Sloan, Jacobson and Graham families
• Sloan Jacobson Family History
• My Paternal Uncles
• My Scottish Ancestors
• Photo of Mary Graham Jacobson
• Family Tree of Carrie Sophia Cassel Jacobson
• Biography of my mother, Helen Marjorie Sloan, as published in the First Edition of "Who's Who of American Women"
• Photos and a letter of Elizabeth Grace Thomson, the mother of Mary Graham and my great grandmother, in 1867, to her future husband
• Photo of my great-grandmother, Elizabeth Grace Thomson, and her two sisters in 1864
• Graham Family - My Family History
• Photo of Samuel Thomson
• My Uncle was a Bomber Pilot over Japan in World War II
• The Jacobson Family Farmhouse
• Newspaper clipping, 1926, in Swedish, of Axel Jacobson (1843-1935) and Carrie Cassel (1851-1942) on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary: The Golden Wedding Anniversary
• Photo of my great grandmother, Carrie Cassel Jacobson
• Photo of my great-great-grandfather, Jacob Axel Johansson
• Photo of my mother, Dr. Marjorie Jacobson
• Mary Sloan, Titanic Survivor
• Photo from the Yalta Conference: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
• Battle: The Story of the Bulge
• Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge
• A Time for Triumphs: The Untold Story of the Bulge
• "Saving Private Ryan" official web site
• More about "Saving Private Ryan"