Fritz William Rasmussen, the son of Edward and Stine Marie Rasmussen, was born in Thoneby, Lolland, Denmark in 1833 and immigrated to Wisconsin in 1847 with his parents and five siblings. In 1848, the Rasmussen family settled on a farm in the Town of New Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin, being among the first settlers in that area and one of the first Danish families in that part of Wisconsin. Rasmussen served in the Civil War, 1864-1865, in Company G, 14th Infantry, Wisconsin Volunteers. The remainder of his life was spent on his farm at New Denmark.
