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|spouse=Amanda Woods Caspari (married 1862-1883, her death)

|spouse=Amanda Woods Caspari (married 1862-1883, her death)

|children=Richard L., Samuel, Joseph, David, Emanuel, Charles, Gustave, Julia Caspari Glover, and Dora Caspari

|children=Richard L., Samuel, Joseph, David, Emanuel, Charles, Gustave, Julia Caspari Glover, and Dora Caspari

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrati]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|occupation=[[Business]]man; [[Banker]]  

|occupation=[[Business]]man; [[Banker]]  

|religion=[[Jewish]]}}

|religion=[[Jewish]]}}

'''Leopold Caspari''' (July 28, 1830 &ndash;  March 11, 1915) was a [[France|French]]-born [[business]]man and [[politician]] from [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]].  In 1884, in his role as state representative, he was instrumental in the establishment of [[Northwestern State University]], then a teacher training normal school.<ref name=caspari>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/natchitoches/bios/casparil.txt|author=Gaytha Carver Thompson|title=Leopold Caspari in ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana''|publisher=Southern Publishing Company ([[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]],  1890|accessdate=December 22, 2010}}</ref>

'''Leopold Caspari''' (July 28, 1830 &ndash;  March 11, 1915) was a [[France|French]]-born [[business]]man and [[politician]] from [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]].  In 1884, in his role as state representative, he was instrumental in the establishment of [[Northwestern State University]], then a teacher training normal school.<ref name=caspari>Gaytha Carver Thompson, "Leopold Caspari," ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana'' ([[Chicago]] and [[Nashville]]: Southern Publishing Company, 1890).</ref>

==Background==

==Background==