Charles Ingalls

Charles Ingalls
Charles Phillip Ingalls

Charles Ingalls with his wife Caroline
Born January 10, 1836(1836-01-10)
Cuba, New York, U.S.
Died June 8, 1902(1902-06-08) (aged 66)
De Smet, South Dakota, U.S.
Spouse Caroline Ingalls (m. 1860–1902) «start: (1860)–end+1: (1903)»"Marriage: Caroline Ingalls to Charles Ingalls" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ingalls) (his death)

Charles Phillip Ingalls (January 10, 1836 – June 8, 1902) was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House on the Prairie series of books. Ingalls is depicted as the character "Pa" in the series.

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Biography

For information on the relatives, see : List of real-life individuals from Little House on the Prairie

Ingalls was the second of nine children of Lansford Whiting Ingalls (1812-1896) and Laura Louise Colby Ingalls (1810-1883), both of whom appear (as "Grandpa" and "Grandma", respectively) in the book Little House in the Big Woods.

Lansford was born in Canada; Laura was born in Vermont and was a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] Lansford's mother was Margaret Delano, of the famed Delano family, and was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren. In the 1840s, when Ingalls was a young boy, his family moved from New York to the tallgrass prairie of Campton Township, just west of Elgin, Illinois.

On February 1, 1860, Charles Ingalls married Caroline Quiner. They had five children: Mary, Laura, Carrie, Charles Frederick "Freddy", and Grace. Freddy died as an infant.

For his entire life Ingalls had a strong case of "wanderlust". He is quoted by Laura in her Little House series of books as saying: "My wandering foot gets to itching". He loved travelling and didn't like living among big crowds of people, so with his family in the early years of his marriage, he traveled a great deal and often changed homes. From their original married home in the woods of Wisconsin, he moved his family to Indian Territory in southeastern Kansas, then back to Wisconsin, then to southern Minnesota, then for a year to Burr Oak, Iowa, then back to Minnesota. Presented with a job opportunity in Dakota Territory, he longed to move yet again, as the family was struggling in Minnesota. Caroline agreed, but extracted a promise from her husband that this would be their last move. She was not only tired of moving from place to place herself but also feared her children would never get a proper education unless the family put down roots somewhere. Ingalls agreed, and the family settled down for good in De Smet, South Dakota. He stayed with farming in De Smet for several years, but after he had "proved up" on his claim, he sold the farm and built a home on Third Street in De Smet, where he lived out the rest of his days. He died on June 8, 1902 of heart disease at the age of 66. He was buried at De Smet Cemetery.

In the media

Ingalls was portrayed in the television adaptation of Little House on the Prairie by :

References

  1. ^ "Eunice Sleeman". Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Eunice Sleeman was the mother of Eunice Blood (1782-1862), the wife of Nathan Colby (born 1778), who were the parents of Laura Louise Colby Ingalls (1810-1883), Charles's mother. http://www.edmund-rice.org/era5gens/p33.htm#i1065. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 

picture of Charles Ingalls homestead land grant

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