The Family of Charles Phillips Ingall's Father of Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder
Name:
Charles Phillip Ingalls
Born: January 10, 1836 Cuba Allegheny County New
York
Died: June
8, 1902 De Smet Kingsbury County South Dakota
Spouse:
Caroline Lake Quiner
Parents:
Landsford Whiting Ingalls, Laura Louise Colby
Occupation: Pioneer /Farmer
Cause of
Death: Pneumonia /Heart Failure
Age at
Death: YRS: 66 MOS: 4 DYS: 8
Interment:
De Smet Cemetery De Smet Kingsbury County South Dakota
A Pioneer Gone
The
People of De Smet were pain Sunday afternoon to learn of the death of Mr. C.P.
Ingalls, who died at 3 p.m. of that day after a lingering illness of several
weeks. Heart trouble was the cause of his death.
Funeral
services were held at the Congregational Church Tuesday forenoon, largely
attended bt the many friends of the deceased and of the family. After the
church services were concluded the masonic fraternity who were in attendance in
body took charge of the funeral and the remains were placed in their last
resting place with solemn funeral rite of that organization.
Chas.
P. Ingalls was born in that state 60 years ago. His life was that of a pioneer
from boyhood. At the age of 12 years he moved with his parents to Illinois,
thence a few years later to Wisconsin and thence to Minnesota. It was while
living in Wisconsin that he married the estimable lady who is now his widow.
In
1879 he brought his family to De Smet. He was the first to build a dwelling in
this locality; the house
which now stands on the rear of the Bank of De Smet lot is the building. In his
home were held the first religious services. He was prominent in the work of
organizing the Congregational Church of this city which he was faithful and
consistent member to his death
As
a citizen he held high esteem, being honest and upright in his dealings and
associations with his fellows. As a friend and neighbor he was always kind and
courteous, and a faithful and loving husband and father.
[De Smet News,
June 12, 1902]
Source:
Charles Phillip
Ingalls - Biography
In
Cuba, New York, on January 10, 1836, Charles Phillip Ingalls was born to
Landsford and Laura Ingalls. Lansford and Laura are better known as
"Grandpa" and "Grandma" in Little House in the Big Woods as
well as some of the My First Little House Books.
On
February 1, 1860, Charles married Caroline Lake Quiner in Concord, Wisconsin.
They had five children, Mary, Laura, Carrie, Charles Frederick, and Grace. Pa
always wanted to go out west, but Ma insisted that they at least stay somewhere
where the girls could attend school. They travelled a great deal
before finally settling in De Smet, South Dakota where he held many jobs,
including Justice of the Peace.
Pa
died in De Smet on June 8, 1902, leaving his wife and daughters. Pa's memory
lives on through his wonderful stories in the Little House books, and with his
wonderful fiddle music, which often filled the hearts of the Ingalls on hot
summer evenings and cold winter nights.
Many
of Pa's possessions are at the many historic sights, and his beloved fiddle is
on display at the Mansfield Museum.
Source:
http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/family/charlesingalls.html
Findagrave.com
Literary
Figure. Born the second of nine children of Landsford and Laura Ingalls in
Cuba, New York, when he was 12 his family moved to Illinois, and then to
Wisconsin. He married Caroline Lake Quiner in February of 1860 and with her,
headed west in what would become a long string of moves which indulged his
wanderlust, his dislike of large towns, and the prevailing job opportunities.
The young family moved from Wisconsin, to Kansas, back to Wisconsin, to Minnesota,
to Iowa, back to Minnesota, and finally to Dakota Territory in 1879 where,
among other occupations, he was appointed Justice of the Peace of De Smet. The
Ingalls' had five children; Mary, Laura, Carrie, Charles Frederick, and Grace.
It was daughter Laura who immortalized her family in the popular ‘Little House'
series of books. Ingalls died in his home at the age of 66 after an illness of
several weeks led to heart failure.
Source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3950
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Name: Caroline Lake Quiner
Born:
December 12, 1839 Concord Jefferson County Wisconsin
Died: April
20, 1924 De Smet, Kingsbury County
South Dakota
Spouse:
Charles Phillips Ingalls
Parents:
Henry Newton Quiner, Charlotte Wallis Tucker
Occupation: School
Teacher/Pioneer Housewife
Cause of
Death: Senility
Date of
Burial: April 21, 1924
Death
Certificate #: 91288
Age at
Death: YRS: 84 MOS: 4 DYS: 8
Interment:
De Smet Cemetery De Smet Kingsbury County South Dakota
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955 about
Caroline L Ingalls
Name:
Caroline L Ingalls Certificate Number: 91288 Death Day: 20 Death Month: Apr Death
Year: 1924 County: Kingsbury Page Number: 444
Source:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SDdeaths%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=&gsln=Ingalls&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUSA&gs1pl=44%2cSouth+Dakota&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-i&indiv=1&pf=1&recid=&h=65310&fh=17&ct=&fsk=&bsk=
Kingsbury
County lost one of its pioneer women in the death
of Mrs. C.P. Ingalls at her home here Sunday. She and her husband came to this
locality in 1879 and lived in a claim shanty on the northshore of Silver Lake
before there was a De Smet.
The
death was unexpected and followed an illnedd of but a short time, altho [sic]
Mrs. Ingalls has been feeble all winter.
Caroline
Quiner was born December 12, 1839, at Milwaukee, Wis., and died at five o'clock
p.m. Easter Sunday, April 20, 1924, at the age of 84.
She
was married to Charles Ingalls of Milwaukee Feb. 1, 1860, whose death occurred
June 8, 1902.
Five
children were born to this union. Mary Ingalls of De Smet; Laura Wilder of
Mansfield, Mo; Caroline Swanzey of Keystone, S.D.; Frederick Ingalls, who died
in infancy, and Grace Dow of De Smet.
The
family moved to De Smet in 1879 where they have since resided. In 1880 Mr. and
Mrs. Ingalls helped organize the
Congregational Church at De Smet and were faithful members of the organization
to the end of their lives. Mrs. Ingalls was also an early member of the Eastern
Star chapter of De Smet.
Besides
the four daughters the deceased is survived by three sisters, and one
granddaughter, Rose Wilder Lane.
Mrs.
Ingalls was a good mother, a good neighbor, and a good friend. The last few
years she has been unable to get around to see people very much or to attend
church. but her interest has been with her neighbors, friends, and church.
It was a pleasure to go and visit her as she was always interested, bright and
happy.
[From the De Smet News]
Source:
http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/research/carolineingallsobituary.html
Caroline Lake
Quiner Ingalls - Biography
In
Brookfield, Wisconsin, Caroline Lake Quiner was born to Henry and Charlotte
Quiner on December 12, 1839. When she was just seven years old, her father
died, and it is during this period where the new Little House series The Early
Years takes place with the first book Little House in Brookfield. Three years
after Henry died, Caroline's mother remarried to Frederick Holbrook.
Caroline
taught two terms of school when she was only sixteen
years old, until she married on February 1, 1860, to Charles Phillip Ingalls in
Concord, Wisconsin. They had five children, Mary, Laura, Carrie, Charles
Frederick, and Grace.
Ma
was always kind and gentle, and always full of wisdom for her daughters to
follow. It was Ma who insisted that Pa stay somewhere where the girls could
attend school. They travelled a great deal before finally settling in De Smet, South Dakota. When her husband died, she
continued to live in De Smet with her eldest daughter Mary. She died on April
20, 1924.
Many
of her possessions are at the various sites.
Source:
Findagrave.com
Folk
and literary figure. Born the fifth of seven children of Henry and Charlotte
Tucker Quiner in Brookfield, Wisconsin. At sixteen, she started as a teacher,
but married Charles Ingalls in February of 1860 effectively ending her career.
She followed her husband through numerous moves and settled in more than half a
dozen homes before she extracted a promise from her husband that their next
move would be their last. The family settled in Dakota Territory on Silver Lake
outside what would become the town of De Smet, South Dakota. She and her
husband had five children Mary, Laura, Carrie, Charles Frederick, and Grace. It
was daughter Laura who immortalized her family in the popular ‘Little House'
series of books. She died unexpectedly at her home after a short illness at age
84.
Source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3951
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Married:
February 1, 1960 Concord, Jefferson County Wisconsin
Married
42 years; five children were born to this union.
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Children
Mary Amelia Ingalls
1.
Mary Amelia
Ingalls
Born: January
10, 1865 Pepin, Pepin County Wisconsin
Died: October
17, 1928 Keystone, Pennington County South Dakota
Spouse: Single
Parents:
Charles Phillips Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner
Occupation:
House Keeper/ Piano Player
Cause of
Death: General Debility
Date of
Burial: October 28, 1928
Death
Certificate #: 118560
Age at Death: YRS:
63 MOS: 9 DYS: 5
Interment: De Smet Cemetery De Smet
Kingsbury County South Dakota
South Dakota
Death Index, 1905-1955 about Mary Ingalls
Name:
Mary Ingalls Certificate Number: 118560 Death Day: 17 Death Month: Oct Death
Year: 1928 County: Pennington Page Number: 444
Source:
School For the
Blind
Mary Amelia Ingalls- Biography
Mary Amelia Ingalls was the first child of
Charles and Caroline Ingalls and was born on January 10, 1865, in Pepin,
Wisconsin. Mary was a character in all of the Little House books and Mary and
Laura were inseparable.
When
Mary was fourteen years old, she became severely ill. Her illness, which is
variously described as scarlet fever (in the books) and meningitis, resulted in a stroke which
caused Mary to go blind. Laura then became Mary's "eyes", describing
everything around them to her sister.
In
1881, the Dakota Territory paid for Mary to attend the Iowa School for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa
(know known as the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School). She graduated in
1889, and returned to De Smet, South Dakota to live with her parents.
Like
most blind women of the time, Mary never
married, and lived with her parents until their deaths. Mary then lived with
Grace and her husband. In Keystone South Dakota, Mary died on October 17, 1928
at the home of her younger sister Carrie.
Some
of Mary's beadwork, as well as her special Braille slate and bible are housed
at the Mansfield Museum while many of her other possessions are housed at De
Smet.
Source:
http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/family/maryingalls.htm
FINDAGRAVE.COM
Folk
and literary figure. Born the eldest child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls in
Pepin County, Wisconsin on her father's birthday. At the age of 14 she fell ill
with what was then described as brain fever. Although she recovered, the
illness robbed her of her sight. In 1881, Mary enrolled in the Iowa Braille and
Sight Saving School in Vinton, Iowa. Mary's academic achievements were
considered exceptionally high, in addition to academic subjects she excelled in
music sewing, beadwork, knitting, hammock and fly net tying. Mary graduated in
June 1889, one of eight in her graduating class. After graduation she returned
to De Smet where she lived with her parents. After her father's death, she made
fly nets in order to supplement the family income. She was active in the
church, and taught Sunday school classes. With the death of her mother in 1924,
Mary moved in with her sister, Grace, before settling in with her sister
Carrie, at Keystone, South Dakota. She never married. At the age of 63, she
succumbed to pneumonia, and was interred in the family plot at De Smet. Her
sister, Laura, would later immortalize the family in the popular ‘Little House'
series of books.
Source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3952
We regret to report the death of Miss Mary Ingalls."
On October 17, 1928, an elderly blind woman named Mary Amelia
Ingalls died in a small rural community in South Dakota. Her obituary in the
local newspaper was brief: "Miss Ingalls passed away at the home of her
sister, Mrs. D.N. Swanzey. She suffered another stroke a few days before her
death, after a year of ill health following former strokes. Funeral services
will be held at the Congregational Church Friday at two o'clock." No one,
other than her friends and relatives, was particularly interested in Mary's
life, in her story. Yet just four years later, her name was known to people all
across the country, and she was loved by thousands and thousands of young
girls, some of whom aspired to be just as good and kind and sweet as she was,
though most preferred her mischievous and much livelier younger sister, the one
who always forgot to wear her sunbonnet, was crazy for horses, and got into all
kinds of scrapes.
That
sister was named Laura. Laura Ingalls Wilder, the celebrated children's author.
Laura's fictionalized accounts of her childhood experiences on the western
frontier, hand-written in soft pencil on lined yellow paper, eventually filled
seven books. The story they tell is as much Mary's as Laura's, though the first
book in the Little House series was published four years after Mary's death
Source:
http://www.aph.org/museum/MaryScript.html
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder
2.
Laura
Elizabeth Ingalls
Alias: ½ Pint,
Bessie, Beth
Born: February
7, 1867 Pepin, Pepin County Wisconsin
Died: February
10, 1957 Mansfield, Wright County Missouri
Spouse: Almanzo
James “Manly” Wilder
Parents:
Charles Phillips Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner
Occupation:
Housewife, Politician, Author, Business Woman
Cause of
Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Date of
Burial: February 13, 1957
Death
Certificate #: 11919
Age at Death: YRS:
90 MOS: 0 DYS: 3
Interment:
Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield Wright County Missouri
Laura Elizabeth
Ingalls Wilder - Biography
Laura
Elizabeth Ingalls was the second child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls and was
born on February 7, 1867, in Pepin, Wisconsin. She travelled with her family,
and then later with her husband, and like her father, she loved to travel and
always wanted to go West.
In
De Smet, South Dakota she met and married Almanzo James Wilder. When Laura was
teaching school twelve miles away when she was
only sixteen, Almanzo came and took her back and forth each weekend behind the
Morgan horses Laura loved so much - Prince and Lady.
After
courting for two and one half years, they were married on August 25, 1885, with
the bride wearing black. They spent four years trying farming which is
documented in The First Four Years, which ended with a fire which destroyed the
home Almanzo "Manly" had worked so hard to build.
In
De Smet, on December 5, 1886 Rose was born. In August 1889,
Laura had a baby boy who died shortly after.
The
Wilder's then spent several years living with various family members while
Almanzo gained his strength back from his bout of diptheria, which resulted in
his partial paralysis. In 1890, Laura, Almanzo and Rose lived with Almanzo's
parents in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
Between
1891 and 1892, the three then moved to Westville, Florida in hoped the warmer
climate would help Almanzo's legs. Laura hated living there so much, they
returned to De Smet. In July, 1894 the three then left for Laura and Almanzo's
final home, Mansfield, Missouri where they bought Rocky Ridge Farm with the
hidden $100 bill. Laura's diary of the trip is published in On the Way Home.
After
publishing many articles locally, Laura began to work on her memoirs, in a
manuscript entitled Pioneer Girl. The concept of this book, which was
essentially the whole series in one, lead to the start of the Little House series
which was published by Harper and Brothers (now known as HarperCollins)
children's department.
Laura
died on February 10, 1957 at her Rocky Ridge home, the last surviving member of
her pioneering Ingalls family.
Many
museums and historic sites have been set up in the hometowns where Laura spent
her life, and many of her items are located at each site.
Source:
Findagrave.com
Pioneer,
Author. Born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls in Pepin, Wisconsin, the second daughter
of Charles and Caroline Quiner Ingalls. The Ingalls family traveled by covered
wagon to short residences in Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas, before settling in
DeSmet, South Dakota, one of two families who founded the town. To help her
sister, Mary , receive an education at a college for the blind, Laura obtained
her teaching certificate at age 15. In 1885, Laura married Almanzo James Wilder
in DeSmet, and their daughter, Rose, was born the following year. In 1894, the
young family relocated to Mansfield in the Missouri Ozark Mountains, where
Laura and Almanzo built the prosperous Rocky Ridge Farm. During World War I,
Laura became a columnist for The Missouri Ruralist , with the popular and
thoughtful weekly, "As A Farm Wife Thinks". In 1932, she began
writing the "Little House" books, an 8-part series, hand-written over
11 years, and delightfully illustrated by Garth Williams, based on her pioneer
childhood and youth. In her books, Laura stressed the importance of family,
faith, simple values, and self-sufficiency. The books have remained enduringly
popular, continuing to be published and read worldwide today. After 63 years of marriage, Almanzo
died in 1949, Laura continued to live at Rocky Ridge Farm until her passing in
1957, at the age of 90. In 1954, Garth Williams designed the bronze Laura
Ingalls Wilder Medal for presentation to Laura as the first recipient. The
medal, administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, is an
annual award presented to "an author or illustrator whose books, written
in the United States, have made, over the years, a substantial and lasting
contribution to literature for children." There are museums across the
United States at the sites where the Ingalls and Wilder families lived,
including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum at Rocky Ridge Farm, where
the home that Laura and Almanzo built by hand has been preserved just as when
the Wilders' were in residence. Laura and Almanzo's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane,
became a noted novelist and political writer.
Source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1625
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Caroline Celestia Ingalls
3.
Caroline
Celestia Ingalls
Alias: Carrie
Born: August
3, 1870 Independence Montgomery County Kansas
Died: June 2,
1946 BH General Hospital Rapid City Keystone, Pennington County South
Dakota
Spouse: David
Nevins Swanzey
Parents:
Charles Phillips Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner
Occupation:
Housewife/News Paper business/ Typesetter Writer
Cause of
Death: Diabetes Coma
Date of
Burial: June 7, 1946
Death
Certificate #: 229736
Age at Death: YRS:
75 MOS: 10 DYS: 2
Interment: De Smet Cemetery De Smet
Kingsbury County South Dakota
South Dakota
Death Index, 1905-1955 about Caroline I Swanzey
Name:
Caroline I Swanzey [Caroline C Swanzey]
Certificate Number: 229736 Death Day: 2 Death Month: Jun Death Year:
1946 County: Pennington
Source:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Swanzey&sx=&f17=&f16=&rg_f15__date=&rs_f15__date=0&f14=Pennington&gskw=&prox=1&db=sddeaths&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=2&h=216870&recoff=9+22&ml_rpos=3
Obituary for Carrie Ingalls
Swanzey
Keystone.
June 5 - Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Ingalls Swanzey will be held at the
Keystone Congregational church Thursday at 2 p.m., daylight savings time. The
Order of Eastern Star will conduct the rights and Rev. Carl Loocke will assist.
Burial will be in De Smet.
Mrs.
Swanzey came with her parents to Dakota Territory and they settled at De Smet.
She worked on several small newspapers in the state before coming here about 35
years ago as an employee of the paper and later married David N. Swanzey. He
died in 1938.
She
was active in church and community affairs and recently received a 50-year life
membership in the Eastern Star here. Survivors include a sister, Laura Ingalls
Wilder of Mansfield, Mo., and Rose Wilder Lane, a niece, both widely known
authors, and a stepdaughter, Mary.
She
died Sunday in a Rapid City hospital. Funeral arrangements were made by Behrens
Mortuary of Rapid City.
02
Jun 1946
Source:
http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/research/carrieingallsobituary.html
Carrie Ingalls
Swanzey - Biography
Caroline
Celestia Ingalls, or better known as Carrie, was the third child of Charles and
Caroline Ingalls and was born on August 3, 1870, in Montgomery County, Kansas.
Carrie was actually born during the events which occurred in Little House on
the Prairie. Because Little House in the Big Woods had Baby Carrie, and Little
House on the Prairie happened after, Laura could not write around this fact. So
Carrie travels with the family to Kansas, even though technically she would not
have been born yet.
It
is not until the books are based in De Smet, South Dakota, that interaction
between Carrie and Laura occurs, without the representation of Carrie being as
"Baby Carrie" as she is in the earlier books. After finishing school,
Carrie worked for the newspaper in De Smet, then later onto larger newspapers.
Carrie
met David Swanzey in the Black Hills. David was a widower with two young
children, Mary and Harold, and they marries on August 1, 1912 in Rapid City,
South Dakota. Carrie raised David's children, and on June 2, 1946, Carrie died
in Rapid City, South Dakota, leaving her older sister Laura as the last
surviving member of the Ingalls family.
Some
of Carrie's possessions are on display at various Laura Ingalls Wilder historical
sites and museums.
Source:
http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/family/carrieingalls.html
Findagrave.com
Folk and literary figure. Born in
Montgomery County, Kansas. the third child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls, she
was known throughout her life as Carrie. After finishing school, she became a
typesetter for the De Smet News, then The Keystone Recorder and The Hill City
Star. Like her father, she was afflicted with a wanderlust that led her to
visit Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Missouri before settling briefly in Boulder,
Colorado. Though unusual for a single woman, she then filed on a homestead
claim in Top Bar, South Dakota. She met and married mine owner David N. Swanzey,
a widower with two children in 1912. Her husband was one of the committee that
recommended Mount Rushmore to sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, her stepson would be
one of the many excavators on the project. She was an enthusiastic supporter of
her sister, Laura's efforts to write her ‘Little House' series of books, and
helped by sharing memories of their childhood. She died suddenly in Pennington
County, South Dakota at the age of 75, and was interred in the family plot in
De Smet.
Source;
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=3953&PIpi=4402509
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Charles
"Freddie" Ingalls Jr. – Biography
Findagrave.com
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8145549
4.
Charles
Frederick Ingalls
Alias: Little
Freddie
Born: November
1, 1875 Walnut Grove, Redwood County Minnesota
Died: August
27, 1876 South Troy Wabasha County Minnesota
27 Aug 1876 in Troy, Pipestone, Minnesota
Spouse: Single
Parents:
Charles Phillips Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner
Cause of
Death: SIDS
Age at Death:
YRS: Ǿ MOS: 8 DYS: 26
Interment: Peter Ingalls Farm site Wabasha County
Minnesota
Charles
"Freddie" Ingalls Jr. - Biography
Charles
Frederick Ingalls Jr., better known as Freddie, was the fourth child and only
son of Charles and Caroline Ingalls and was born November 1, 1875 in Walnut
Grove, Minnesota. When he was nine months old, the baby began to lose weight, and despite a doctor being called, Baby
Freddie died on August 27, 1876.
Source:
Findagrave.com
Infant brother of Laura Ingalls
Wilder, called Freddie by the family. Laura did not include Freddie in her
"Little House" novels because, her biographers assume, the memories
were too painful. He lived in the period between "On the Banks of Plum
Creek" and "By the Shores of Silver Lake." Laura rarely spoke of
him, although later in her life she did say he had never been a healthy baby,
and suffered convulsions before he died. Late in her life, Caroline Ingalls
said, "Everything would have been different if Freddie had lived."
However, Freddie's brief life and
death were dramatized on the "Little House" TV series (the episode,
titled "The Lord is my Shepherd," aired on December 18, 1974, with
guest star Ernest Borgnine). Freddie was buried on the farm of Peter Ingalls
(Pa's brother), where the family was living at the time. The farm no longer
exists and his exact grave location is unknown today
Source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8145549
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Grace Pearl Ingalls
5.
Grace Pearl
Ingalls
Born: May 23,
1877 Burr Oak, Winneshiek County Iowa
Died: November
10, 1941 Plum Creek Redwood Manchester Kingsbury County South
Dakota
Spouse: Nathan
William Dow
Parents:
Charles Phillips Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner
Occupation:
Housewife/School Teacher/ Journalism
Cause of
Death: cardiovascular myocarditis arteriosclerosis
Date of
Burial: November 12, 1941
Death
Certificate #: 203078
Age at Death: YRS:
64 MOS: 5 DYS: 17
Interment: De Smet Cemetery De Smet
Kingsbury County South Dakota
South Dakota Death
Index, 1905-1955 about Grace P Don
Name: Grace P Don [Grace Pearl
Don] Certificate Number: 203078 Death
Day: 10 Death Month:
Nov Death Year: 1941 County:
Kingsbury
Source:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=&sx=&f17=10&f16=Nov&rg_f15__date=1941&rs_f15__date=0&f14=Kingsbury&gskw=&prox=1&db=sddeaths&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=0&h=177502&recoff=&ml_rpos=1
Obituary for Grace Ingalls
Dow
Mrs.
Nate Dow passed away at her home in Manchester at 11:00 Monday evening
following a lingering illness.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon at the house and at the Manchester
Presbyterian Church, the Rev. D. Van Houte officiating.
Mrs.
Dow had attended school in De Smet and Redfield College and had taught school
in Manchester Township
She
was active in the Ladies Aid and club work and was a local writer. Pallbearers
were Lucian Howard, Howard Rowen, J.L. Towberman, Harvey Marx, E.C. Brinkley,
and Alfred Anderson.
Left
to mourn her passing are husband Nate Dow, two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Swanzey of
Keystone and Mrs. Laura Wilder of Mansfield, Mo., and a niece, Rose Wilder
Lane.
Source:
Findagrave.com
Folk and literary figure. Born
in Burr Oak, Iowa, the fifth and youngest child of Caroline and Charles
Ingalls. After graduating Redfield College, she worked as a schoolteacher in
Manchester, South Dakota. In 1901, she married Nathan William Dow. The couple
had no children. After the death of their parents, her sister Mary briefly made
a home with Grace before settling in with their sister Carrie. Although her
family was immortalized in her sister Laura's ‘Little House' series of books,
Grace remains little known. She was just eight years old when Laura left home
to marry, and so she played a minor role only in the last books of the series.
She apparently succumbed to diabetes complications at the age of 64 and was
intered in the family plot in De Smet.
Source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=3954&PIpi=2319645
History of
Redfield College Redfield Spink County South Dakota
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redfield_College_(South_Dakota)
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