Charles phillip ingalls biography
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| Charles Phillip Ingalls | |
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| Personal Information | |
| Sex/Gender: | Male |
| Born: | January 10, 1836 |
| Birthplace: | Cuba, New Dynasty, U.S. |
| Died: | June 1, 1902(1902-06-01) (aged 66) |
| Deathplace: | De Smet, Southern Dakota, U.S. |
| Family/Relatives: | Adam Biochemist (Son-in-Law) Almanzo Perplex (Son-in-Law) Babe boy Biochemist (Grandson, stillborn) Adam Biochemist Jr. (Grandson, deceased) Rose Quit (Granddaughter) Baby Baffle (Grandson, deceased) |
| Spouse (s): | Caroline Lake Quiner (m. 1860-1902, his death) |
| Children (if any): | Mary Ingalls Kendall (Daughter) Laura Ingalls Writer (Daughter) Carrie Ingalls (Daughter) Charles Ingalls Jr. (Son, deceased) Grace Ingalls (Daughter) Albert Quinn Ingalls (Adopted son) James Artisan Ingalls (Adopted Son) Cassandra Actor Ingalls (Adopted daughter) |
| Romances/Domestic partners: | his better half Caroline |
| Height | 5'9" 1/2 |
| Weight | 165-175 lbs. |
| Hair Color: | Dark chromatic |
| Series Information | |
| Played by: | Todd Bridges (child) Matthew Laborteaux (child- lodger star) |
| Appeared on/in: | Little Detached house on picture Prairie (TV series) |
Charles Phillip Ingalls, or "Pa" (/ˈɪŋɡəlz/; Jan 10, 1836 – June 8, 1902) was
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Charles Philip Ingalls
Seems as though all I ever saw of Pa was his face especially his eyes, his whiskers and his hair always standing on end. And too his hands on his violin. – Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1936
Charles Philip Ingalls was born January 10, 1836, in Cuba Township (Allegheny County) New York, the third of ten children of Lansford Whiting Ingalls and Laura Louise Colby. He had older brother Peter (born 1833) and younger siblings Lydia (born 1838), Polly (born 1840), James (born 1843), Docia (born 1845), Hiram (born 1848), George (born 1851), and Ruby (born 1855). An older sibling died shortly after birth in 1835.
Before Charles was twelve years old, the Ingalls family moved to Kane County, Illinois, just west of Chicago. In the early 1850s, they moved to Concord Township (Jefferson County) Wisconsin; Lansford Ingalls bought 80 acres there in 1854. In 1857, Charles Ingalls purchased a portion of this property from his father. Charles’ land was just north of the Oconomowoc River; to the south lived the Holbrooks: Frederick, his wife Charlotte (widow of Henry N. Quiner), and her children Henry, Martha, Caroline, Eliza, and Thomas. Charlotte’s eldest son, Joseph, married in 1856 and lived several miles away.
There were three marriages between th
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TODAY in Masonic History:
Today in Masonic History Charles Phillip Ingalls passes away in 1902.
Charles Phillip Ingalls was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder's and the source for the character "Pa" in her Little House series.
Ingalls was born on January 10th, 1836 in Cuba, New York. He was the second of nine children born to Langford Whiting Ingalls, born in Canada, and Laura Louise Colby Ingalls, born in Vermont. Ingalls parents are portrayed in the book Little House in the Big Woods as "Grandpa" and "Grandma" respectively. In his life he became an accomplished hunter-trapper, carpenter and farmer
Ingalls grew up as a high spirited and outgoing man. In contrast he married his quiet and proper neighbor Caroline Lake Quiner. The couple had 5 children, one passed away in infancy. Most notably is their second child Laura who brought fame to the family in her Little House series which was based on her childhood.
Ingalls had a self proclaimed wanderlust. His daughter even refers to it in one of her books where she quotes her father as saying "My wandering foot gets to itching." He loved to travel and see knew places and things, although hated crowds. After he married Caroline in 1860, he moved them all over the Midwest including Wisconsin where the family started, sout