Laura Ingalls Wilder Biography

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Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867 in a log cabin near Pepin, Wisconsin. Her family consisted up of five children. Their names were ( in order of age oldest-youngest) Mary, Laura, Caroline/Carrie, Charles/Freddy(died at birth), and Grace. Laura’s Parents were Charles Ingalls and Caroline Quiner. Throughout her life Laura depended on her family for support, but after she got married, she depended more on her husband. Laura went to a variety of schools. She started her education in Wisconsin when she was five with her sister Mary. When Laura was seven, her father wanted to move somewhere else, so the settled in Walnut Grove. She continued her schooling there until 2 years later, when her father wanted to move again because of failed …show more content…

Laura and Mary went to school in Burr Oak School, but Carrie was too young to go. During their stay at Burr Oak, Grace was born on May 23, 1877. After Carrie was born, they decided to move once more back to Walnut Grove. They stayed in Walnut Grove for quite a while, allowing Laura to spend 2 more years in school there. Finally, for the last time, Laura and her family moved to a railroad camp, where Laura’s father could make a sufficient amount of money. Eventually, the camp turned into a small town called De Smet. Laura’s Parents lived the rest of their lives there in De Smet. Laura finished her schooling all the way to high school in De Smet. Mary had gone blind because of a sickness, and she went to a school farther away where she could learn Braille and the rest of her …show more content…

She was a teacher at a few schools, and when she was smaller in Walnut Grove for the second time, she ran errands for her mother and other town folk. When Laura first settled in De Smet, two brothers and their sister came to Laura’s house during the hard and cold winter, the Wilders. They agreed to help the Ingalls until summer and then went off to start their own settlements. After Laura started teaching, one of the brothers, Almonzo, started bringing her home from her job on the weekends, which was a long way. Almonzo had a team of fast driving horses and a buggy. On one of the rides, they talked about their names. Laura found the nickname Manly, and Almonza found the nic name Bessie, from her middle name Elizabeth. Soon the two were married and two miles north of her parents home Manly had built a home for the two of them to live in together. Like her parents, Manly started to farm on his new land. His crops failed, and they moved to Missouri, Mansfield in an area called the Ozarks. They bought some new land in a very rocky estate that came with a basket full of tree seeds for an orchard of fruit. Laura and Manly lived there for the rest of their lives. Laura then bore a baby girl, and even before the baby was born, Laura insisted it was a girl and that she would be named Rose. Her plans were carried out exactly. Many, Many years later, when their farm was developed and Manly and Laura were older, Laura decided to

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