1. Charles Phillip Ingalls was an American pioneer, farmer, government official, musician, and carpenter who was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House series of books.
13 Facts About Charles Ingalls
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Charles Ingalls is depicted as the character "Pa" in the books and the television series.
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Charles Ingalls was born in Cuba, New York, the third of nine children of Lansford Whiting and Laura Louise Ingalls.
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Charles Ingalls' father was born in Dunham, Missisquoi County, Lower Canada, a descendant of Henry Charles Ingalls who was born in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Charles Ingalls's mother was born in Vermont and was a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Charles Ingalls had a love of music and reading, and played the violin.
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On February 1,1860, Charles Ingalls married a neighbor, the quiet and proper Caroline Lake Quiner.
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Charles Ingalls is quoted by his daughter, Laura Ingalls Wilder, in her Little House series of books as saying: "My wandering foot gets to itching".
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Charles Ingalls moved to Dakota Territory in 1879, took a job with the Chicago and North Western Railroad, and filed for a homestead in Brookings, Dakota Territory, on February 19,1880.
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Charles Ingalls helped found, build, and was an active member of the First Congregational Church in De Smet.
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Charles Ingalls died on June 8,1902, of cardiovascular disease, at the age of 66.
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Charles Ingalls is buried at De Smet Cemetery alongside his wife, Caroline, his daughters Mary, Carrie, and Grace, as well as his infant grandson who died at 3 weeks old, the child of daughter Laura and son-in-law Almanzo Wilder.
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Charles Ingalls has been portrayed in the adaptations of Little House on the Prairie by:.