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Ingalls, Charles Phillip

Male 1836 - 1902  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ingalls, Charles Phillip was born on 10 Jan 1836 in New York, United States; died on 8 Jun 1902 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States; was buried in Jun 1902 in De Smet Cemetery - De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota.

    Other Events:

    • Federal Census: 1870, Rutland Twp, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

    Notes:

    DEATH: Obituary for Charles Philip Ingalls A Pioneer Gone The People of De Smet were pained Sunday afternoon to learn of the deathof Mr. C.P. Ingalls, who died at 3 p.m. of that day after a linferingillnes 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 werein attendance in body took charge of the funeral and the remains wereplaced in their last resting place with solemn funeral rite of thatorganization. DEATH: Chas. P. Ingalls was born in that state 60 years ago. His life wasthat of a pioneer from boyhood. At the age of 12 years he moved with hisparents to Illinois, thence a few years later to Wisconsin and thence toMinnesota. It was while living in Wisconsin that he married theesteemable lady whois now his widow. DEATH: In 1879 he brought his family to De Smet. He was the first tobuild a dwelling in this locality; the house which now stands on the rearof the Bank of De Smet lot is the building. In his home were held thefirst religious services. He was prominent in the work of organizing theCongregational Church of this city which he was faithful and consistentmember to his death DEATH: As a citizen he held high esteem, being honest and upright in hisdealings and associations with his fellows. As a friend and neighbor hewas always kind and courteous, and a faithful and loving husband andfather. BIOGRAPHY: Charles Phillip Ingalls, known in Laura's books as "Pa", wasborn January 10, 1836, in Cuba, New York, to Landsford and Laura Ingalls(the Grandpa and Grandma of Little House in the Big Woods). He marriedCaroline Quiner on February 1, 1860, and had five children. Laura portrayed Pa as a man who wanted only the best for his family, butthings never turned out the way he hoped.The family moved many timesduring Laura's childhood due to Pa's "itching foot" which always wantedto go west. Pa often referred to himself as a carpenter, though atvarious times he was a hunter, trapper, farmer, hotel manager, butcher,Justice of the Peace, and storekeeper as well. BIOGRAPHY: Pa died in De Smet, South Dakota, on June 8, 1902, but thecharm of his stories and the music of his fiddle lives on in Laura'sbooks and in the hearts of those who love them. BIOGRAPHY: Today, Pa's fiddle is on display in Mansfield, Missouri. BIOGRAPHY: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1850
    Charles P Ingles in the 1860 United States Federal Census
    Name: Charles P Ingles
    [Charles P Ingalls]
    [Charles Phillip Ingalls]
    Age: 24
    Birth Year: abt 1836
    Gender: Male
    Birth Place: New York
    Home in 1860: Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin
    Post Office: Concord
    Family Number: 723
    Value of Real Estate: View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Lansford Ingles 48
    Laura Ingles 49
    Peter R Ingles 26
    Charles P Ingles 24
    Julia L Ingles 22
    Caroline Ingles 20
    Lansford J Ingles 17
    Ladora L Ingles 15
    William L W F Ingles 12
    George W Ingles 8
    Ruba S Ingles 5
    Lafayette Clough 3
    Source Citation
    Charles in the 1850 United States Federal Census
    Name: Charles
    [Charles Ingalls]

    Age: 14
    Birth Year: abt 1836
    Birthplace: New York
    Home in 1850: Campton, Kane, Illinois, USA
    Gender: Male
    Family Number: 1399
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Lansford Ingols 38
    Levia Ingols 39
    Peter R Ingols 19
    Charles Ingols 14
    Lydia Ingols 12
    Polly Ingols 10
    Lanford Ingols 7
    Lura L Ingols 5
    Hiram Ingols 2
    Source Citation
    Year: 1850; Census Place: Campton, Kane, Illinois; Roll: M432_112; Page: 97A; Image: 306

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    Charles married Quiner on 2 Feb 1860 in Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, United States. was born on 12 Dec 1839 in Brookfield Township, Clinton, Wisconsin Territory, United States; died on 20 Apr 1923 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ingalls, Mary Amelia  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1865 in Pepin, Wisconsin, United States; died on 20 Oct 1928 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States; was buried in De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.
    2. 3. Ingalls, Laura Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin, United States; died in DECEASED; was buried on 13 Feb 1957 in Mansfield, Wright, Missouri, United States.
    3. 4. Ingalls, Caroline Celestia  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1870 in Rutland, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; died on 3 Jun 1946 in Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota.
    4. 5. Ingalls, Charles Frederick  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1875 in Walnut Grove, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; died on 27 Aug 1876 in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Aug 1876 in South Troy Wabash Co Minnesota.
    5. 6. Ingalls, Grace Pearl  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1877 in Burr Oak, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States, United States; died on 10 Nov 1941 in Manchester, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States; was buried in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ingalls, Mary Amelia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 10 Jan 1865 in Pepin, Wisconsin, United States; died on 20 Oct 1928 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States; was buried in De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.

  2. 3.  Ingalls, Laura Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born in 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin, United States; died in DECEASED; was buried on 13 Feb 1957 in Mansfield, Wright, Missouri, United States.

    Notes:

    1870
    Laura in the 1870 United States Federal Census
    Name: Laura
    Age in 1870: 3
    Birth Year: abt 1867
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Home in 1870: Rutland, Montgomery, Kansas
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Montgomery
    Value of Real Estate: View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    C P Ingles 34
    Caroline Ingles 30
    Mary Ingles 5
    Laura Ingles 3
    Caroline Ingles 2/12
    [79]
    Source Citation
    Year: 1870; Census Place: Rutland, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: M593_439; Page: 636A; Image: 512; Family History Library Film: 545938
    Source Information

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    1880
    1880
    Laura E. Ingalls in the 1880 United States Federal Census
    Name: Laura E. Ingalls
    [Laura Elizabeth Ingalls]
    Age: 13
    Birth Year: abt 1867
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Home in 1880: De Smet, Kingsbury, Dakota Territory
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Daughter (Child)
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's name: Charles P. Ingalls
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's name: Caroline L. Ingalls
    Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Occupation: Helps In Keeping House
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Charles P. Ingalls 44
    Caroline L. Ingalls 40
    Mary A. Ingalls 15
    Laura E. Ingalls 13
    Caroline C. Ingalls 9
    Grace L. Ingalls 3
    Source Citation
    Year: 1880; Census Place: De Smet, Kingsbury, Dakota Territory; Roll: 113; Family History Film: 1254113; Page: 146A; Enumeration District: 087; Image: 0007
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    1900
    Laura Wilder in the 1900 United States Federal Census
    Name: Laura Wilder
    [Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder]
    [User-submitted-comment]
    [Laura Nelder]
    Age: 32
    Birth Date: Feb 1868
    [1870]
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Home in 1900: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Immigration Year: 1920
    [1921]
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: A J Wilder
    Marriage Year: 1886
    [1887]
    Years Married: 14
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Mother: number of living children: 1
    Mother: How many children: 2
    Occupation: View on Image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    A J Wilder 39
    Laura Wilder 32
    Rose Wilder 13
    Source Citation
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri; Roll: 908; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL mi

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    Laura A Wilder in the 1910 United States Federal Census
    Name: Laura A Wilder
    [Laura E. Wilder]
    [Laura Elizabeth Ingalls]
    [Laura Ingalls Wilder]
    [Laura E Wilder]
    [Louis A Wilder]
    Age in 1910: 41
    Birth Year: abt 1869
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Home in 1910: Mansfield Ward 1, Wright, Missouri
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Almazo J Wilder
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Almazo J Wilder 51
    Laura A Wilder 41
    Rose Wilder 22
    Source Citation
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Mansfield Ward 1, Wright, Missouri; Roll: T624_828; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0142; FHL microfilm: 1374841
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    1920
    Laura E Wilder in the 1920 United States Federal Census
    Name: Laura E Wilder
    [Laura Elizabeth Ingalls]
    [Laura Ingalls Wilder]
    Age: 54
    Birth Year: abt 1866
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Home in 1920: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Almanzo J Wilder
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Able to Speak English: Yes
    Occupation: None
    Able to Read: Yes
    Able to Write: Yes
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Almanzo J Wilder 51
    Laura E Wilder 54
    Source Citation
    Year: 1920; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri; Roll: T625_966; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 154; Image: 461
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    1930
    Laura E Wilder in the 1930 United States Federal Census
    Name: Laura E Wilder
    [Laura Elizabeth Ingalls]
    Birth Year: abt 1867
    Gender: Female
    Race: White
    Birthplace: Missouri
    [Wisconsin]
    Marital Status: Married
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Homemaker?: Yes
    Home in 1930: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri
    Map of Home: View Map
    Street address: Sdsdf
    Dwelling Number: 239
    Family Number: 239
    Age at First Marriage: 17
    Attended School: No
    Able to Read and Write: Yes
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Able to Speak English: Yes
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Almanza J Wilder 73
    Laura E Wilder 63
    Source Citation
    Year: 1930; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri; Roll: 1251; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 911.0; FHL microfilm: 2340986

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    1940
    Laura Wilder in the 1940 United States Federal Census
    Name: Laura Wilder
    [Laura Ingalls Wilder]
    Age: 74
    Estimated birth year: abt 1866
    Gender: Female
    Race: White
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Marital Status: Married
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Home in 1940: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri
    Map of Home in 1940: View Map
    Inferred Residence in 1935: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri
    Residence in 1935: Same House
    Sheet Number: 5B
    Attended School or College: No
    Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
    Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
    Income: 0
    Income Other Sources: No
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Almanzo Wilder 83
    Laura Wilder 74
    Source Citation
    Year: 1940; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri; Roll: T627_2164; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 115-17
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    Laura married Wilder, Almanzo James in 1875 in Nebraska, United States. Almanzo was born in 1855 in Nebraska, United States; died on 23 Oct 1945 in Wright City, Warren, Missouri; was buried in 1949 in Mansfield, Wright Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Wilder, Rose  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Dec 1886 in DeSmet, South Dakota; died on 30 Oct 1968; was buried in 1968 in Mansfield, Wright Co., Missouri.
    2. 8. Wilder, Baby Boy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Aug 1888 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota; died on 24 Aug 1889 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States; was buried in 1889 in Mansfield, Wright, Missouri.

  3. 4.  Ingalls, Caroline Celestia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 3 Aug 1870 in Rutland, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; died on 3 Jun 1946 in Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota.

  4. 5.  Ingalls, Charles Frederick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 11 Nov 1875 in Walnut Grove, Redwood, Minnesota, United States; died on 27 Aug 1876 in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Aug 1876 in South Troy Wabash Co Minnesota.

  5. 6.  Ingalls, Grace Pearl Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 23 May 1877 in Burr Oak, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States, United States; died on 10 Nov 1941 in Manchester, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States; was buried in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Wilder, Rose Descendancy chart to this point (3.Laura2, 1.Charles1) was born on 5 Dec 1886 in DeSmet, South Dakota; died on 30 Oct 1968; was buried in 1968 in Mansfield, Wright Co., Missouri.

    Notes:

    1900
    Rose Wilder in the 1900 United States Federal Census
    Name: Rose Wilder
    [User-submitted-comment]
    [Rosa Nelder]
    Age: 13
    Birth Date: Dec 1886
    Birthplace: South Dakota
    Home in 1900: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's name: A J Wilder
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's name: Laura Wilder
    Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Occupation: View on Image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    A J Wilder 39
    Laura Wilder 32
    Rose Wilder 13
    Source Citation
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri; Roll: 908; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1240908
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    1910
    Rose Wilder in the 1910 United States Federal Census
    Name: Rose Wilder
    [Rose Lane]
    Age in 1910: 22
    Birth Year: abt 1888
    Birthplace: South Dakota
    Home in 1910: Mansfield Ward 1, Wright, Missouri
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    Marital Status: Married
    Father's name: Almazo J Wilder
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's name: Laura A Wilder
    Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Almazo J Wilder 51
    Laura A Wilder 41
    Rose Wilder 22
    Source Citation
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Mansfield Ward 1, Wright, Missouri; Roll: T624_828; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0142; FHL microfilm: 1374841
    Source Information

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    Early life[edit]
    Wilder was the first child of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder and the only child of her parents to survive into adulthood. Her early years were a difficult time for her parents due to successive crop failures, illnesses and chronic economic hardships. During her childhood, the family moved several times, living with relatives in Minnesota and then Florida, and briefly returning to De Smet, South Dakota, before settling in Mansfield, Missouri in 1894. There, her parents would eventually establish a dairy farm and fruit orchards. Wilder attended secondary school in Mansfield and Crowley, Louisiana, while living with her aunt Eliza Jane Wilder, graduating in 1904 with a class of seven.[2] Her intellect and ambition were demonstrated by her ability to compress three years of Latin into one, and by graduating at the top of her high school class in Crowley. Despite her academic success, Wilder was unable to attend college due to her parents' financial situation.[citation needed]

    Early career, marriage and divorce[edit]
    After high school graduation, Wilder returned to her parents' farm and learned telegraphy at the Mansfield railroad station. At age seventeen, she was working for Western Union in Kansas City as a telegrapher for $2.50 a week. She worked as a telegrapher in Missouri, Indiana, and California for the next five years.[3]

    In March 1909, Wilder married salesman, promoter and occasional newspaperman Gillette Lane. Soon after, she left her job with Western Union and embarked on travels with her new husband to promote his various schemes, traversing the US including Kansas City, Ohio, New York and Maine. While staying in Salt Lake City the following November, public records indicate Lane gave birth to a premature, stillborn son.[4] The topic is mentioned only briefly in a handful of existing letters written by Lane and written years after the infant's death to express sympathy and understanding to close friends who were also dealing with the loss of a child.

    For the next few years, Lane and her husband continued to live a nomadic lifestyle, traveling around the United States to work together and separately on various promotional and advertising projects. While letters to her parents described a happy-go-lucky existence, Lane's subsequent diary entries and numerous autobiographical magazine articles later described her mindset at this time as depressed and disillusioned with her marriage. She felt her intellectual interests did not mesh with the life she was living with her husband. One account even had her attempting suicide by drugging herself with chloroform, only to awake with a headache and a renewed sense of purpose in life.[citation needed]

    Keenly aware of her lack of a formal education, during these years, Lane read voraciously and taught herself several languages. Her writing career began around 1910, with occasional freelance newspaper jobs that earned much needed extra cash. Between 1912 and 1914, she and her husband sold farm land in what is now the San Jose/Silicon Valley area of northern California. Conditions often required them to work separately to earn separate commissions, and Lane turned out to be the better salesperson. The marriage foundered; there were several periods of separation, and eventually an amicable divorce. Her diaries reveal subsequent romantic involvements with several men in the years following her divorce, but she never remarried, and eventually made the conscious choice to remain single and free of romantic attachments.

    The threat of America's entry into World War I had seriously weakened the real estate market, so in early 1915 Lane accepted a friend's offer of a stopgap job as an editorial assistant on the staff of the San Francisco Bulletin. The stopgap turned into a watershed. She immediately caught the attention of her editors not only through her talents as a writer in her own right, but also as a highly skilled editor for other writers. Before long, her photo and byline were running in the Bulletin daily, churning out formulaic romantic fiction serials that would run for weeks at a time. Lane's first-hand accounts of the lives of Henry Ford, Charlie Chaplin, Jack London, and Herbert Hoover were published in book form.

    Later in 1915, Lane's mother visited San Francisco for several months. Together they attended the Panama-Pacific International Exposition; details of this visit and Lane's daily life in 1915 are preserved in Wilder's letters to her husband in West from Home, published in 1974. Although Lane's diaries indicate she was separated from her husband in 1915, Wilder's letters do not indicate this. Lane and her husband are recorded as living together with him unemployed and looking for work during Wilder's two-month visit. It seems the separation was either covered up, or had not yet involved separate households.[5]

    Freelance writing career[edit]
    By 1918, Lane's marriage officially ended and she had quit her job with the San Francisco Bulletin following the resignation of managing editor, Fremont Older. It was at this point that Lane launched her career as a freelance writer. From this period through the early 1940s, her work regularly appeared in leading publications such as Harper's, Saturday Evening Post, Sunset, Good Housekeeping, and Ladies' Home Journal. Several of her short stories were nominated for O. Henry Prizes and a few novels became top sellers.

    Lane became the first biographer of Herbert Hoover, writing The Making of Herbert Hoover in 1920 in collaboration with Charles K. Field, editor of Sunset magazine. A friend and defender of Hoover's for the remainder of her life, many of her personal papers would later be included in the Rose Wilder-Lane Collection at the Herbert Hoover Library in West Branch, Iowa. Lane's papers contain little actual correspondence between them, however, the Hoover Post-Presidential Individual series contains a file of Rose's correspondence that spans from 1936–1963.[6]

    In the late 1920s, Lane was reputed to be one of the highest-paid female writers in America, and along with Hoover, she counted among her friends well known such as Herbert Hoover, Sinclair Lewis, Isabel Paterson, Dorothy Thompson, and Lowell Thomas. Despite this success, her compulsive generosity with her family and friends often found her strapped for cash and forced to work on material that paid well, but did not engage her growing interests in political theory and world history. She suffered from periodic bouts of self-doubt and depression in mid-life, diagnosing herself as Bipolar disorder. During these times of depression, she was unable to move ahead with her own writing, but would easily find work as a ghostwriter or "silent" editor for other well-known writers.

    Lane's occasional work as a traveling war correspondent began with a stint with the American Red Cross Publicity Bureau in post-WWI Europe. She would with the Red Cross though 1965, reporting from Vietnam at the age of 78 for Woman's Day magazine to provide "a woman's point of view." She traveled extensively in Europe and Asia as part of the Red Cross. In 1926, Lane, Helen Dore Boylston, and their French maid traveled from France to Albania in a car they had named "Zenobia". An account of the journey, Travels With Zenobia: Paris to Albania by Model T Ford was published in 1983. Lane became enamored with Albania, and lived there for several long periods during the 1920s, spaced between sojourns to Paris and her parents' Rocky Ridge Farm in Missouri. She informally adopted a young Albanian boy named Rexh Meta, who she claimed saved her life on a dangerous mountain trek; she later sponsored his education at Oxford University in England.

    In 1928, Lane returned to the United States to live on her parents' farm. Confident in her sales of her books and short stories, as well as her growing stock market investments, she spent freely, building a new home for her parents on the property and modernizing the farmhouse for herself and a steady stream of visiting literary friends.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Wilder_Lane

    Family/Spouse: Lane, Claire Gillette. Claire was born on 24 Mar 1887 in St. Paul, Ramsey, MInnesota, United States; died on 18 Jun 1950 in Alameda, Alameda, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 8.  Wilder, Baby Boy Descendancy chart to this point (3.Laura2, 1.Charles1) was born on 12 Aug 1888 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota; died on 24 Aug 1889 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States; was buried in 1889 in Mansfield, Wright, Missouri.