Lansford Whiting Ingalls was born 12 November 1812 in Dunham, Missisquoi County, Quebec, Canada to Samuel Worthen Ingalls (1770-1841) and Margaret Delano (1773-1837) and died 21 May 1896 Webster, Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States of unspecified causes. He married Laura Louise Colby (1810-1883) 1830 in Holland, Erie County, New York.
Biography
Lansford was born in Dunham, Missisquoi County, Lower Canada (now Dunham, Quebec, Canada), and was a descendant of Henry Ingalls (1627–1714), who was born in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony;[1] Laura was born in Vermont and was a descendant of Edmund Rice (1594-1663), an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2] Lansford's mother was Margaret Delano, of the famed Delano family, and was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren. In the 1840s, when Ingalls was a young boy, his family moved from New York to the tallgrass prairie of Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois, just west of Elgin, Illinois.
Marriage and Family
- Peter Riley Ingalls (1833-1900)
- Aaron Ingalls (1835-1835)
- Charles Phillip Ingalls (1836-1902) - father of Laura Elizabeth Ingalls (1867-1957), author of the Little House book series.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Peter Riley Ingalls (1833-1900) | |||
| Aaron Ingalls (1835-1835) | |||
| Charles Phillip Ingalls (1836-1902) | 10 January 1837 Cuba, Allegany County, New York, United States | 8 June 1902 De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States | Caroline Lake Quiner (1839-1924) |
| Lydia Louisa Ingalls (1838-1913) | |||
| Pauline Melona Ingalls (1840-1888) | |||
| Landsford James Ingalls (1842-1928) | |||
| Laura Ladocia Ingalls (1845-1918) | |||
| Hiram Lemuel Ingalls (1848-1923) | |||
| George Whiting Ingalls (1851-1901) | |||
| Ruby Celeste Ingalls (1855-1881) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Martha Patty Ingalls (1792-1854) | |||
| Mary Polly Ingalls (1795-1869) | |||
| Luman Daniel Ingalls (1796-1808) | |||
| James L Ingalls (1798-1865) | |||
| Hiram M Ingalls (1800-1872) | |||
| Aaron Franklin Ingalls (1802-1886) | |||
| Jesse H Ingalls (1803-1860) | |||
| Benjamin Ingalls (1804-1894) | |||
| Almon Ingalls (1805-1856) | |||
| John W Ingalls (1806-1893) | |||
| Samuel Worthen Ingalls (1809-1861) | 29 June 1809 Bedford, Quebec, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada | 20 May 1861 New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa, United States | Unity Jackman (1812-1883) |
| Lansford Whiting Ingalls (1812-1896) | 12 November 1812 Dunham, Missisquoi County, Quebec, Canada | 21 May 1896 Webster, Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States | Laura Louise Colby (1810-1883) |
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
- ^ "Henry Ingalls". Geni. http://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Ingalls-The-Immigrant/6000000004162371355. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ "Eunice Sleeman". Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Eunice Sleeman was the mother of Eunice Blood (1782–1862), the wife of Nathan Colby (born 1778), who were the parents of Laura Louise Colby Ingalls (1810–1883), Charles's mother. http://www.edmund-rice.org/era5gens/p33.htm#i1065. Retrieved October 15, 2010.