Grace Ingalls
Encyclopedia
Grace Pearl Ingalls Dow was the fifth and last child of Caroline
and Charles Ingalls
. She was the youngest sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder
, known for her Little House on the Prairie
books.
, seven miles west of her own De Smet, South Dakota
(Manchester was obliterated by an F4 tornado on June 24, 2003, and was not rebuilt). On October 16, 1901, she married Nathan William Dow in the parlor of her parents' home in De Smet. The couple had no children.
Aside from being a farm wife, she dabbled in journalism like her older sister Carrie, acting as a "stringer" for several local newspapers later in her life. After her parents' deaths, she took care of her eldest sister Mary
, who was blind.
Dow died of complications from diabetes in Manchester, South Dakota
on November 10, 1941, aged 64. Diabetes ran in the Ingalls family and Laura, Carrie
, and Grace all eventually died from complications of the disease. Dow was the first of the Ingalls siblings to succumb to the ailment. She was buried at De Smet Cemetery
.
Caroline Ingalls
Caroline Ingalls, born Caroline Lake Quiner was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House books.-Biography:...
and Charles Ingalls
Charles Ingalls
Charles Phillip Ingalls was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House on the Prairie series of books...
. She was the youngest sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...
, known for her Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
Little House is a series of children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder that was published originally between 1932 and 1943, with four additional books published posthumously, in 1962, 1971, 1974 and 2006.-History:...
books.
Biography
Dow trained as a schoolteacher, and taught in the former town of Manchester, South DakotaManchester, South Dakota
Manchester was a small unincorporated community in Kingsbury County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. On June 24, 2003, the town was completely annihilated by a large F4-rated tornado, and has since become a ghost town.-History:...
, seven miles west of her own De Smet, South Dakota
De Smet, South Dakota
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(Manchester was obliterated by an F4 tornado on June 24, 2003, and was not rebuilt). On October 16, 1901, she married Nathan William Dow in the parlor of her parents' home in De Smet. The couple had no children.
Aside from being a farm wife, she dabbled in journalism like her older sister Carrie, acting as a "stringer" for several local newspapers later in her life. After her parents' deaths, she took care of her eldest sister Mary
Mary Ingalls
Mary Amelia Ingalls was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the first child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls...
, who was blind.
Dow died of complications from diabetes in Manchester, South Dakota
Manchester, South Dakota
Manchester was a small unincorporated community in Kingsbury County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. On June 24, 2003, the town was completely annihilated by a large F4-rated tornado, and has since become a ghost town.-History:...
on November 10, 1941, aged 64. Diabetes ran in the Ingalls family and Laura, Carrie
Carrie Ingalls
Caroline Celestia "Carrie" Ingalls Swanzey was the third child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls, and was born in Montgomery County, Kansas...
, and Grace all eventually died from complications of the disease. Dow was the first of the Ingalls siblings to succumb to the ailment. She was buried at De Smet Cemetery
De Smet Cemetery
De Smet Cemetery is a cemetery located southwest of the town of De Smet in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA.- Notable people buried in De Smet Cemetery :*Robert Boast, appeared in a number of the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder....
.
In the media
Dow was portrayed in the television adaptations of Little House on the Prairie by:- some unknown baby/babies at first and then twins Wendi and Brenda TurnbaughWendi and Brenda TurnbaughWendi Lou Turnbaugh and Brenda Lea Turnbaugh - former child actresses; identical twins from San Fernando Valley, California....
in the television series Little House on the PrairieLittle House on the Prairie (TV series)Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
and its movie sequel Little House Years - Courtnie BullCourtnie BullCourtnie Bull is an American actress that appeared as a supporting actress in roles such as Murder at 75 Birch, Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder portraying Grace Ingalls, and a small role in the film Friends and Lovers. She has worked along-side names such as Stephen...
and Lyndee Probst in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls WilderBeyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls WilderBeyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder and its sequel, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are television films which were presented in two parts, the first in 2000, and the second in 2002, which presented episodes from the later books in the...
, Part 1 movie.