document_title: List of Little House on the Prairie characters

question_text: who played seth on little house on the prairie

text: Television series characters[edit]

text: The Ingalls family[edit]

text:
Name
Seasons
No. of
episodes
Portrayer
Character summary

Charles Ingalls
1–9
161
Michael Landon
Farmer; husband and father

Caroline Ingalls
1–8
172
Karen Grassle
Wife and mother

Laura Ingalls Wilder
1–9
190
Melissa Gilbert
Second daughter; Later Almanzo's wife and Rose's mother; nicknamed "Half-pint" by Charles and "Beth" by Almanzo

Mary Ingalls
1–8
133
Melissa Sue Anderson
Oldest child

Carrie Ingalls
1–8
164
Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush
Third daughter

Charles Ingalls Jr.
1
2
Unknown
Baby son, died as an infant

Grace Ingalls
5–8
60
Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh
Fourth daughter

Albert Quinn Ingalls
5–9
89
Matthew Labyorteaux
Adopted son

James Cooper/Ingalls
7–8
21
Jason Bateman
Adopted after parents were killed in a wagon accident

Cassandra Cooper/Ingalls
7–8
21
Missy Francis
Same as above

text: The in-laws[edit]

text:
Name
Seasons
No. of
episodes
Portrayer
Character summary

Almanzo Wilder
6–9
65
Dean Butler
Farmer; Laura's husband (season 7); Rose's father; Nicknamed "Manly" by Laura

Adam Kendall
4–8
35
Linwood Boomer
Teacher of the blind; Mary’s husband (season 5)

Adam Kendall Jr.
6
3
Unknown
Adam and Mary's son; dies in fire with Alice Garvey

Jenny Wilder
9
18
Shannen Doherty
Almanzo's niece, whom he gets custody of after his brother/her father Royal dies

Rose Wilder
8–9
17
Jennifer and Michele Steffin
Almanzo and Laura's daughter

Eliza Jane Wilder
6–8
14
Lucy Lee Flippin
Teacher; Almanzo's older sister

text: Townsfolk[edit]

text:
Name
Seasons
No. of
episodes
Portrayer
Character summary

Nels Oleson
1–9
147
Richard Bull
Mercantile proprietor; husband and father

Harriet Oleson
1–9
153
Katherine MacGregor
Mercantile proprietor; wife and mother

Nellie Oleson
1–9
104
Alison Arngrim
Oldest child of Nels and Harriet

Willie Oleson
1–9
140
Jonathan Gilbert
Son of Nels and Harriet

Nancy Oleson
8–9
33
Allison Balson
Adopted daughter of Nels and Harriet

Percival Dalton/Isaac Cohen
6–7
11
Steve Tracy
Nellie’s husband

Rachel Brown Oleson
9
2
Sherri Stoner
Willie’s wife

Dr. Hiram Baker
1–9
113
Kevin Hagen
Town physician

Reverend Robert Alden
1–9
76
Dabbs Greer
Church minister

Melinda Foster
1–9
61
Ruth Foster
Post office manager

Isaiah Edwards
1–3, 6, 8–9
52
Victor French
Charles’s best friend

Grace Snider Edwards
1–6
23
Bonnie Bartlett / Corinne Camacho
Wife of Isaiah Edwards

John Sanderson Edwards
2–4
8
Radames Pera
Oldest child adopted by Isaiah & Grace Edwards

Alicia Sanderson Edwards
2–3, 5, 8
19
Kyle Richards
Youngest child, Adopted daughter of Isaiah & Grace Edwards

Carl Sanderson Edwards
2–4
19
Brian Part
Middle child adopted by Isaiah & Grace Edwards

Matthew Rogers
9
5
Jonathan Hall Kovacs
Young boy that is taken care of by Isaiah Edwards (season 9)

Jonathan Garvey
4–7
51
Merlin Olsen
Farmer; husband and father

Alice Garvey
4–6
33
Hersha Parady
Wife and mother; teacher; dies in fire with Adam Kendall Jr.

Andy Garvey
4–7
43
Patrick Labyorteaux
Son of Jonathan and Alice

Eva Beadle Simms
1–4
45
Charlotte Stewart
School teacher

Adam Simms
4
2
Joshua Bryant
Miss Beadle's husband

Lars Hanson
1–5
41
Karl Swenson
Lumber mill owner; a founder of Walnut Grove

Hester-Sue Terhune
4–9
40
Ketty Lester
Head of the school for the blind

John Carter
9
19
Stan Ivar
Blacksmith; husband and father

Sarah Carter
9
15
Pamela Roylance
Starts a newspaper; wife and mother

Jeb Carter
9
18
Lindsay Kennedy
Older son of John and Sarah

Jason Carter
9
18
David Friedman
Younger son of John and Sarah

Susan Goodspeed
4–7
16
Michelle Downey
Student at the school for the blind

Etta Plum
9
15
Leslie Landon
School teacher

Christy Kennedy
1–2
10
Tracie Savage
Schoolgirl

Sandy Kennedy
1
4
Robert Hoffman
Schoolboy; Christy's brother

Hans Dorfler
1–4, 6
9
Jim Jeter
Resident of Walnut Grove; a stable-owner

Bill Anderson
6–9
6
Sam Edwards
Banker of Walnut Grove

Joe Kagan
4–5, 7
5
Moses Gunn
Aging boxer who retires to farm life in Walnut Grove

Judd Larrabee
4–5
5
Don "Red" Barry
Resident of Walnut Grove

Mrs. Amanda "May" Whipple
1–4
5
Queenie Smith
Resident of Walnut Grove; local seamstress

Mr. Kennedy
1
4
Wayne Heffley
Resident of Walnut Grove; father of Christy and Sandy

Ebenezer Sprague
2–3
4
Ted Gehring
Banker of Walnut Grove

Houston Lamb
6–7
4
Dub Taylor
Works and lives at the school for the blind in Sleepy Eye

Henry Riley
4–9
15
Dan McBride
recurring role - customer in Nellie's Restaurant arguing

Kezia Horn
4–5
3
Hermione Baddeley
Resident of Walnut Grove and friend of Laura and Albert

text: Non-recurring characters[edit]

text: Season one[edit]

text:
Episode 6

Miss Amy Hearn (played by Josephine Hutchinson)

Episode 7

Olga Nordstrom (played by Kim Richards)

Episode 9

Abel Makay (played by Dirk Blocker)

Episode 11

Tinker Jones (played by Chuck McCann)

Episode 14

Jonathan (played by Ernest Borgnine)

Episode 19

Willie O'Hara (played by Red Buttons)

Episode 20

Graham Stewart (played by Johnny Lee)
John Stewart (played by Harris Yulin)

Episode 21

Trudy Coulter (played by Julie Cobb)
Joseph Coulter (played by Alan Fudge)

Episode 22

Jack Lame Horse (played by Robert Tessier)
Marshal Anders (played by Jack Ging)

Episode 23

Hiram Johnson (played by Hal Bokar)
Mimi (played by Jane Alice Brandon)

Episode 24

Jim Tyler (played by Forrest Tucker)
Helen Tyler (played by Ann Doran)

text: Season two[edit]

text:
Episode 4

Jebediah Mumfort (played by Karl Lukas)
Margaret Mumfort (played by June Dayton)
Slick McBurney (played by Gregory Walcott)

Episode 5

Amos Pike (played by John Anderson)

Episode 7

Julia Sanderson (played by Patricia Neal)

Episode 10

Jonah (played by Shane Sinutko)

Episode 17

Hannibal Applewood (played by Richard Basehart)

Episode 18

Henry Hill (played by Louis Gossett Jr)

Episode 19

Elizabeth Thurman (played by Mariette Hartley)

Episode 20

Yuli Pyatakov (played by Theodore Bikel)
Viktor Pyatakov (played by Ike Eisenmann)
Fanya Pyatakov (played by Lisa Pera)

Episode 21

Granville Whipple (played by Richard Mulligan)

text: Season three[edit]

text:
Episode 1

Caleb Hodgekiss (played by Johnny Cash)
Mattie Hodgekiss (played by June Carter Cash)

Episode 4

Wendell Loudy (played by John Ireland)

Episode 6

Young Charles Ingalls (played by Matthew Labyorteaux)
Lansford Ingalls (played by Arthur Hill)
Laura Colby Ingalls (played by Jan Sterling)
Eliza Ann Ingalls (played by Hersha Parady)
Peter Ingalls (played by Mark Lenard)

Episode 9

Bubba Galinder (played by Michael LeClair)
George Galinder (played by Roy Jenson)
Sam Galinder (played by Geoffrey Lewis)

Episode 10

Sam Shelby (played by Burl Ives)

Episode 14

Ginny Clark (played by Rachel Longaker)
Harold Mayfield (played by Warren Vanders)
Della Clark (played by Kay Peters)

Episode 15

Joseph Spotted Eagle Stokes (played by Caesar Ramirez)
Seth (played by Willie Aames)
Jeremy Stokes (played by George Murdock)

Episode 18

Solomon Henry (played by Todd Bridges)
Mrs. Henry (played by Maidie Norman)
Jackson Henry (played by David Downing)
Kramer (played by Frederic Downs)
Dr. Tane (played by Don Pedro Colley)

Episode 19

Anna Gillberg (played by Katy Kurtzman)

Episode 20

Elmer Dobkins (played by Eric Olson)
Sam Dobkins (played by Charles Aidman)
Ellen Dobkins (played by Mitzi Hoag)

Episode 21

Zachariah (played by E.J. Andre)
Rev. Phillips (played by Larry Golden)
Ben Griffin (played by Larry Pennell)

text: Season four[edit]

text:
Episode 3

Ellen Taylor (played by Mia Bendixsen)
Eloise Taylor (played by Corinne Michaels)
Cal Taylor (played by James Wainwright)

Episode 4

Chris Nelson (played by Gil Gerard)

Episode 6

Bailey Farrell (played by Bernard Behrens)
Timothy Farrell (played by Johnny Doran)

Episode 7

Stanley Novack (played by Michael Pataki)
Beth Novack (played by Collin Wilcox)
Jed Haney (played by Eddie Quillan)
Dr. Asa T Logan (played by Burr DeBenning)

Episode 8

Mr. Dankworth (played by Dennis Rucker)
Mr. Hobbs (played by John Bennett Perry)
Bob Ford (played by Tony Marks)
Lewis Ford (played by Frank Marth)

Episode 9

Judge Picker (played by Eddie Quillan)

Episode 14

Samantha Higgins (played by Seeley Ann Thumann)
Jimmy Hill (played by Chris Petersen)

Episode 15

Nats Rachel Peal (played by Anita Dangler)
Caleb Fisher (played by John McLiam)
Katie Fisher (played by Linda McMillan)
Ellen Fisher (played by Dee Croxton)

Episode 16

Jordan Harrison (played by Ronnie Scribner)
Young Caroline (played by Katy Kurtzman)
Younger Laura Colby Ingalls (played by Sarah Miller)
Mr. Watson (played by Sorrell Booke)
Harold Watson (played by Adam Gunn)
Peter Ingalls (played by David Considine)
Henry Quiner-Holbrook (played by Gregg Forrest)
Polly Ingalls (played by Robin Muir)
Eliza Ann Quiner-Holbrook (played by Kristi Jill Wood)
Lansford Ingalls (played by Nicolas Coster)
Charlotte Holbrook (played by Virginia Kiser)
Young Charles Ingalls (played by Matthew Labyorteaux)

Episode 17

Bobby Harris (played by Michael Mullins)
Anna Mears (played by Lenora May)
Shaniel Mears (played by Donald Moffat)
Rev. Pritchard (played by Woodrow Parfrey)

Episode 21

Dr. Burke (played by Ford Rainey)
Miseth Barton (played by Rob Kenneally)

text: Season five[edit]

text:
Episode 4

John Bevins (played by Cliff Emmich)
Bess Bevins (played by Kate Woodville)
Amelia Bevins (played by Julie Ann Haddock)

Episode 5

Toby Noe (played by Ray Bolger)

Episode 8

Erich Schiller (played by Ike Eisenmann)
Otto Schiller (played by King Moody)
Anna Schiller (played by Lisa Pera)

Episode 15

Isaac Singerman (played by John Bleifer)
Aaron Singerman (played by Alvin Kupperman)

Episode 18

Miss Elliot (played by Ellen Regan)
Holly (played by Martha Nix)
Giles Kendall (played by Philip Abbott)

Episode 20

Adele Larrabee (played by Joan Tompkins—wife of Karl Swenson)

Episode 22

Leslie Harper (played by Jenny Sullivan)
Samantha Harper (played by Kyle Richards)
Bret Harper (played by Charles Ciofi)
Thomas Harper (played by Bobby Rolofson)

Episode 24

Dylan Whitaker (played by Steve Shaw)

text: Season six[edit]

text:
Episode 3

Jeremy Quinn (played by Michael Pataki)

Episode 6

Russell Harmon (played by William Schallert)
Anna Craig Alden (played by Iris Korn)

Episode 9

Milo Stavroupolis (played by Leo Gordon)
Anna Stavroupolis (played by Nora Meerbaum)

Episode 10

Rev. Danforth (played by James Olson)

Episode 12

Harold (played by Royal Dano)

Episode 13

Tod Dortmunder (played by Timothy Wead)
Brewster Davenport (played by Malcolm Atterbury)
Virginia Davenport (played by Susan French)

Episode 20

Penelope Parker (played by Stacey Sipes)

Episode 21

Molly Reardon (played by Suzanne Rogers)

Episode 22

Miss Trimble (played by Lucille Benson)

text: Season seven[edit]

text:
Episode 1

Harv Miller (played by James Cromwell)

Episode 4

Dan Ellerbee (played by James Jarnagin)
Pete Ellerbee (played by William Traylor)

Episode 6

Annie Crane (played by Madeleine Stowe)

Episode 7

Brenda Sue Longworth (played by Tisch Raye)

Episode 8

Leslie Barton (played by Suzy Gilstrap)

Episode 9

Kavendish (played by Eddie Quillan)

Episode 15

Hertzell Lundy (played by Mel Stewart)

Episode 17

Sylvia Webb (played by Olivia Barash)
Mr. Webb (played by Royal Dano)
Irv Hartwig (played by Richard Jaekel)

Episode 19

Edgar Mills (played by Jeff Corey)
Edna Mills (played by Barbara Collentine—wife of Richard Bull)

Episode 21

Mr Case (played by Ivan Bonar)
Jed Cooper (played by EJ Andre)
Sarah Cooper (played by ME Loree)
Alvin Cooper (played by George McDaniel)

Episode 22

Isaiah Tompkins (played by Len Wayland)

text: Season eight[edit]

text:
Episode 1

Miss Mason (played by Elizabeth Hoffman)
Michele Pierson (played by Melora Hardin)

Episode 4

Dr. Caleb Ledoux (played by Don Marshall)
Mattie Ledoux (played by Marlene Warfield)

Episode 5

Mortimer Carstairs (played by Patrick Collins)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (played by George Petrie)

Episode 6

Amy Cassidy (played by Martha Nix)
Rodolfo Gambini (played by Jack Kruschen)
Ana Rosa Gambini (played by Gloria Manos)
Marco Gambini (played by Stephen Manley)
Stefano Gambini (played by Robert Torti)

Episode 7

Max (played by Todd Susman)
Georgie (played by Royce D. Applegate)

Episode 8

Callahan (played by M. Emmet Walsh)[1]

Episode 9

Elmer Miles (played by J.Brennan Smith)

Episode 10

Major Guffey (played by Laurie Main)

Episode 12

Gideon Hale (played by Peter Billingsley)
Braden Hale (played by Dennis Howard)
Mrs. Hale (played by Jennifer Rhodes)

Episode 14

Jack Prescott (played by Claude Earl Jones)

Episode 16

Sam Terhune (played by J.A. Preston)
Naomi Terhune (played by Marguerite DeLain)

Episode 20

Sherman Andruss (played by Dennis Lipscomb)
Helen Andruss (played by Judith Weston)
Louisa Beckwith (played by Ruth Silveira)
Horace Beckwith (played by Calvin Bartlett)
Nora Cramer (played by Betty McGuire)

Episode 21

Danny (played by Georg Olden)

Episode 22

Old Man (played by Don Beddoe)

text: Season nine[edit]

text:
Episode 3

Lem McCary (played by Lew Ayres)
Jess Moffet (played by Charles Lane)

Episode 4

Thomas Stark (played by Robert Loggia)
Constance Stark (played by Michele Marsh)
Elizabeth Stark (played by Tammy Lauren)
Randall Page (played by Ronnie Scribner)

Episode 5

Lou Bates(played by Billy Barty)
Mrs. Bates (played by Susan French)

Episode 10

Jane Canfield (played by Jill Schoelen)

Episode 12

Dr. Marvin Haynes (played by Ralph Bellamy)

Episode 13

Elliott Reed (played by John McLiam)

Episode 14

Cole Younger (played by Geoffrey Lewis)
Bart Younger (played by Robert Donner)
Lonnie Younger (played by Timothy Scott)

Episode 16

Matthew Rogers (played by Jonathan Hall Kovacs)

Episode 19

Ruthy Leland (played by Vera Miles)
Dewey (played by Eric Christmas)

Episode 20

Buffalo Bill (played by Eddie Quillan)

Episode 21

Mae Flannery (played by Barbara Townsend)

Episode 22

Philip Rogers (played by Robert Darnell)
Sherwood Montague (played by Robert Casper)

text: Post-series movies[edit]

text:
Little House: The Last Farewell

Nathan Lassiter (played by James Karen)

text: Animals[edit]

text:
dogs: Jack and Bandit
horses: Pat and Patty + a pony Bunny

text: and others

text: Ingalls's and Wilder's genealogy[edit]

text: The Ingalls family[edit]

text:
Charles Ingalls

Caroline Lake Quiner

James Wilder

Angeline Day

Mary Ingalls

Carrie Ingalls

Charles Frederic Ingalls

Grace Ingalls

Laura Wilder

Royal Wilder

Eliza Jane Wilder

Alice Wilder

Perley Wilder
{{{ }}}

Laura Ingalls

Almanzo Wilder

Rose Wilder

Son died shortly after birth was unnamed

text: Ingalls line :

text: Delano line :

text: Colby line :

text:
Jonathan Ingalls (1750–1834)
&
Martha Jane Locke (1753–1785)

Jonathan Delano (1735–1811)
&
Anne Ladd (1734–1816)

Ezekiel Colby (1739–1791)
&
Sally Fowler (1734–1834)

Elijah Blood (1748–1826)
&
Eunice Sleeman (1758–1811)

Samuel Ingalls (1771–1841)

Margaret Delano (1773–1837)

Nathan Colby (1778–1857)

Eunice Blood (1782–1862)

Lansford Ingalls (1812–1896)

Laura Colby (1810–1883)

Peter Ingalls (1833–1900)

"baby boy" Ingalls (1835–1835)

Charles Ingalls (1836–1902)

Lydia Ingalls (1838–1913)

Polly Ingalls (1840–1886)

Lansford Ingalls (1842–1928)

Laura Ingalls (1845–1918)

Hiram Ingalls (1848–1923)

George Ingalls (1851–1901)

Ruby Ingalls (1855–1881)

text: Based on the data from : The Genealogy of Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder

text:
Peter Riley Ingalls (1833–1900) – born in Cuba, New York. On June 5, 1861, in Brookfield, Wisconsin married Eliza Ann Quiner (see : The Quiners) and they had 6 children (see below). They left Pepin in 1874, together with Laura's family, and stopped in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota. Next they moved to South Troy, Minnesota where the Ingalls visited them for some time (in 1876).

Alice Josephine Ingalls (23 Apr 1862 – 30 Jan 1934) – married Arthur Whiting. They had five children, born between 1883 and 1899.
Ella Estella Ingalls (23 Jan 1865 – 9 Mar 1945) – married Leslie Lee Whiting and had four children, born between 1885 and 1894. She spent some time in DeSmet, with her husband and the eldest baby Earl Leland.
Peter Franklin Ingalls (16 Nov 1866 – 23 Sep 1932) – lived with Laura and Almanzo in De Smet for a while. Married Mary Edith "Molly" McGowin and they had seven children.
Lansford Newcomb Ingalls (b. 5 Apr 1870),
Edith Florence "Dolly Varden" (23 Jun 1872 – 13 Jul 1951), on 9 Jun 1892 married Heil Nelson Bingham and they had eight children, born between 1893 and 1912.
Edmond Llewellyn Ingalls (b. 26 Aug 1880), married Edith Mae Ide and they had 6 children. (Lois Ingalls Gibson, Herbert Ingalls, Wallace Ingalls, Margaret Ingalls Cowsar and William Ingalls).

"baby boy" Ingalls (1835–1835). Died at approximately two weeks of age, of "convulsions", and had not been named yet.
Charles Phillip Ingalls (1836–1902) – Laura's father

Mary
Laura
Carrie
Freddie
Grace

Lydia Louise Ingalls (1838–1913) – on 15 Jan 1856, she married Robert Fulton Clough and later – in 1859, Joseph Stouff. She had five children, first of whom was Clough's.

Issac Lafayette Clough (b.1857, got married in 1876)
Robert Stouff
Minnie Stouff – married a man with the surname Phillips.
Amy Stouff
Amos Alvin Stouff

Polly Melona Ingalls (1840–1886) – born in Cuba, New York. In 1859 married Henry Odin Quiner (see : The Quiners) and they had six children (see below). The family left Pepin with Laura's family in 1868 and both families stopped in Rothville, Missouri. In 1869 they returned to Pepin. Some time later they went West.

Louisa Quiner (b. 1860),
Charles Quiner (b. 1862),
Albert Quiner (b. 1865),
Charlotte "Lottie" Quiner (b. 1867),
Ruby Quiner
Lillian Quiner

Lansford James Ingalls (1842–1928) – was married twice; to Sarah Dickinson (1846–1897) and later to Mary Dickinson. Both of them were born in England.

Samuel James Ingalls
Sara Belle Ingalls
William Walter Ingalls
Mary Elizabeth Ingalls
Edward Eugene Ingalls
Horace Foster Ingalls
Andrew Jackson Ingalls – had a son
Olive May Ingalls
Martha Esther Ingalls

Laura Ladocia "Docia" Ingalls (1845–1918) – married August Waldvogel (divorced later) and the couple had two children (see below). Next she married Hiram "Hi" Forbes and they had 7 daughters. Hiram was a contractor for the Chicago and North Western Railway. They spent some time in DeSmet with the Ingalls but soon moved to Nebraska. They lost contact. Hiram died in 1906.

Lena Waldvogel (1866–1943)
August Eugene "Jean" Waldvogel (b. 1870).

Hiram Lemuel Ingalls (1848–1923) – on 18 Oct 1867, married Sarah Elizabeth Woodward (1847–1910) and on 27 Feb 1919 – Ellen Parker

Laura Eliza Ingalls
Ruby Evaline Ingalls
Phillip L. Ingalls
Sarah Jeanette Ingalls
Mary Rose Ellen Ingalls
Hiram LeRoy "Roy" Ingalls
Leo Vincent Ingalls

George Whiting Ingalls (1851–1901)
Ruby Celestia Ingalls (1855–1881) (Father of the children unknown)

George
Dolly Warden
Sherman

text: The Quiner family[edit]

text:
William Quiner (1773–1831)

Margaret Doer
(1774–1839)

Lewis Tucker (1779–1870)

Martha Gráinne Morse (1772–1862)

Henry Quiner (1809–1844)

Charlotte Tucker (1809–1884)

Frederic M. Holbrook (1819-1874)

Martha Quiner (1832–1836)

Joseph Quiner (1834–1862)

Henry Quiner (1835–1880)

Martha Quiner (1837–1927)

Caroline Quiner (1839–1924)

Eliza Quiner (1842–1931)

Thomas Quiner (1844–1903)

Charlotte Holbrook (1854–1939)

text:
(Laura's maternal great-great-grandparents)
Allan Alexander Morse and Margaret Drummond *These are fictional names. Real names unknown.

text:
(Laura's maternal great-grandparents)
Lewis Tucker (1779–1870) and Martha Gráinne Morse (1772–1862)
William Quiner (1773–1831) and Margaret Doer (1774–1839)

(Laura's maternal grandparents)
Charlotte Tucker and Henry Quiner

text:
Martha Morse Quiner (1832–1836)
Joseph Carpenter Quiner (1834–1862). He married Nancy Frank in Wisconsin in 1856. Died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Shiloh.
Henry Odin Quiner (1835–1880) – born on December 7 in Ohio. He married Polly Ingalls (for more – see above)
Martha Jane Quiner (1837–1927) – married Charles Carpenter in 1860.

William Augustus (1861–1884)
Joseph Quiner (1863–1923) married Elizabeth C.Reese.

Phoebe Quiner
Joseph Quiner
Elizabeth Quiner
Clara Quiner
Martha Quiner
Charles Quiner
Theodore Quiner
Donald Quiner
Lillian Quiner
Emilie Quiner

Lettice "Lottie" Jane (1864–1949)
Nancy Cora (1865–1955)
Martha Eliza (1868–1871)
Millicent Ann (1869–1960)
Charles Carr (1871–1918)
Emma Bertha (1873–1955)
Etta Minerva (1874–1899)
Martha Josephine (1876–1962)
Marion Caroline (1879–1939)
Myrtie Emmeline (1879–1956)
Thomas Quiner (1882–1944)
George Lockwood (1882–1954)

Caroline Lake Quiner (December 12, 1839 – April 20, 1924) – Laura's mother
Eliza Ann Quiner (1842–1931) – born on April 21 in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Both families – the Ingalls and the Quiners – moved several times and stopped finally in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Eliza married Peter Ingalls in Concord, Wisconsin, on June 5, 1861 (for more – see above).
Thomas Lewis Quiner (1844–1903) – born on November 23. He married Lillian Graham Hill. They lived for some time in DeSmet. Died in an accident at the Columbia River on February 23, 1903.

Helen Marion Quiner
Alice Quiner
Donald Quiner
Dugold Lewis Quiner
Lillian Josephine Quiner
John Hill Quiner(born in 1902 or 1903).

text: Henry Quiner died in October 1844 in the sinking of a trading ship on the Great Lakes. Charlotte Tucker Quiner remarried, to Frederic Holbrook, and they had one child

text:
Charlotte E. "Lottie" Holbrook (January 20, 1854 – February 15, 1939). She married Henry Moore (b. 1852) in 1875.

Frederick Moore (b. 1878)
Arvin Moore (b. 1880)
Harry C. Moore (b. 1882)
Ralph Moore (b. 1887)
Pearl Eva Moore (b. 1888)

text: Charlotte Tucker[edit]

text:
Lewis Tucker

Martha Morse
(1782–1862)

Betsy Tucker (1800–?)

Lewis Tucker (1802–?)

Linus Tucker (1802–?)

Lydia Tucker
(1805–?)

Thomas Tucker (1807–?)

Charlotte Tucker
(1809–1884)

Caroline Tucker (1811–?)

Mary Tucker
(1813–?)

Nancy Tucker (1816–?)

George Tucker(1820–1821)

text: Charlotte Wallis Tucker was born on May 25, 1809 in Roxbury, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston). She died September 20, 1884 in Rome, Wisconsin. Her mostly fictionalised story was described in the four-book series The Charlotte Years by Melissa Wiley. Charlotte was maternal grandmother to Laura Ingalls Wilder.

text: As a young woman, Charlotte married Henry Newton Quiner from Connecticut. She was the first woman in her family to travel west, living in Ohio and Indiana before settling in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.

text: Martha Morse[edit]

text:
Allan Alexander Morse

Margaret Drummond

Grisell "Grisie" Morse (b. 1774)

Alisdair Morse (b.1776)

Robert "Robbie" Morse (b.1778)

Duncan Morse (b.1780)

Martha Morse
(1782–1862)

text: Martha Morse was born on January 2, 1782 in Scotland, where her father was a wealthy landowners in the Scottish Highlands. Her mostly fictionalised story was told in the four-book series The Martha Years, by Melissa Wiley. Martha was Charlotte Tucker's mother and great-grandmother to Laura Ingalls Wilder.

text: Martha married Lewis Tucker, a blacksmith's son. Lewis and Martha travelled to the United States and began their new life near Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the first of Laura's ancestors to immigrate to America.

text: The Wilder family[edit]

text:
Daniel Wilder (1764–1851)

Mary Polly Gould (1765–1828)

Thomas Payne

Sarah Stewart Mason

Abel Wilder (1784–1849)

Hannah Payne (1790–1842)

Royal Gould Wilder (1809–1815)

Thomas Payne Wilder (1811–?)

James Mason Wilder (1812–?)

Hannah Payne Wilder (1814–1891)

Royal Gould Wilder (1816–1887)

Phoebe Wilder (1821–1890)

Polly Maria Wilder (1824–1851)

William Wilder (1828–1909)

Sarah Charlotte Wilder (1820–1892)

Joshua Prince Wilder (1832–1832)

text:
Royal Gould Wilder (1809–1815)
Thomas Payne Wilder (1811–?)
James Mason Wilder (1812–?) – Almanzo's father. Married Angeline Albina Day.

Laura Ann Wilder (1844–1899) – born June 15, 1844, in 1874 married Harrison Lomanzo Howard.

Kearny Howard (step-child, born c.1869)
Angelina Esther Howard (1876–1964), in 1897 married Fred Merritt.

Ralph Merritt
Ethel Merritt
Howard Merritt

Harrison J.Howard (1878–1918)
Josephine Howard (1880–1918), married to William Walker
Ralph Waldo Howard (1881–1934), married to Estelle C.

Charles E. Howard (1908–1978)
Clarence Howard (1909–1913)
James J. Howard (1911–1981)
Ralph R. Howard (1913–1921)
Ralph Waldo Howard (1914–1976)
Paul Martin Howard (1920–1923)

Royal Gould Wilder (1847–1925), born February 20, 1847. In 1893, married Electa Averill Hutchison.

Ethel Hutchinson (step-child, died 1905), married Willard Stevens (died in 1928)
Clyde Hutchinson (step-child), married Edna Baily
Rae Hutchinson (step-child), married Bertha Luedtke (died 1910)
Mae Hutchinson (step-child), in 1912 married George Pooler
Angeline Bernice Wilder (1894–1957), in 1917 married Arlow Laging and in 1929, George Granger.
"baby girl" Wilder (stillborn in 1897)
Susan E. Wilder (1898–1899)

Eliza Jane Wilder (1850–1930), born January 3, 1850. In 1893, married Thomas Jefferson Thayer and in 1904, Maxwell Gordon. Died in Los Angeles.

Walcott Wilder Thayer (1894–1965), in 1918 married Frances Cockrell.

Walter Thayer – married Elaine Ditch

Cynthia Thayer
Walter Thayer

Francis Gervaise Thayer – married Alena (last name unknown).

Thomas Thayer
Larry Thayer

Betty Mae Thayer – married a man with the surname Raymond, and later, a man with the surname Huey.

Cynthia Raymond
Walter Raymond
David Huey
Joan Huey
Donald Huey

Alice Wilder (1853–1892), born September 3, 1853. In 1879 married Albert A.Baldwin (1848–1905). Died in Florida.

Myrtle Baldwin (1880–1945), married to John R. Brown
Leland Edward Baldwin (1884–1913)

Almanzo Wilder (1857–1949)
Perley Day Wilder (1869–1934), born June 13, 1869, In 1897 married Elsie Lillian Merritt (1879–1948). Died in Los Angeles.

James Wilder (1903–?), married Thelma Gricourt
Gladys Wilder (1905–?)
Harold Wilder (1909–?)
Perley Wilder Jr., (1912–1977), married to Ethel Smith, and later, Dolores Moore
Dorothy Wilder (1914–1966). Married to Carl Pittman
John Wilder (1916–1916)

Hannah Payne Wilder (1814–1891)
Royal Gould Wilder (1816–1887) – born after his eldest brother's death (and so named after him). He became a reverend and married Eliza Jane Smith.

Robert Wilder
Grace Wilder
William Wilder
Edward Wilder
Mary Jane Wilder

Phoebe Wilder (1821–1890) – married Joseph C.Lamson.

Chester Lamson (1854–1934) – married Catherine McDonough.

Mabel Lamson (1888–1982)

Charles Lamson
Gussie Lamson
"baby girl" Lamson

Polly Maria Wilder (1824–1851)
William Wilder (1828–1909)
Sarah Charlotte Wilder (1820–1892) – married Andrew Day (her sister-in-law's – Almanzo's mother – brother)

Carrie May Day (1856–1898) – married Orville Everett.

Frances Everett – married a man with the last name of Smith.

Dorothy Belle Smith

Elmer A.Day (1862–1947) – married to Mary MacMaster (1864–1945)
Willard R.Day (1858–1891) – married Emma Hubbard
Grace Day (1864–1894) – married to Grant Collins

Joshua Prince Wilder (1832–1832)

text: The Day family[edit]

text:
Justin Day, I

unknown

unknown

unknown

Justin Day, II
(1790–1861)

Diadema Bateman (1794–1868)

Laura Day (1819–?)

Delia Day (1824–?)

Angelina Albina Day (1821–?)

Calinda A.Day (1826–?)

Andrew Day
(1828–?)

John Wesley Day (1829–1907)

George W.Day (1821–1872)

text:
Laura Day (1819–?)
Delia Day (1824–?)
Angelina Albina Day (1821–?) – married James Mason Wilder and they had six children, including Almanzo James Wilder (Laura Ingalls Wilder's husband). For more information, see above.
Celinda A.Day (1826–?)
Andrew Day (1828–?) – married Sarah Charlotte Wilder (1820–1892) and they had four children. For more information, see the Wilders' tree above (since Sarah was a sister of Almanzo's father).
John Wesley Day (1829–1907) – married Alcesta Lindy.

Fred Day
Frank Day
Albert Day
Wilton Day

George W.Day (1831–1873)

text: Neighbors, friends and acquaintances[edit]

text: Real people[edit]

text:
Robert and Ellie Boast, were neighbors and friends of the Ingalls family.[2][3][4][5]
Reverend Edward Brown,[6][7][8] was the reverend and Ingalls's neighbour in De Smet, South Dakota</ref>
Ida Wright-Brown, was an adopted daughter of the Reverend and Laura's school friend in De Smet[9]
Oscar Edmund "Cap" Garland was one of the male school friends of Laura. He saved the town from starvation by going 15 miles to find wheat in a blizzard, along with Almanzo Wilder.[10][11]
Florence Adelia Garland Dawley was a teacher in De Smet and an older sister of Cap Garland.[12][13]
Mary Power,[14][15][16] was Laura's friend in De Smet
Neta Seal,[17][18] was a real-life close friend of grown-up Laura in Mansfield, Missouri
Dr. Tann,[19][20] was the Indian's doctor in Kansas, during Ingalls's stay there

text: Characters based on real people[edit]

text:
Lew Brewster was a pseudonym for Louis Bouchie,[21] a homesteader who offered Laura her first teaching job.
Mr. Edwards, Ingalls's fictional friend
The Kennedy Family were the Ingalls's neighbors in Walnut Grove, Minnesota and their children went to school with Mary and Laura
Nellie Oleson was actually three real people: Nellie Owens, Genevieve Masters, and Stella Gilbert.
Soldat du Chene,[22] was a fictional Osage chief in Kansas, during Ingalls's stay there