Laura and almanzo wilder biography pdf
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Laura and almanzo wilder biography pdf
Almanzo Wilder
American farmer and husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Almanzo James Wilder (February 13, 1859[a] – October 23, 1949) was an American farmer as well as the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the father of Rose Wilder Lane, both noted authors.
Biography
Early life
Wilder was born on his family's homestead in rural Burke, New York, a few miles from the town of Malone. Most sources give Wilder's birth date as February 13, 1857.[1] However, federal and New York state census records support a birth year of 1859; Wilder may have given his birth year as 1857 when claiming land in Dakota Territory under the Homestead Act in 1879, which required claimants to be at least 21 years of age.[2]
Wilder was the fifth of six children born to farmers James Mason (1813–1899) and Angelina Albina (née Day) Wilder (1821–1905).[3][4][5][6] His siblings included Laura Ann (1844–1899), Royal Gould (1847–1925),