Did Mary Ingalls Really Go Blind

In the little house series mary ingalls was blinded by scarlet fever.
Did mary ingalls really go blind. Although mary amelia ingalls character in the little house on the prairie television series married adam kendall ingalls never married in the books or in real life. The real mary ingalls never married although she did in the tv series. Mary ingalls goes blind in little house on the prairie s fourth season which aired in 1978. Mary ingalls did indeed lose her sight when she was 14 in 1879.
Mary ingalls became visually impaired at the age of 14. Mary was admitted to the school on november 23 1881. Here s the line from the little house novel by the shores of silver lake. Asked in laura ingalls wilder did any members of the ingalls go blind.
She graduated from the iowa college for the blind on june 12 1889. Mary amelia ingalls january 10 1865 october 20 1928 was born near the town of pepin wisconsin. She was the first child of caroline and charles ingalls and older sister of author laura ingalls wilder known for her little house book series. Researchers say laura ingalls wilder s real sister may have had viral meningoencephalitis.
Growing up in walnut grove mary was an excellent student and spent most of her free time studying. On october 17 1928 an elderly blind woman named mary amelia ingalls died in a small rural community in south dakota. Funeral services will be held at the. Miss ingalls passed away at the home of her sister mrs.
Growing up in walnut grove mary was an excellent student and spent most of her free time studying. According to laura ingalls wilder historic homes ingalls graduated from a school for the blind in vinton iowa and then moved in with her parents in a home on third street in de smet south dakota. She suffered another stroke a few days before her death after a year of ill health following former strokes. She attended the iowa college for the blind from age 16 through age 24.