The doctors of the time said that Mary never fully recovered from a case of the measles she had had, and had run a very high fever with the disease. For some reason, this atrophied her optic nerves, leading to complete blindness over a period of weeks.
The doctor felt it was a result of a bad case of the measles that Mary never fully recovered from. She suffered a stroke, which she essentially recovered form all right, but the optic nerves were affected, and atrophied, causing blindness.
Mary Ingalls lost her sight due to an illness known as scarlet fever when she was a child.
Yes, Mary was blind from the time she had scarlet fever at Plum Creek.
Mary Ingalls was 14 when she went blind.
In 1879, Mary Ingalls became blind.
Yes. Grace was 2 when Mary lost her eyesight at age 14.
Laura Ingalls Wilder was the second of five children. Her siblings were Mary, Caroline, Charles, and Grace.
Mary Ingalls was born on January 10, 1865.
Laura's sister Mary was born, lived and died as Mary Ingalls. She never married.
Mary Amelia Ingalls's real name was Mary Amelia Ingalls. She was a real person and a character in the "Little House on the Prairie" book series.
Mary Ingalls Kendall was a fictionalized portrayal of Laura's real life sister Mary. In actuality, Mary Ingalls never married, likely due to her disability, and died in 1928.
Mary Ingalls died at the age of 63 on October 20, 1928.
Mary Ingalls was an exceptional student; in both regular school and in her college for the blind.
Mary Ingalls is famous for being one of the main characters in the "Little House on the Prairie" book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, her sister. The series chronicles the adventures and hardships of the Ingalls family as they pioneer in the American Midwest during the late 19th century.
Grace Ingalls was married to Nathan William Dow.
There is no record of Mary Ingalls, a character from the "Little House on the Prairie" book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, having a baby boy. In the book series, Mary Ingalls never married or had children.
No, the real Mary Ingalls never married or had children.