- Laura Ingalls Wilder’s mother, Caroline Lake Quiner was born on December 12, 1839, in Brookfield, Wisconsin
- She was born in the family’s log cabin and is the earliest known settler born in the town of Brookfield
- She married Charles Ingalls on February 1, 1860, who later died in 1902
- She died April 20, 1924 in De Smet, South Dakota at the age of 84, on Easter Sunday
- Her parents were Henry Quiner and Charlotte Quiner
- Her mother later remarried Frederick Holbrook in 1849
- Her children were Mary Ingalls(1865-1928), Laura Ingalls Wilder(1867-1957), Caroline Ingalls(1870-1946), Charles Ingalls(1875-1876), and Grace Ingalls(1877-1941)