When Lansford and Laura Ingalls had been married 24 years, they had both grown children and two children under the age of five.
When James and Angeline Wilder had been married 24 years, they were two years away from having their last child.
When Charles and Caroline Ingalls had been married 24 years, they had a child in college and had yet to prove up on their homestead.
When Almanzo and Laura Wilder had been married 24 years, Laura had yet to publish a single Missouri Ruralist article, and the “Little House” books were still over twenty years in their future.
