When Charles Robbins Ingalls was born in 1823, in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Joshua Ingalls, was 28 and his mother, Olive Bliss, was 24. He married Caroline "Kate" Sheldon on 28 December 1852, in Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Des Moines Township, Jackson, Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Christiania Township, Jackson, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. He died on 19 October 1891, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.