Nathan W. Dow

May 13, 1943: Nate Dow Died; Manchester Pioneer

Nate W. Dow, a resident of Manchester township since 1882, died Saturday night.

Funeral services were conducted from the funeral parlors in De Smet with the Re. L.W. Sachse officiating. Interment was in the De Smet cemetery. His wife preceded him in death three years ago.

He is survived by a niece, Mrs. Caroline Aspinwall of Manchester and a nephew, Harvey Dunn of Tenafly, New Jersey.

Grace Ingalls Dow

November 13, 1941

Death came to Mrs. Nathan W. Dow of Manchester, longtime resident of Kingsbury County, late Monday, after an illness of several weeks, following several years of ill health.

Mrs. Dow was a daughter of the first residents of De Smet vicinity, Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Ingalls, and had lived in the county from girlhood. The experiences of the ingalls family have been described in a series of historical novels written by her sister, Mrs. Laura (Manley) Ingalls Wilder of Mansfield, Mo.

Surviving in her death are her husband and two sisters, Mrs. Wilder and Mrs. D.N. (Carrie) Swanzey of Keystone, and a niece, Rose Wilder Lane of Connecticut, the novelist.

Grace Ingalls was born at Burr Oak, Iowa in 1877. Her parents moved to Dakota Territory in 1879, her father being clerk of the railway construction crew that built the grade as far as De Smet. The family spent the winter of 1879 in the company's office shack, located on the west shore of Silver Lake, and when the wotnsite was located and latted moved her to one of the first structures erected, later living on a farm a mile southeast of town.

After attending the local school, Miss Ingalls went to Redfield COllece and then taught school in Manchester township. She was married to Mr. Dow October 16, 1901, and they lived on their farm south of Manchester for some years, his health forcing them to retire some years ago, since living in De Smet and for some years in Manchester.

Until her health prevented, Mrs. Dow was active in social activities, in ladies' aid society and club work, and having a natural talent for writing was correspondent for The News and The Huronite for years.

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