Originally Posted by Jon Ruyle
Yeah, our family motto is "reproduce quickly; reproduce often." [] In the genealogy book I have, Laura Ingalls is 8th generation, I'm 18th, and my daughter is 19th. Most generations of the direct descendants had over a dozen kids. My grandma Wilder had 20 (11 biological and 9 adopted).
Other interesting relations among direct ancestors:
- Uncle of President Calvin Coolidge
- Jotham Wilder who fought in the battle at Bunker Hill
- His sons Stephen and Titus Wilder who were among the 400 minutemen that fought the British in the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
- Thornton Niven Wilder, Pulizter Prize-winning novelist and playwright
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