| Term | Definition |
| nelly olson | mean to laura and richest girl in town |
| willie olson | always gets in troble at school |
| nels olson | owner of the mercantile |
| harret olson | almost as bad as her daughter and wife of nels |
| laura ingalls wilder | main character and married almonzo"half pint"and"beth" |
| mary ingalls kendal | lauras sister and went blind |
| carrie ingalls | lauras little sister who came to walnut grove with them |
| caroline ingalls | lauras ma |
| charrels ingalls | lauras pa |
| albert ingalls | lauras adopted brother |
| baby grace ingalls | lauras baby sister |
| rose wilder | lauras baby girl |
| almanzo wilder | lauras husbend |
| adam kendal | marys husbend |
| mr.edwards | gave laura her nickname and met the ingalls in kansas |
| andrew garvy | laura and alberts best freind |
| johnathan garvy | charals best freind |
| alice garvy | carolines brst friend |
| doc baker | the dr of walnut grove and a close freind of the ingalls |
| revrend alden | the preacher of walnut grove and a close freind of thr ingalls |
| eliza jane wilder | almonzos sister and a teacher |
| jack | lauras dog that came to wolnut growe with them |
| bandit | lauras dog that she got after jack died |
| hester sue | the helper at the blind school |
| ms beadal | the first teacher |
| ms plum | the 4th teacher |
| john | the man who moved to the ingals place |
| jenny wilder | almonzos neice who lived with him when her pa died |
| sara carter | johns wife |
| jeb and jason carter | the carter boys |
| nancy olsen | the olsens adopted daughter |
| james | the ingalls adopted son cassandras brother |
| cassandra | the ingalls adopted daughter |
| mr hansen | the boss of the mill |
| percerville dalton | nellys husbend |