How Old Was Laura Ingalls Wilder When She Married Almanzo?

Laura Ingalls married Almanzo Wilder in the book These Happy Golden Years.  She was eighteen years old when she married Almanzo, who was ten years her senior, at twenty-eight years old.

While eighteen might seem like a young age to marry by today’s standards, being married at eighteen was quite common back then, and some married as young as sixteen.