James Cooper Ingalls

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James Cooper Ingalls
Played by	Jason Bateman
Gender	Male
Debut	The Lost Ones
Occupation

James Cooper Ingalls is the second adopted son of Caroline and Charles Ingalls. James was born in the late 1800's and lived with his mother and father, and his little sister Cassandra. The family had become friends with the Ingalls. Charles and Albert came along with the Cooper family on a trip to a delivery out of town. On the way back home as they were driving home, the two wagons came to a very steep hill. Charles managed to slowly make his way down with Albert and the two Cooper children.

But as they came to the bottom and turned around, they noticed that Cassandras parents had lost control of the wagon and went flying down the hill, tumbling over and being brought to their deaths. And as quick as that, Cassandra and James Cooper, were now orphans.

After many days of mourning, the Ingalls, along with the Cooper children, returned back to Walnut Grove. As they came over to the house, the first thing Cassandra saw was Mrs Ingalls face. She quickly jumped out of the wagon and ran into Caroline's arms. She reminded Cassandra of her own mother.

As time went on, Charles decided that it was time for them to find a home for the children. As much as he wanted to keep them, he couldn't. There house was too small, and already had too many people in it. Eventually, they managed to find parents for them, but the father only wanted a daughter to replace the one he had lost and despised James. He made both of them work and slave away. So much in fact, that they couldn't even manage to keep up with their studies in school. In addition, the oldest son of the family was a jerk trying to get rid of them. Therefore, James and Cassandra put an end to it. They decided to run away.

They did manage to escape, and just kept running and running. But suddenly, James fell to the ground and screamed in pain. He had been caught in a bear trap. Cassandra ran for help and came back with Charles. Though he thought that it was an extremely unreasonable thing to do, he knew that the children belonged nowhere else but with them in the little house.

James was in trouble later; once he stole at the Oleson's Mercantile to cover the fact he had broken Albert's razor, another time he got shot by walking in a bank and miraculously healed after Charles took him and brought him in the nature and built an altar.