{"id":1478,"date":"2016-12-21T20:04:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/finalrestingplaces\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:03:40","slug":"finalrestingplaces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/finalrestingplaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Resting Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px\">Final Resting Places<\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\nof the models for the characters of The Little Colonel Stories<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>and their relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, we must note that it would be quite a mistake to exactly equate the models for the Little Colonel folk with the fictional characters.&nbsp; Still, we feel that we know these people at least a little, and have some affection for them through their portrayals in the stories.&nbsp; Certainly, much of their real-life personalities as well as many of their actual experiences are brought to life for us in the tales.&nbsp; Thus, it&#8217;s interesting, as well as poignant, when we can actually visit these people and their mortal remains in some of the beautiful places where they were finally laid to rest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY<\/strong><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Map-CaveHill.gif\">clickable map leads to photos of gravesites<\/a>&nbsp;or see the links below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/the-little-colonels-gravesite\/\">Harriet\/Hattie Cochran Dick<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\">&nbsp;<em>(The Little Colonel)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+Jan 2, 1975 age 84, Section A Lot 731, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/the-little-colonels-gravesite\/\">Albert Conrad Dick<\/a>, the Little Colonel&#8217;s real life husband +8\/2~\/1955 age 70, Section A Lot 731<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/the-little-colonels-parents-gravesite\/\">John Hoadley Cochran<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>( Papa Jack)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;The Little Colonel&#8217;s father +07\/16\/1936 age 69, Section P Lot 681, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/the-little-colonels-parents-gravesite\/\">Amelia Weissinger Cochran<\/a>,&nbsp;<em>(Mrs. Sherman)<\/em>&nbsp;The Little Colonel&#8217;s mother +12\/22\/1934 age 67, Section P Lot 681<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesites-of-the-old-colonel-and-amanthis\/\">George Washington Weissinger<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(The Old Colonel)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+02\/24\/1903, age 66, Section N Lot 196, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/littlecolonel.com\/People\/Weissinger\/default.htm\">Amelia Pierce Weissinger<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Amanthis)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;the Old Colonel&#8217;s wife +??? (interred 4\/30\/1903 but we have some good information that she probably died in the 1870s) Section N Lot 196<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grave-of-rob-moore-muir-semple\/\">Muir Semple<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Rob Moore)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+02\/18\/1952 Section 1, Lot 243<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesite-of-anna-moore-anna-burge-muir-humphrey\/\">Anna Burge Muir Humphrey<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Anna Moore, Rob&#8217;s cousin)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;1889-1934 Section P, Lot 673 (not far from the Little Colonel&#8217;s parents<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesite-of-the-two-little-knights-of-kentucky\/\">William Culbertson<\/a>&nbsp;<em><span style=\"color:#FF0000\">(Malcolm MacIntyre)<\/span>&nbsp;<\/em>eldest of&nbsp;The Two Little Knights of Kentucky, +02\/1935 in Los Angeles, age 47 of pneumonia, Section 34, Lot 258<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesite-of-the-two-little-knights-of-kentucky\/\">Alexander Craig Culbertson<\/a>&nbsp;<em><span style=\"color:#FF0000\">(Keith MacIntyre)<\/span>&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;youngest of The&nbsp;Two Little Knights of Kentucky, +06\/02\/1973, age 83, Section 34, Lot 258<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesite-of-the-two-little-knights-of-kentucky\/\">Samuel Alexander Culbertson<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Uncle Sidney)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;father of The Two Little Knights of Kentucky, +12\/11\/1948, age 86, Section 34, Lot 258<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesite-of-the-two-little-knights-of-kentucky\/\">Louise Craig Culbertson<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Aunt Elise)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;mother of The Two Little Knights of Kentucky, interred&nbsp;9\/13\/1938,&nbsp;Section 34, Lot 258<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/littlecolonel.com\/People\/RestingPlaces\/TheCraigFamily.htm\">Annie McCown Craig<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Grandmother MacIntyre)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+10\/20\/1914, age 80, Section O, Lot 216<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/littlecolonel.com\/People\/RestingPlaces\/TheCraigFamily.htm\">Fannie Craig<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Miss Allison\/Aunt Allison)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+03\/14\/1933, age 74, Section O, Lot 216<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesites-of-general-jonathan-clark-general-george-rogers-clark\/\">General George Rogers Clark, General Jonathan Clark<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; yes, they are ancestors of The Little Colonel!<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>At Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, IN<\/strong><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/OakHill-map-0.htm_txt_OakHill-map.gif\">clickable map leads to photos of gravesites<\/a>&nbsp;or see the links below)<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/OakHill-map-0.htm_txt_OakHill-map.gif\">photos of the entrance and administration building, old and new<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grave-of-annie-fellows-johnston-and-family\/\">Annie Fellows Johnston<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>the author<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+10\/5\/1931 in Pewee Valley, KY of carcinoma of the sub maxillary gland, Lot 29 grave 6<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grave-of-annie-fellows-johnston-and-family\/\">John E Johnston<\/a>, her son&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(loosely Jack Ware in the stories)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+9\/26\/1910 age 29 in Boerne, TX of pulmonary consumption (tuberculosis), Lot 29 grave 5<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grave-of-annie-fellows-johnston-and-family\/\">Mary Gardner Johnston<\/a>, her daughter&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(sometimes &#8220;Joyce&#8221; of the stories)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+7\/16\/1966 in Pewee Valley, KY age 93, Lot 29 grave 7<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grave-of-annie-fellows-johnston-and-family\/\">William Levi Johnston<\/a>, Annie Fellows Johnston&#8217;s husband, +02\/08\/1892 in Evansville of enteritis, Lot 29 grave 1<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grave-of-annie-fellows-johnston-and-family\/\">Hattie (or Hallie) Johnston<\/a>&nbsp;(could this be William L&#8217;s first wife?) +Aug 1883 age 34 of consumption (tuberculosis), Lot 29 grave 2<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grave-of-annie-fellows-johnston-and-family\/\">Willie Johnston&nbsp;<\/a>(uncertain relation but in same area) +07\/26\/1882 of enteritis, Lot 29 grave 3<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rev. Albion Fellows, Annie Fellows Johnston&#8217;s father +03\/04\/1865 of pneumonia Lot 59, grave 3<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Ella Fellows, a sister of Annie Fellows Johnston +08\/25\/1865 age 9 of &#8220;congestion of the brain&#8221;, Lot 59 grave 2 (next to Rev. Albion Fellows)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>At Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>General Henry Ware Lawton&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\">(<em>General Walton<\/em>)<\/span>&nbsp;+12\/18\/1899 in battle, San Mateo Philippine Islands, Section East, site 841EH<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Mamie Craig Lawton, his wife&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Mrs. Walton)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+01\/05\/1934, Annapolis MD, Section East, site 841<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Catherine M. Lawton, their daughter&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><em>(Kitty Walton)<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;+10\/03\/1921, Section East, site 842W<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Louise Bagby Lawton, their youngest daughter&nbsp;<em><span style=\"color:#FF0000\">(Elise Walton)<\/span>&nbsp;<\/em>+11\/11\/1961 Section 4 site 2814<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>At Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Manley C. Lawton&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\">(<em>Ranald Walton, &#8220;The Little Captain&#8221;<\/em>)<\/span>&nbsp;+01\/11\/1960, age 72 (Cedar Hill is in Suitland, MD)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>At Pewee Valley Cemetery, Pewee Valley, KY&nbsp;<\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/littlecolonel.com\/People\/RestingPlaces\/Pewee-Cemetery.htm\">more<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesite-of-katie-marks-kate-matthews\/\">Kate Matthews<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\">(<em>&#8220;Katherine Marks&#8221;<\/em>)<\/span>&nbsp;photographer of the Little Colonel stories and mistress of Clovercroft, +1956, age 86<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/pewee-valley-cemetery\/\">African American section<\/a>&nbsp;may contain gravesites of other as yet unidentified character models in the stories<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other and Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Rebecca Porter&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000\">(<em>&#8220;Mom Beck&#8221;<\/em>)<\/span>&nbsp;We know that she died in on May 9, 1921 at the home of her son on 15th St. in Louisville.&nbsp; We also know recently that she was buried in Eastern Cemetery, adjacent to Cave Hill, but have not yet been able to locate her exact burial site.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Others.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are a number of others (such as the other two Lawton [<em>Walton<\/em>] girls) we have no idea where they are now.&nbsp; We certainly would be grateful to hear from any of you if you can help us out.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Resting Places&nbsp; of the models for the characters of The Little Colonel Stories and their relations First, we must note that it would be quite a mistake to exactly equate the models for the Little Colonel folk with the fictional characters.&nbsp; Still, we feel that we know these people at least a little, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1478\/revisions\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}