{"id":1531,"date":"2016-12-21T21:15:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T21:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesites-of-the-old-colonel-and-amanthis\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:03:41","slug":"gravesites-of-the-old-colonel-and-amanthis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gravesites-of-the-old-colonel-and-amanthis\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravesites of “The Old Colonel” and “Amanthis”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grave sites of the “Old Colonel” and “Amanthis”<\/span>
\nCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
\nSection N
\n(map<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supporting documents, photos (most photos are clickable links):<\/p>\n

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\nFrom the National Archives
\nThe “Old Colonel’s” Civil War injuries<\/p>\n

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\nCol Weissinger’s Obituary
\nCourier-Journal 2\/25\/1903<\/p>\n

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\nCall for comrades to attend funeral Courier-Journal 2\/25\/1903<\/p>\n

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\nCemetery Card with plot map
\n(Plot owner was G W Weissinger himself)
\nNote wife followed him 2 months later
\nalso 3 graves with unknown occupants.  Cemetery officer said this was common in the mid
\n1800s when people would come and do their own burials without informing the cemetery.  <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nMap of Cave Hill, includes locations of people associated with the Little Colonel<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nMap of Cave Hill Section N, arrow points to Weissinger site<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nFull site, view east
\nColonel’s presumed grave location marked in red<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nFull site, view west
\nColonel’s presumed grave location marked in red<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nFull site, view west
\nColonel’s grave location marked in red<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nSallie Weissinger Beckurts (one of the only 2 grave markers at the site)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nEmilie Chouteau Smith
\n(second of the only 2 grave markers at the site)<\/p>\n

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\nDetail of Emilie’s Stone<\/p>\n

Adjacent Plot (and perhaps some clues to the family relations)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nWilson Monument (front):<\/p>\n

Thomas C Wilson MD
\nBorn June 8 1808
\nDied Feb 25 1869<\/p>\n

Caroline Bullitt
\nWife of
\nThomas C Wilson
\nBorn May 16, 1815
\nDied July 10, 1874<\/p>\n

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\nWilson Monument (back) 1<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nWilson Monument (back) #2  
\nHenrietta’s Stone is seen just behind monument on Rt side of picture, tiny portion of
\nDan MD’s shows behind monument.  These might be Thomas’ parents?<\/p>\n

To the Daughters of
\nDr. Thomas C & Caroline Bullitt Wilson<\/p>\n

Lucinda S.  Wife of Gavin H Cochran
\n1885-1916<\/p>\n

Emma M  Wife of Herman Beckurts
\n1837-1905<\/p>\n

Alice, Wife of Lyttleton Cooke
\n1839-1890<\/p>\n

Caroline B  Wife of Edward Fulton
\n1841-1882<\/p>\n

Anne Neville 1848-1920<\/p>\n

Henrietta Johnson 1845-1925<\/p>\n

Amelia B  Wife of Frederick Anderson
\n1848-1931<\/p>\n

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\nHenrietta Wilson
\nDied 1831 (?)
\nAged 56
\nDaniel Wilson MD
\nDied 1858
\nAged 73
\nAre these Thomas Wilson’s parents?<\/p>\n

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\nDaniel Wilson MD  (Thomas Wilson monument base in background.  This is right
\nnext to Henrietta (left) which is right next to the Weissinger plot. (left) looking east)<\/p>\n

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\nBullitt monument 2<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAmelia Bullitt<\/p>\n

Also on site
\nCuthbert Bullitt  1810-1906
\nEliza White, Wife of Cuthbert 1815-1887<\/p>\n

In addition, the Courier-Journal noted in it’s society page on Feb 26, 1903:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Mrs. Samuel A. Culbertson and sons, Craig and William, have returned from a short visit to Florida<\/p>\n

Mr. & Mrs. Hoadley Cochran have returned to their home in Pewee Valley, after spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carpenter and Mrs. Harry Weissinger.<\/p>\n

(The Carpenters were the Old Colonel’s niece (Anna, “Nan”) and nephew in law (Frank). Mrs. Carpenter was the daughter of the Old Colonel’s sister, Blanche and Captain Thomas Floyd Smith. She was also first cousin to Mrs. John Hoadley Cochran (“Mrs. Sherman”) and was about the same age. And she would have also been the niece of Harry Weissinger, the Old Colonel’s brother. )<\/p>\n

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Return to the Old Colonel’s page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grave sites of the “Old Colonel” and “Amanthis” Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY Section N (map) Supporting documents, photos (most photos are clickable links): From the National Archives The “Old Colonel’s” Civil War injuries Col Weissinger’s Obituary Courier-Journal 2\/25\/1903 Call for comrades to attend funeral Courier-Journal 2\/25\/1903 Cemetery Card with plot map (Plot owner was G W Weissinger himself) Note […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1495,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1531","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1531","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=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1531\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}