{"id":22,"date":"2016-08-05T02:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T02:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/people\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:03:26","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"The People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of the characters in the <em>Little Colonel<\/em> series of books were based on <em>real<\/em> people that lived in Pewee Valley, Kentucky and nearby areas during that era. &nbsp; Here is an introduction to some of the people who became models for the characters of the Little Colonel stories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/littlecolonel\/\">The Little Colonel, aka&nbsp;Lloyd Sherman<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Hattie Cochran<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/mrsshermanandpapajack\/\">Mrs. Sherman&nbsp;and Papa Jack<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Hattie Cochran&#8217;s parents,&nbsp;Amelia &amp; John Hoadley&nbsp;Cochran<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/theoldcolonel\/\">The Old Colonel (George Weissinger),&nbsp;Amanthis George Washington Weissinger, and Amelia Neville Pearce Weissinger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/mombeck\/\">Mom Beck<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Rebecca Porter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/auntcindy\/\">Aunt Cindy<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Aunt Lucinda<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/maylily\/\">May Lily<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; May Lily<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/walker\/\">Walker<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Walker Hardin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/unchenry\/\">Unc&#8217; Henry<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/unchenry\/\"> <\/a>&#8211; Henry [last name unknown]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/anniefellowsjohnson\/\">Annie Fellows Johnston<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;author of &#8220;The Little Colonel&#8221; series of books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/twolittleknightsofkentucky\/\">The Two Little Knights of Kentucky<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Craig and William Culbertson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/unclesidneyauntelise\/\">Uncle Sidney &amp; Aunt Elise<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;parents of the Two Little Knights of Kentucky Sam &amp; Louise Culbertson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/grandmothermcintyre\/\">Grandmother McIntyre<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Annie Craig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/missallison\/\">Miss\/Aunt Allison<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Fannie Craig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/waltons\/\">The Walton&#8217;s<\/a> &#8211; The Lawton family\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/generalwalton\/\">General Walton<\/a> &#8211; Maj. 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Henry Ware Lawton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/mrswalton\/\">Mrs. Walton<\/a> &#8211; Mamie Craig Lawton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/allison\/\">Allison<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Frances Lawton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/kitty\/\">Kitty<\/a> &#8211; Catherine Lawton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/elise\/\">Elise<\/a> &#8211; Louise Lawton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/manly\/\">Ranald Manly<\/a>, &#8220;the Little Captain&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/moores\/\">The Moore&#8217;s<\/a> &#8211; The Muir Family\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/judgemoore\/\">Judge Moore<\/a> &#8211; Judge Peter Browne Muir<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/robmoore\/\">Rob Moore<\/a> &#8211; Muir Semple<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/annamoore\/\">Anna Moore<\/a> &#8211; Anna Burge Muir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/betty\/\">Betty<\/a> &#8211; Elizabeth Matthews<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/maryware\/\">Mary Ware<\/a> &#8211; Albion Fellows Bacon, Annie Fellows Johnston&#8217;s sister<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/joyceware\/\">Joyce Ware<\/a> &#8211; Mary G. Johnston, Annie Fellows Johnston&#8217;s daughter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/jackware\/\">Jack Ware<\/a> &#8211; John Johnston (JJ), Annie Fellows Johnston&#8217;s son<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/katherinemarks\/\">Katherine Marks<\/a> &#8211; Kate Matthews the photographer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/gaymelville\/\">Gay Melville<\/a> &#8211; Leal McAffee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/leesofarizona\/\">The Lee&#8217;s of Arizona<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Sarah (mother), George &amp; Hazel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/johannheinrich\/\">Johann Heinrich<\/a> &#8211; The Old Naturalist in Two Little Knights of Kentucky<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/katiemallard\/\">Katie Mallard<\/a> &#8211; Kate E. Malone<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/marietawaring\/\">Marietta Waring<\/a> &#8211; Jennie Casseday<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/magnolia\/\">Magnolia<\/a> &#8211; The Knave of Hearts from &#8220;The Little Colonel At Boarding School&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/mrsclelling\/\">Mrs. Clelling and Mrs. Bisbee<\/a> &#8211; Mrs. T.H. (Louise) Cleland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/mrsmartin\/\">George Madden Martin<\/a> &#8211; Pewee Valley&nbsp;author and friend of Annie Fellows Johnston<\/li>\n<li>Their <a href=\"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/finalrestingplaces\/\">Final Resting Places<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of the characters in the Little Colonel series of books were based on real people that lived in Pewee Valley, Kentucky and nearby areas during that era. &nbsp; Here is an introduction to some of the people who became models for the characters of the Little Colonel stories: The Little Colonel, aka&nbsp;Lloyd Sherman&nbsp;&#8211; [&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-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","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=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1881,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}