{"id":587,"date":"2016-11-05T18:54:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T18:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/waltons\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:03:29","slug":"waltons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/waltons\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waltons – Based on The Lawton Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lawton’s<\/span>
\nReal-life models for “The Walton’s” in Annie Fellows Johnston’s “Little Colonel” series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Major General Henry W. Lawton<\/a>
\n\t\t\t(“General Walton”)
\n\t\t\tca. 1899<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nMary Craig Lawton, his wife<\/a>
\n\t\t\t(“Mrs. Walton”)
\n\t\t\tca. 1900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manly C. Lawton<\/a>
\n\t\t\t(Ranald, “The Little Captain”)
\n\t\t\tage 11
\n\t\t\t1899<\/td>\n		Frances Lawton<\/a>
\n\t\t\t(“Allison Walton”)
\n\t\t\tage 10
\n\t\t\t1899<\/td>\n		Catherine M. Lawton<\/a>
\n\t\t\t(“Kitty Walton”)
\n\t\t\tage 8
\n\t\t\t1899<\/td>\n		Louise Lawton<\/a>
\n\t\t\t(“Elise Walton”)
\n\t\t\tage 6
\n\t\t\t1899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Another daughter, Annie, passed away in 1887. 
\nMrs. Lawton wrote a touching letter to her mother 
\nwhich can be read by following this link<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>[Left]  General & Mrs. Lawton, with their children:
\nLouise (Elise), Manly (the “Little Captain”), Frances (Allison) and Catherine (Kitty)  Family photo from an 1899<\/p>\n

Major General Henry Ware Lawton and his family “The Waltons”
\nPhilippine Islands, 1899<\/strong>
\n(Ranald, in real life named Manly C., indeed had his own uniform and accompanied his father to the front as described in the Little Colonel stories.
\nIn the books, his character was named after General Lawton’s close friend from the Indian Wars, Gen. Ranald S. MacKenzie.
\n <\/p>\n

The Little Colonel’s Holidays<\/strong><\/em>
\nis dedicated to:
\n“The Little Captain” and his sisters
\nwhose proudest heritage is that
\nthey bear the name of a NATION’S HERO.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 Click on photo:  Stereo-view photo by R.W. Kilburn taken a few months before the general’s death.  (large version)<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a> 
\nShortly after General Lawton’s death, the family
\nmoved to Louisville.  This photo, ca 1900, shows
\nMrs. Lawton wearing her black mourning dress.<\/strong>
\nThis is the “Walton” family at the time of “The Little Colonel’s Holidays.”
\nFront row: Louise (‘Elise’), Mary (‘Mrs. Walton’) and Catherine (‘Kitty’)
\nSecond row: Manly (‘Ranald, the Little Captain’) and Frances (Allison)
\nPhoto by Klauber Studios, Louisville (click on photo for enlargement)<\/p>\n

Click here for more Group Photos<\/a> containing the Lawtons\/”Waltons”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lawton’s Real-life models for “The Walton’s” in Annie Fellows Johnston’s “Little Colonel” series Major General Henry W. Lawton (“General Walton”) ca. 1899 Mary Craig Lawton, his wife (“Mrs. Walton”) ca. 1900 Manly C. Lawton (Ranald, “The Little Captain”) age 11 1899 Frances Lawton (“Allison Walton”) age 10 1899 Catherine M. Lawton (“Kitty Walton”) age 8 1899 Louise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-587","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587","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=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1924,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/revisions\/1924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}