Gravesites of "the
MacIntyre's"
(The Craig Family)
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Section O
(map)

On the west side the lake, the site from down the hill
looking up, and up the hill looking down

Francis E Gatchel
Husband
Nov 3 1869
March 20, 1942 |
Alice Craig
Wife of F E Gatchel
Sept 27, 1881
March 8, 1909 |
Alice Craig
Wife of Austin L Peay
Born April 19, 1860
Died Dec 13, 1881 |
In Memory of
Aleck Craig
died Oct 7, 1868
Aged 53 years |
Annie McCown Craig
Wife of Aleck Craig
Feb 11, 1834
Oct 20, 1914 |
Fannie Craig
Feb 9, 1859
Mar 14, 1933 |
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Sister to "Miss
Allison,
Mrs. Walton & Aunt Elise" |
(this would be
the "grandfather MacIntyre") |
Grandmother MacIntyre |
Miss (Aunt) Allison |

The best landmark to use in finding the site is
this Corinthian Temple monument (Bowles Family).
It is at the top of the hill near the circle, and the Craig/"MacIntyre"
site is just behind it
and down the hill. The National Cemetery is across the road,
with sections for Union and Confederate fallen.
A few notes on this
site:
The Craig family is well
represented in the Little Colonel books. But not
completely. Of this clan, as models for the
characters, we can count Grandmother MacIntyre ( Annie
McCown, or McGown Craig), Miss (or Aunt) Allison (Fannie
Craig), Mrs. Walton (Mamie Craig) and her four children, and
Aunt Elise (Louise Craig Culbertson) and her children, the
Two Little Knights of Kentucky. In addition, there
were three brothers and
another Craig sister that died years before the start of the
Little Colonel stories: Alice.
There's a poignant
tragic-sweet story with that. Alice Craig fell
seriously ill in late in 1881. Her sister, Mary
(Mamie) was just recently engaged to be married to an army
Captain (later General) Henry Ware Lawton. Because
Alice sensed the end was near for her, she begged her sister
to marry quickly so that she would be able to attend the
wedding. Mamie quickly sent a telegraph to Henry and
he obtained leave and left for Louisville by special train.
This sad wedding took place on December 12, 1881 at Alice's
death bed. Alice died the next day.
Alice is buried next to
her mother (Grandmother MacIntyre) and sister Fannie
(Miss Allison). We're not sure who the other Alice is
(born 1881), but guess this may have been Alice's daughter
(?). Also, there was another sibling to Fannie, Alice,
Mary & Louise, a brother never mentioned in the Little
Colonel stories, Harry. By the time of the early
books, he had already left home and was living in
Louisville, working as a civil engineer.
Also, the relationships
here in real life differ a bit from the fictionalized
versions. Starting with "Grandmother McIntyre"
(modeled after Alice McCown Craig), who was in fact the
maternal grandmother of the "Two Little Knights", and not
the paternal grandmother as presented in the stories.
More
from Census records:
1880
Annie Craig is listed with children Mamie,
25; Alexander 23; Fanny, 21; Alice, 19;
Harry, 16; Louise, 14; and son Merton, 11.
(In the 1870 census, a 6 year old son is
listed as "McCown", which
was Annie Craig's maiden name.
It is apparently Harry
though we don't find him using
"McCown" again in any other census.)
1900-1930
Merton was in Louisville working as a "US
Gauger". In 1910 he was back with mother and
siblings. Alexander and Harry were at home
with Annie in 1900 and 1910 and were living
with Fanny in 1920 and 1930.
(at Edgewood)
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Moore, Betty,
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Camelback Mountain &
Hole-in-Rock (Arizona),
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