Faith McLure is the older sister of Hope and Dallas McLure, who tragically died in The Battle of Gettysburg. Hope and Faith got along greatly with their brother's fiancé Fanny Elsing, until Fanny married another after Dallas' death.
She lives with her sister in a close-lipped house made from red brick in Atlanta, with low box hedges in the garden.
In 1861, when Dallas was wounded, Faith and Hope travelled to Virginia to nurse him back to health. Nevertheless, he died in the war at Gettysburg. This led to Melanie Hamilton and Scarlett O'Hara taking over their booth at the Charity Bazaar for the war's cause.
After them followed the little wicker pony cart of the McLure girls. Miss Faith was driving, her face like a rock, and for once, her teeth were covered by her lips. Miss Hope, death in her face, sat erect beside her, holding her sister’s skirt in a tight grasp. They looked like very old women. Their young brother Dallas was their darling and the only relative the maiden ladies had in the world. Dallas was gone.
Both Hope and Faith had buck teeth.