Stephanie 🪦⛄️
@stitchingstephanie.bsky.social
Baker by day, genealogy and tombstone 🪦 blogger by night.
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Blogs I author: "Southern Graves" and "Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia."
Support my night shifts by buying me a coffee ☕️ - https://buymeacoffee.com/southerngraves
Blogs I author: "Southern Graves" and "Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia."
Lafayette Eagleton served with the "Tough 'Ombres" of the 90th Division before being killed in action in September 1918. Years later, the US government sponsored a pilgrimage for mothers like his own, Emma Eagleton, to visit their sons' graves in Europe. Their story - tinyurl.com/3vwm8k6x
#history
#history
Emma Abernathy Eagleton, a Gold Star Mother
A profile of Emma Abernathy Eagleton (1866-1939), a Texas mother who lost her son in the Great War and visited the St. Mihiel American Cemetery.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Lafayette Eagleton served with the "Tough 'Ombres" of the 90th Division before being killed in action in September 1918. Years later, the US government sponsored a pilgrimage for mothers like his own, Emma Eagleton, to visit their sons' graves in Europe. Their story - tinyurl.com/3vwm8k6x
#history
#history
A list of dates is inherently boring until it clashes with the world around it. #truth #genealogy
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
A list of dates is inherently boring until it clashes with the world around it. #truth #genealogy
In the first image, she's a kitten. 🐱 In the second, she's a cat. 🐈⬛ Both taken just today, about 30 minutes apart. She's maturing right before my eyes. It's a bit bittersweet -- my girl is growing up. 🐾
#catsofbluesky #petparent #catlife
#catsofbluesky #petparent #catlife
January 8, 2026 at 1:24 AM
In the first image, she's a kitten. 🐱 In the second, she's a cat. 🐈⬛ Both taken just today, about 30 minutes apart. She's maturing right before my eyes. It's a bit bittersweet -- my girl is growing up. 🐾
#catsofbluesky #petparent #catlife
#catsofbluesky #petparent #catlife
19th-century marble from #Connecticut in a #Georgia garden #cemetery? 🏛️🚢
Trace the journey of the Hardaway sisters’ monuments in Rose Hill Cemetery: signed by J. Ritter of New Haven, they likely traveled the Atlantic coast to #Savannah before heading inland to Macon. - tinyurl.com/5n77a6n7
Trace the journey of the Hardaway sisters’ monuments in Rose Hill Cemetery: signed by J. Ritter of New Haven, they likely traveled the Atlantic coast to #Savannah before heading inland to Macon. - tinyurl.com/5n77a6n7
Northern Craftsmanship in a Southern Landscape
Georgia Journal and Messenger , 3 May 1854 Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia is rarely mentioned in the same breath as Mount...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
19th-century marble from #Connecticut in a #Georgia garden #cemetery? 🏛️🚢
Trace the journey of the Hardaway sisters’ monuments in Rose Hill Cemetery: signed by J. Ritter of New Haven, they likely traveled the Atlantic coast to #Savannah before heading inland to Macon. - tinyurl.com/5n77a6n7
Trace the journey of the Hardaway sisters’ monuments in Rose Hill Cemetery: signed by J. Ritter of New Haven, they likely traveled the Atlantic coast to #Savannah before heading inland to Macon. - tinyurl.com/5n77a6n7
William E. Helms died on this day in 1895. Laid to rest at Cedar Hill #Cemetery in Cochran, Bleckley County, #Georgia.
Pvt Co H 10 Regt Conf Cav
#Confederate States Army
Husband of Hester Mullis, and father of Joseph S.
#inmemoriam #civilwar #familyhistory
Pvt Co H 10 Regt Conf Cav
#Confederate States Army
Husband of Hester Mullis, and father of Joseph S.
#inmemoriam #civilwar #familyhistory
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
William E. Helms died on this day in 1895. Laid to rest at Cedar Hill #Cemetery in Cochran, Bleckley County, #Georgia.
Pvt Co H 10 Regt Conf Cav
#Confederate States Army
Husband of Hester Mullis, and father of Joseph S.
#inmemoriam #civilwar #familyhistory
Pvt Co H 10 Regt Conf Cav
#Confederate States Army
Husband of Hester Mullis, and father of Joseph S.
#inmemoriam #civilwar #familyhistory
A stunning marble memorial at Rose Hill #Cemetery is more than just art; it’s a snapshot of a family's grief due to a feared childhood illness in 1859. Today on the blog, I'm decoding Victorian mourning symbols and telling the tragic story of Eugene and Anna Napier. 👼 tinyurl.com/yw3udhyt
The Napier Children: a Feared Illness and a Family's Loss
In the fall of 1859, the John Thomas Napier family of Bibb County, Georgia experienced the kind of tragedy that haunted countless 19th-centu...
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January 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
A stunning marble memorial at Rose Hill #Cemetery is more than just art; it’s a snapshot of a family's grief due to a feared childhood illness in 1859. Today on the blog, I'm decoding Victorian mourning symbols and telling the tragic story of Eugene and Anna Napier. 👼 tinyurl.com/yw3udhyt
#Confederate 2nd Lt. William Redding Ross was wounded in the "right forearm, abdomen, & spine" in the Battle of #Atlanta on 22 Jul 1864. He was captured 16 days later & died in a Federal hospital that same day, 7 Aug 1864 -- Aged 19. Burial was in Rose Hill #Cemetery at Macon, Bibb County, #Georgia.
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#Confederate 2nd Lt. William Redding Ross was wounded in the "right forearm, abdomen, & spine" in the Battle of #Atlanta on 22 Jul 1864. He was captured 16 days later & died in a Federal hospital that same day, 7 Aug 1864 -- Aged 19. Burial was in Rose Hill #Cemetery at Macon, Bibb County, #Georgia.
December 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Burton A. Congleton (1824-1859) was a member of Washington Lodge No. 47 in Ellaville, Schley Co, GA. Per his request, his remains were buried in Rose Hill #Cemetery at Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. They "were deposited in their last resting place on earth...with the usual Masonic ceremonies." #mason
December 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
James Wakeman died at Indian Springs, #Georgia July 5th, 1861, aged 75 years.
"In Heaven there is rest."
Have good reason to believe his wife, Jerusha Cadwell (Usher) Wakeman is buried nearby. She died 25 October 1862.
- Rose Hill #Cemetery in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
#cemeteryphotography
"In Heaven there is rest."
Have good reason to believe his wife, Jerusha Cadwell (Usher) Wakeman is buried nearby. She died 25 October 1862.
- Rose Hill #Cemetery in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
#cemeteryphotography
December 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
James Wakeman died at Indian Springs, #Georgia July 5th, 1861, aged 75 years.
"In Heaven there is rest."
Have good reason to believe his wife, Jerusha Cadwell (Usher) Wakeman is buried nearby. She died 25 October 1862.
- Rose Hill #Cemetery in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
#cemeteryphotography
"In Heaven there is rest."
Have good reason to believe his wife, Jerusha Cadwell (Usher) Wakeman is buried nearby. She died 25 October 1862.
- Rose Hill #Cemetery in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
#cemeteryphotography
Latest up at the Rose🌹Hill #Cemetery 🪦 blog is about the 1887 scandal of Claud & Cleo Thorn, 2 young "disreputable" women from Ohio whose drowning deaths caused a sensation in Macon, #Georgia. Newspaper 📰 articles provided few answers & created more questions. 🤔 tinyurl.com/3tcs7nb4
#tombstonetales
#tombstonetales
Two Ohio Girls Drowned While Bathing in Georgia: the Tragic Story of Claud and Cleo Thorn (d. 1887)
Headstones for Claud and Cleo Thorn stand in block 1, lot 98 of the Central Avenue Division of Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Bibb County, Geo...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Latest up at the Rose🌹Hill #Cemetery 🪦 blog is about the 1887 scandal of Claud & Cleo Thorn, 2 young "disreputable" women from Ohio whose drowning deaths caused a sensation in Macon, #Georgia. Newspaper 📰 articles provided few answers & created more questions. 🤔 tinyurl.com/3tcs7nb4
#tombstonetales
#tombstonetales
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Mary, Margaret, Anne and Elizabeth Barlee with their five dead sisters represented by skulls on coffins, all the daughters of Margaret Barlee, 1653, whose memorial they kneel and mourn on at Clavering, one of Essex's most interesting churches.
#MementoMoriMonday #MemorialsMonday
#MementoMoriMonday #MemorialsMonday
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Mary, Margaret, Anne and Elizabeth Barlee with their five dead sisters represented by skulls on coffins, all the daughters of Margaret Barlee, 1653, whose memorial they kneel and mourn on at Clavering, one of Essex's most interesting churches.
#MementoMoriMonday #MemorialsMonday
#MementoMoriMonday #MemorialsMonday
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#MetalMonday
#MemorialMonday
In a visit to St Lawrence's church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I've never seen one before. It's a fine example. Couldn’t read the name of the person whose grave it is.
#MemorialMonday
In a visit to St Lawrence's church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I've never seen one before. It's a fine example. Couldn’t read the name of the person whose grave it is.
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#MetalMonday
#MemorialMonday
In a visit to St Lawrence's church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I've never seen one before. It's a fine example. Couldn’t read the name of the person whose grave it is.
#MemorialMonday
In a visit to St Lawrence's church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I've never seen one before. It's a fine example. Couldn’t read the name of the person whose grave it is.
Latest up on the Rose Hill #Cemetery blog explores the life of William George Lasch, a son of German immigrants who answered the call of his country during WWI. Though his life was cut short, his legacy lived on through 2 #namesakes. - tinyurl.com/mmh8bbrx
#genealogy #history #WWI #legacy
#genealogy #history #WWI #legacy
The Namesakes and Legacy of William George Lasch (1893-1918)
Flag of Germany (1867-1918) William George Lasch was born on 24 September 1893, just ten months after the marriage of his parents, German i...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Latest up on the Rose Hill #Cemetery blog explores the life of William George Lasch, a son of German immigrants who answered the call of his country during WWI. Though his life was cut short, his legacy lived on through 2 #namesakes. - tinyurl.com/mmh8bbrx
#genealogy #history #WWI #legacy
#genealogy #history #WWI #legacy
Joanna Mae Walters (1923-1932) is a niece of a man I'm researching (William George Lasch). Very sad tale. Something similar actually happened to a first #cousin of mine in the late 1940s -- was shot by his grandfather while hunting squirrel. #familyhistory
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![Newspaper article from "Savannah Evening Press" (Georgia) for Wednesday, 13 January 1932, Page 1
"PLAYMATE SHOOTS GIRL TO DEATH
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF RIFLE COSTS LIFE OF JOANNA WALTERS
VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 13 (AP). -- Joanna Walters, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Walters, formerly of Atlanta, was killed accidentally by a playmate's rifle bullet yesterday.
She was one of a party of children that had gone rabbit hunting. Her playmates said someone shouted, "there's a rabbit." A shot was fired and the child fell to the ground.
E. J. Zipperer of Twin Lakes, the first to reach the scane, [sic] said she was shot through the heart and lived but a few minutes.
The child's father, an auditor, was in Atlanta when the accidental shooting occurred. Her parents and three brothers survive."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:orfqfns5wd7tlyvajyfmax4w/bafkreiaaot5hgop6qmdpa2misaueoodfbnif6ev5vqy5lza3ywh4s2dria@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Joanna Mae Walters (1923-1932) is a niece of a man I'm researching (William George Lasch). Very sad tale. Something similar actually happened to a first #cousin of mine in the late 1940s -- was shot by his grandfather while hunting squirrel. #familyhistory
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It’s -8 with windchill outside, but the coldest thing I saw today was a probate record that said “Heirs: none worth mentioning.” #genealogy #FamilyHistory
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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#Genealogy #Blogging Any #FamilyHistory bloggers here who would like to be added to my list of 105+ gen bloggers active on BlueSky? Time to update my post about bloggers, so pls let me know if you want to be listed! TY climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2025/01/gene...
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#Genealogy #Blogging Any #FamilyHistory bloggers here who would like to be added to my list of 105+ gen bloggers active on BlueSky? Time to update my post about bloggers, so pls let me know if you want to be listed! TY climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2025/01/gene...
Include me in that most. 🙋♀️
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Include me in that most. 🙋♀️
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is about the sensationalized #shooting #death of Manly Peacock (1877-1903), yellow #journalism, and the cultural blaming of #women. -- tinyurl.com/2t2xnha8
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
Sensationalized Shooting Death of Manly Peacock (1903)
Manly W. Peacock, son of Albert, was born on 6 March 1877. Two of his brothers were Jefferson D. Peacock , mentioned previously in this spac...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is about the sensationalized #shooting #death of Manly Peacock (1877-1903), yellow #journalism, and the cultural blaming of #women. -- tinyurl.com/2t2xnha8
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
Wonderful use of a ledger marker! All won't fit here, so full inscription in ALT txt.
Dolores Peacock Kingery
b. Jul 1, 1911 Cochran, GA
Parents: Ralph Harris & May Urquhart Peacock
Grad Brenau Col., 1932
m. Andrew Jackson Kingery of Summit, GA May 28, 1935
d. Nov 13, 1989 Macon, GA
#ledgermarker
Dolores Peacock Kingery
b. Jul 1, 1911 Cochran, GA
Parents: Ralph Harris & May Urquhart Peacock
Grad Brenau Col., 1932
m. Andrew Jackson Kingery of Summit, GA May 28, 1935
d. Nov 13, 1989 Macon, GA
#ledgermarker
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Wonderful use of a ledger marker! All won't fit here, so full inscription in ALT txt.
Dolores Peacock Kingery
b. Jul 1, 1911 Cochran, GA
Parents: Ralph Harris & May Urquhart Peacock
Grad Brenau Col., 1932
m. Andrew Jackson Kingery of Summit, GA May 28, 1935
d. Nov 13, 1989 Macon, GA
#ledgermarker
Dolores Peacock Kingery
b. Jul 1, 1911 Cochran, GA
Parents: Ralph Harris & May Urquhart Peacock
Grad Brenau Col., 1932
m. Andrew Jackson Kingery of Summit, GA May 28, 1935
d. Nov 13, 1989 Macon, GA
#ledgermarker
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As someone who gets lots of local history queries, can confirm there's been a big increase in people starting their history research with GenAI/LLM (which just spews out fake facts and hallucinated rubbish) who then wonder why they can't find anything at all to corroborate it.
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
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December 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As someone who gets lots of local history queries, can confirm there's been a big increase in people starting their history research with GenAI/LLM (which just spews out fake facts and hallucinated rubbish) who then wonder why they can't find anything at all to corroborate it.
Portrait of Victorian mourning for Jane P. Ard Wright (1877-1898). Her die-in-socket headstone was a prevalent style for the late 1800s. The bas-relief Lily of the Valley carving (also popular) symbolizes innocence, purity, & humility. To be memorialized as both dau. & wife suggests recent marriage.
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Portrait of Victorian mourning for Jane P. Ard Wright (1877-1898). Her die-in-socket headstone was a prevalent style for the late 1800s. The bas-relief Lily of the Valley carving (also popular) symbolizes innocence, purity, & humility. To be memorialized as both dau. & wife suggests recent marriage.
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St Michael, Ledbury.
John Hamilton, the beloved infant son of John Martin and Maria Henrietta, his wife.
Born April 23rd, 1850. Died March 18th, 1851.
Sculpture by John & Mary Thornycroft, featured at the Great Exhibition in 1851.
#adventangels #monumentsmonday
John Hamilton, the beloved infant son of John Martin and Maria Henrietta, his wife.
Born April 23rd, 1850. Died March 18th, 1851.
Sculpture by John & Mary Thornycroft, featured at the Great Exhibition in 1851.
#adventangels #monumentsmonday
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
St Michael, Ledbury.
John Hamilton, the beloved infant son of John Martin and Maria Henrietta, his wife.
Born April 23rd, 1850. Died March 18th, 1851.
Sculpture by John & Mary Thornycroft, featured at the Great Exhibition in 1851.
#adventangels #monumentsmonday
John Hamilton, the beloved infant son of John Martin and Maria Henrietta, his wife.
Born April 23rd, 1850. Died March 18th, 1851.
Sculpture by John & Mary Thornycroft, featured at the Great Exhibition in 1851.
#adventangels #monumentsmonday
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is abt a young college student who accidentally stabbed herself with a fork. She died as a result. tinyurl.com/494ncknz
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
Injury Done with Fork Ends the Life of Cherry A. White (1909)
Decades before penicillin was widely available to the public, Cherry White had an accident with a fork. It cost her her life. Newspapers all...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is abt a young college student who accidentally stabbed herself with a fork. She died as a result. tinyurl.com/494ncknz
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
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There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
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#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
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#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
Frances Perkins | Episode 8, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces