Powers/Whitmire

A last minute trip to find french macrons in Stockbridge, Mass. on a cold day in mid March, 2026 also included a trek through a couple of cemeteries. Thanks to findagrave.com, I had already located the burial site of my two times great grandmother, Katherine Whitmire (my grandmother's grandmother) and her son, Robert Whitmire, my great uncle. Through my research, I also, possibly, found other relatives named Powers but I couldn't confirm if they were related to the Whitmires. Comparing the photo of the headstone on findagrave.com and the true landscape of the cemetery, my friend and I were able to locate the Whitmire headstone. What a treasure that stone slab, with my family name etched on it, turned out to be. It was in fact a double headstone and whose names were etched on the other side? Anna and Robert Powers, which confirmed the identity of my four times great grandparents. How odd and quite joyful it was to stand above four of my ancestors in one spot. I hope to visit in the warmer weather.

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P.S. We also had to visit the lions and the lambs.

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