No, it was not some crazy girls' getaway, though I'm sure it would have been fun. Instead, it was a several hours long research trip back in time. It all started quite innocently. A quick and simple census check to verify my hunch that two women buried next to each other in Rose Hill Cemetery; Macon, Bibb County, Georgia were in fact mother and daughter. Here is the census entry (the two women in question are Emma and Annie B. Phelts): 1900 U.S. Federal Census (June 8th) Macon, Bibb, Georgia ED #28, Sheet 12A House #1070, Dwelling 211, Family 250, lines 32-35 MOULTHROP, Sarah A. (hoh) b. Dec 1840 - wd - 1 child - GAx3 *owns home free and clear WOODWARD, Isabella V. (sister) b. May 1844 - wd - GAx3 - dress maker PHELTS, Emma (sister) b. June 1857 - wd - 1 child - GAx3 - dress maker PHELTS, Annie B. (niece) b. June 1880 - GAx3 I also found Emma and Annie in the same location in 1910. In the 1920 Macon, Bibb, GA federal census they were still living in the same house...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones