Sunday, May 11, 2025

"Sophia's Seasons" -- A Family History Poem, Song and Podcast Created by Artificial Intelligence

 I've used FREE Artificial Intelligence tools to create biographies, poems, songs and podcasts about my ancestors lives, plus my genealogy research and family history in the recent past. Every ancestor lives a unique life with unique relationships and life stories.  Today, I want to share a poem, song and podcast about my third great-grandmother, Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882).

I requested ChatGPT4, Grok, Gemini, and Claude (all FREE AI LLM tools) to create a poem and song lyrics, and a podcast, about Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone.
  
I uploaded to the AI tools a PDF of my genealogical sketch which has all of the information I have about the life of Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone - see 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 32: #39 Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882).


(image created by X Grok 3)

1)  The prompt I used was: "Please write a poem and song lyrics to celebrate the life of  Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882) using the attached document."

2)  I chose the poem created by X Grok 3 today:

SOPHIA'S SEASONS 

In Holden’s fields, where spring bloomed free,
Sophia Buck was born, 1797, to be
A daughter of Isaac and Martha’s care,
With dreams as wide as the Worcester air. 

At nineteen, her heart found Lambert’s call,
In Sterling’s vows, they stood proud and tall.
Three children came—Augustus, Aurelius, dear,
And Sophia, born through a widow’s tear.
Lambert’s breath faded in ‘34’s May,
Yet Sophia pressed on through grief’s heavy sway. 

To Thomas Newton, her hand she gave,
In Vermont’s hills, a son they’d save—
Thomas Jefferson, born ‘neath Cambridge skies,
But Newton’s fate lies where no record lies.
Back to Massachusetts, her roots held fast,
A seamstress now, with threads of the past. 
In Northborough’s lanes, she stitched and mended,
Her daughter near, their hearts defended. 
At sixty-five, love called once more,
Jonathan Stone, a stonecutter’s lore.
Six years they shared, till death carved his name,
Yet Sophia endured, unbowed by the flame. 

In Leominster’s glow, with daughter and kin,
She wove her tale as the years wore thin.
Through wars and mills, through presidents’ reigns,
She bore the weight of joy and pains. 
Heart disease claimed her at eighty-four,
On Westborough’s soil, she’d journey no more. 
Sophia, a thread through the 19th’s weave,
Resilient, adaptive, her legacy cleaves. 
From Brigham to Newton, to Stone’s embrace,
Her children’s line runs, a living trace.
In descendants blood, her story’s told,
A woman of courage, steadfast and bold.
3) Here are the AI song lyrics created by Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet (used as custom lyrics on Suno.com), using an Americana storytelling style in an upbeat tempo - the link to the song is here: "Sophia's Seasons."

SOPHIA'S SEASONS 

Verse 1
Born in Holden, spring of '97 
Daughter of Isaac and Martha's love 
New England soil beneath her feet 
A century closing, another to greet 
Young Sophia Buck with dreams untold 
A life of stories waiting to unfold

Verse 2
Lambert Brigham took her hand 
In eighteen seventeen, their life began 
Two sons and Sophia, as years rolled by 
Then came the day she had to say goodbye 
A widow young with children three 
Facing the world with dignity

Chorus
Through the seasons, through the years 
Through the laughter, through the tears 
Three names she carried before Stone 
Building a life to call her own 
Sophia weathered every storm 
Keeping her heart and her spirit warm

Verse 3
Thomas Newton next came along 
Vermont's green mountains heard their song 
Another son to raise with care 
Before returning to the land she'd shared 
Needle and thread would earn her bread 
A seamstress strong with children fed

Chorus
Through the seasons, through the years 
Through the laughter, through the tears 
Three names she carried before Stone 
Building a life to call her own 
Sophia weathered every storm 
Keeping her heart and her spirit warm

Verse 4
At sixty-five when most would rest 
With Jonathan Stone she made her nest 
A stonecutter's wife in twilight years 
Sharing new joys and aging fears 
Her daughter Sophia by her side 
As time's long river continued to glide

Bridge
From candlelight to kerosene 
From horse-drawn days to machines 
She watched the world transform and turn 
Through civil war and lessons learned 
Eighty-four winters, eighty-four springs 
Her life a tapestry of ordinary things 
That together made something beautiful and rare 
A woman's journey beyond compare

Chorus
Through the seasons, through the years 
Through the laughter, through the tears 
Three names she carried before Stone 
Building a life to call her own 
Sophia weathered every storm 
Keeping her heart and her spirit warm

Outro
They laid her down in winter's grasp 
Her story complete at last 
But through her blood, in veins that flow 
Sophia's strength continues to grow 
Buck, Brigham, Newton, Stone 
A legacy that lives on Through the seasons... through the years...
4)  Here is the Audio Overview "podcast" file for Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone from Google NotebookLM (based on the referenced genealogical sketch):


5)  The AI tools do this so much better than I could, and weaves the poem and song along a story theme that is true and heartfelt. Each tool provides a different poem and song from the same prompt --I love fishing in all of the AI streams!! Frankly, doing the poems and song are the most genealogy fun I have every week!

6)  These stories, told in verse and song, are part of my genealogy and family research.  My hope is that they will be passed down to my grandchildren and their descendants to highlight the importance of sharing stories, memories, admiration, and love of our ancestors. I will add them to my Google Drive and to my YouTube channel and my FOREVER account.

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Links to my blog posts about using Artificial Intelligence are on my Randy's AI and Genealogy page.  Links to AI information and articles about Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy by other genealogists are on my AI and Genealogy Compendium page.

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