The First Deacon
John Everett (1676-1751) The story of John Everett is the story of the beginnings of Tiot, and Norwood and it is a reminder that the...
The Lesser Known Guild Brother
Moses Guild, Jr. (1756-1829) Abigail Everett Guild (1760-1822) Nathaniel Guild (1678-1774) and Mehitable Hartshorn Guild (1683-1771) had...
Civil War Vet, Railroad Conductor
Leonard Lowell (1836-1896) Frances Gay Lowell (1840-1922) Leonard Lowell was born on July 10, 1835 in Abbott, Maine. On September 24,...
Sumner the Tavernkeeper
Joseph Sumner (1797-1877) Betsey Sumner (1799-1879) Joseph Sumner was born on April 28, 1797. He was the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth...
Interwoven South Dedham Families
Eliphalet Rhoads (1755-1833) Mercy Holland Rhoads (1758-1836) This is a story of relationships in a small village. Eliphalet Rhoads...
Gravestone Symbolism In Old Parish Cemetery
Abigail Millett Ellis (1696-1763) Mary Everett (1760-1801) Early New England gravestones were rife with symbolism: the hour-glass, the...
Mylod Family and Street
William A. Mylod (c.1799-1859) Delina Morse Mylod (c.1804-1884) William Austin Mylod was born c. 1799 in Franklin, Massachusetts. By 1823...
The White Family Plot: Recovered & Restored
Moses White (c. 1699-1755) Benjamin White (1710-1767) Sarah White (1728-1786) Moses White, Jr. (1742-1766) At the crest of the hill in...
The Town Pound Keeper
Alvin L. Ellis (1819-1876) Martha B. Dean Ellis (1822-1869) Alvin L. Ellis was born in South Dedham in 1819. He was the son of Isaac...
A Fine Teacher and "Real" Daughter of the Revolution
Martha May Guild Kimball (1803-1898) The daughter of Jacob and Chloe May Guild, Martha May Guild was born on September 10, 1803 and...
The Morgans of Charlestown Interred in Old Parish Cemetery
Charles D. Morgan (1832-1870) Mary G. Hartshorn Morgan (1832-1860) Mary Frances Morgan (1857-1858) Mary G. Hartshorn was the daughter of...
Maj. Aaron Guild:"I Had 3 Wives"
Major Aaron Guild (1728-1818) Sarah Coney Guild (1733-1755) Anna Coney Guild (1728-1776) Sarah Blackman Guild (1734-1812) Aaron Guild,...
Elizabeth & Daniel Farrington; the Merchant Class
Elizabeth (Farrington) Farrington (1816-1907) Daniel Burnham Farrington (1814-1898) Elizabeth Guild Farrington was born on November 7,...
Ella Blackler's Life Journey
Ella Maria Trask Blackler (1867-1951) According to Norwood’s Annual Report of 1951, there were 181 burials in town during the year, only...
Veteran of War of 1812 in Old Parish Cemetery
Daniel Hartshorn (1787-1871) Polly Ellis Hartshorn (1787-1872) Daniel Hartshorn was born in Walpole on March 13, 1787. He married Polly...
Annie Smith's Final Trip Home
Anna C. Pratt Gould Smith (1858-1924) Anna Pratt was born in 1858 in South Dedham to Simon E. Pratt (1807-1886) and Charlotte Everett...
Constable and Truant Officer, James Engles
James Engles (1827-1887) Susan Hutchins Engles (1826-1874) M. Estelle Engles (1853-1880) Carrie Engles (1861-1893) James Engles did not...
The Pilley Family of Vernon St.
Bennett Pilley (1829-1906) Mary A. Curtis Pilley (1834-1913) Walter C. Pilley (1870-1873) There are two stones standing in the Pilley lot...
Joel Guild Serves His Country Once Again
Joel Guild (1763-1842) Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place primarily in western Massachusetts in 1787. Protesting the...
Emigration to Norwood and Beyond
Marshall E. Brooks (1847-1927) Charles Foster (d. 1938) Marshall E. Brooks was born on October 4, 1847 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He...