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Patricia Fanning
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Abbie Ellis, Early Educator at the Everett School
Abbie Frances Ellis (1845-1872) Abbie Frances Ellis was born in 1845. She was the daughter of Alvin L. Ellis and his wife Martha Bassett...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 30
- 2 min
An 1855 Gale Damages Old Parish Cemetery & Everett Family Gravesite
Ebenezer Everett (1766-1842) Meletiah “Millie” Gay Everett (1770-1790) Sarah Morse Everett (1772-1828) Moses Everett (1790-1862) Nancy...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Hannah Ellis & Lewis Rhoads, South Dedham Farm Family
Hannah Ellis Rhoads (1784-1854) Lewis Rhoads (1784-1872) Hannah Ellis was born on December 19, 1784. She was the only daughter of Oliver...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 16
- 1 min
A Long Life in South Dedham - Milly Farrington
Milly Farrington (1773-1857) Milly Farrington was born on February 22, 1773 in Walpole. Her parents were Ebenezer Farrington and Mercy...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Dean Family on Dean St.
Ebenezer Dean, Jr. (1811-1871) Mary Gould Farrington Dean (1816-1888) Born in South Dedham on March 31, 1811, Ebenezer Dean, Jr. was...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 2
- 2 min
The "Long s"
The “long s” is an archaic form of the lowercase letter “s.” Resembling an “f” without the crossbar, the f-like s was a tall variant...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Charles & Mary Day Ellis, A "papermaker" and Family
Charles Ellis (1818-1896) Mary S. Day Ellis (1817-1886) Elba Josephine Ellis (1847-1853) Charles Ellis Bissell (1885-1886) Eldon Wilfred...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 19
- 4 min
Drapers' Unmarked Burial Site in Old Parish Cemetery
Simon Whitney Draper (1819-1875) Nancy Haley Draper (1823-1869) Walley H. Draper (1854-1854) Mary Eliza Draper (1855-1856) Benjamin...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 12
- 2 min
David & Susan Fisher Andrews; Pleasant St. Farm Family
David Andrews (1773-1858) Susan Fisher Andrews (1777-1841) Mary Andrews (c 1801-1804) Hannah Andrews (c 1805-1809) Mary R. Andrews...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 5
- 2 min
Betsey Anna Wiggin and her 3 Husbands
Betsey Anna Wiggin Bailey Fairbanks Smith (1864-1939) Betsey Anna Wiggin, known primarily as Anna, was born on August 10, 1864. Her...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 28
- 2 min
The Brooks Family, Old Parish to Highland Cemetery
Charles Archibald Brooks (1843-1899) Catherine Madora Webster Brooks (1847-1919) Elizabeth Amelia “Minnie” Brooks (1867-1876) Frank...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Burtons, Mother & Son in Old Parish Cemetery
Margaret Burton (c 1825-1869) Thomas Burton (c 1851-1864) The story of the Burton family is chiefly lost to history. It is known that...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Pond Family Tragic Loss
Fanny G. Dean Pond (1826-1855) Leila C. Pond (1857-1863) Fanny M. Pond (1860-1863) Fanny G. Dean was born on April 6, 1826. She was the...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 7
- 1 min
The Cummings Family in Prominent Old Parish Plot
George Spaulding Cummings (1830-1902) Sarah A. Emery Cummings (1829-1900) Arthur E. Cummings (c 1857-1861) George Spaulding Cummings was...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 31
- 1 min
Elegant Ellis Gravestones
William Ellis (1694-1778) Abigail Millett Ellis (1696-1763) William Ellis was born on June 17, 1694. He was the son of John Ellis and...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 24
- 2 min
Revolutionary Patriot & Farm Family
Asa Everett (1738-1827) Eleanor Fuller Everett (1754-1824) Joel Everett (1787-1856) Eleanor Everett (1788-1863) Irene Everett Ellis...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 18
- 3 min
A South Dedham Saga....the Dark Day, Rene Dean & the Francestown Migration
Rene Dean (1786-1796) In a March 1935 Norwood Messenger article, local historian Win Everett recounted the migration of young residents...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 10
- 2 min
The Iconography of Hands
As with all iconography in a burial ground, when hands are engraved on a tombstone, they have a special meaning. There are a few examples...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 3
- 1 min
The Thompson Farm Family
Robert Thompson (1787-1854) Sally Rhoads Thompson (1791-1856) Alfred Thompson (1813-1832) Harriet R. Thompson Corbett (1816-1850) Harriet...
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Patricia Fanning
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Dean, Harrington, Winslow Families
Albert Dean (1839-1923) Josephine Harrington Dean (1843-1874) Eunice Winslow Dean (1856-1917) The son of Ebenezer and Mary (Farrington)...
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