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...
US Route 1 Crosses Site of 19th Century Fisher Farm
Leonard Fisher (1785-1861) Abigail Smith Fisher (1786-1874) Mary W. E. Fisher (1815-1898) Leonard Fisher, Jr. (1822-1900) Leonard Fisher...
Guilds, Howards, Gilloolys; A Branch of the Norwood Family Tree
Born in the house where she died and in which she had passed her entire life with the exception of seven years, Ellen M. Howard died on...
Sumner Ellis, Civil War Veteran & Catherine Cuff Ellis
Sumner Ellis (1843-1897) Catherine Cuff Ellis (1844-1874) Sumner Ellis was born in South Dedham in 1843; his parents were Paul Ellis and...
Dr. Philip Draper (1757-1817) South Dedham's First Physician
Dr. Philip Draper, son of Timothy and Hannah Draper, was born on March 2, 1757 in Dedham. He graduated from Harvard College in 1780 and...
David Morse (1826-1859)
David Morse was born in 1826 in Walpole, the third child of David Morse (1787-1852) and Nancy Gay Morse (1787-1849). His father, David,...
The Women Who “Sewed Straw”
According to local newspaperman and historian Win Everett, this house at 47-49 Cottage Street was originally the home of South Dedham’s...
Charles Thompson,“A good comrade, a loyal friend, and a talented writer.”
Charles M. Thompson (1856-1909) The son of Universalist minister Rev. Edwin Thompson, Charles Marsh Thompson was born in East Walpole and...
Julia Winship, Connects the Messer, & Keene Families
Julia A. Winship Messer Keene (1832-1889) George C. Messer (1832-1860) Andrew J. Keene (1829-1884) Julia A. Winship was born in 1832. Her...
South Dedham/Norwood Teacher and Patriot
Jeremiah Kingsbury (1730-1788) Born on January 9, 1730 in Stoughton, Jeremiah Kingsbury was the son of Jeremiah Kingsbury (1700-1786) and...
South Dedham Family at Rest in Old Parish Cemetery
Born on September 28, 1852 in Boston, Clarabel Crooker was the daughter of James T. Crooker (1824-1897) and Martha Jane Davis Crooker...
The Deans of Dean St.
Ebenezer Dean (1772-1851) Born in South Dedham in 1772, Ebenezer Dean was the son of Jonathan Dean and Elizabeth Balch Dean. Elizabeth...