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William S. Gay (1813-1892) Betsey Harlow Gay (1815-1887) Henry W. Gay (1836-1837) William S. Gay was born in 1813 in Dorchester. On December 2, 1835, he married Betsey Harlow of Sharon. The couple had two sons. Henry W. Gay was born in 1836 and died a year later in 1837. Their second child, William Harlow Gay was born in June of 1840 in South Dedham. He lived to adulthood and served in the Civil War.   Gay was a cabinetmaker by trade but for many years worked for Ellis D. Dra

Herbert A. Corbett (1859-1903)   Herbert Andrew Corbett was born on November 24, 1859 in South Dedham. He was the son of David H. Corbett and Sarah P. McIntosh Corbett. David was born in Nova Scotia, Sarah in Stoughton.   In 1887, Herbert Corbett married Stella Augusta Gay who was born in Dedham on February 21, 1864. She was the daughter of Jarvis Gay Jr. and his wife Martha Kendall Gay. The couple had one child who died in infancy. That child was interred in the Gay family l

Jesse Morse (1788-1861) Clarissa Guild Morse (1792-1854)   Jesse Morse was born on August 14, 1788, one of ten children born to Seth Morse, Jr. (1753-1801) and Mary Dean Morse (1754-1842) (lot 175, 176). As a young man, Jesse’s father, Seth Morse, Jr. answered the militia call on April 19, 1775 on the day of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.   On August 12, 1815, Jesse Morse married Clarissa Guild who had been born on June 23, 1792. Clarissa was the daughter of Joel Guild

Benjamin Franklin Fairbanks (1806-1874) Priscilla D. Cushman Fairbanks (1808-1893)   Benjamin Franklin Fairbanks was born in March of 1806 in Dedham. He was the son of Abijah Fairbanks and Lavina Fairbanks (lot 25).   On October 21, 1827, Benjamin Fairbanks married Priscilla D. Cushman, who was born on November 23, 1808 in Kingston. Her parents were Daniel and Priscilla Bassett Cushman.   Between the years 1832 and 1848, Benjamin and Priscilla had eight children: Elizabeth, M

George Lewis Stone (1862-1899) Born on March 9, 1862, George Lewis Stone was the son of Lewis G. Stone and his first wife, Mary Lewis Fairbanks Stone. His father was born in Maine, served in the Civil War and was discharged with a disability in 1862.   Following his service, Lewis Stone worked at the Railroad Car Shops in South Dedham and the family lived with George’s grandmother, Priscilla Cushman Fairbanks, who ran a boardinghouse.  Mary Fairbanks Stone died in 1881 and wa

Judith Dean Everett (1716-1758)                                           Judith Dean was born on June 6, 1716. Her parents were Ebenezer Dean and Judith Lewis Dean.   On August 12, 1735, Judith Dean married Eleazer Everett, the son of John and Mercy Everett. The couple had nine children: Mehitable, Judith, Eleazer, a second Mehitable, Lois, Nathaniel, Melitiah, Sarah, and Abel.   Judith Dean Everett died on September 16, 1758 at the age of 42. Her husband, Eleazer, remarried

Lot 112   Alvin L. Ellis (1819-1876) Martha B. Dean Ellis (1822-1869) Alfred B. Ellis (1841-1870) Abbie Frances Ellis (1845-1872) Caroline Ellis (1847-1871) Anna Ellis Cowell (1849-1873) Hannah Ellis (1851-1851) Eva Maria Ellis (1852-1853) Adelia Marie Ellis (1854-1854) Alvin L. Ellis, Jr. (1855-1874) Mabel Ellis (1858-1858) Walter D. Ellis (1860-1860) Malone F. Ellis (1862-1862) Edwin Louis Cowell (1872-1872) Typical New England Poundkeeper of 1870s The Alvin Ellis family fa

Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is a bacterial illness that can develop in some people who have strep throat. It features a bright red rash that covers most of the body. Scarlet fever almost always includes a sore throat and a high fever. Scarlet fever remains most common in children 5 to 15 years of age. In the nineteenth century, before the inception of antibiotics, scarlet fever was a serious childhood illness, one that could easily become life-threatening. Even t

Lot 30   Frank E. Bailey (1853-1921) Lizzie Frances Trask Bailey (1858-1947) Edward Bailey (1883-1884)     Frank E. Bailey was born on July 27, 1853. He was the son of Charles Bailey and Julia Ann Litchfield Bailey. Julia Ann Bailey died in 1871 of lockjaw and, in 1873, Frank’s father married Mary Elizabeth Burke Trask who brought two daughters into their marriage: Ella and Lizzie.   On October 8, 1874, Frank E. Bailey married Lizzie Frances Trask, the daughter of his father’

Betsey Everett (1787-1812) Lot 168   Betsey Everett was born on September 20, 1787. She was the second child, and first daughter, of William Everett Jr., (lot 166) and his wife, Sarah Blackman Everett (lot 167). Betsey did not marry. She died on February 28, 1812. She was interred in Old Parish Cemetery, beside her mother. In keeping with her parents and brother, Joel (lot 165), her stone has an interesting epitaph. It reads:   In memory of Miss  BETSEY EVERETT  who died in B

Jeremiah Kingsbury (1701-1786)                                lot 136 Rest White Kingsbury (1699-1789)                             lot 137   Jeremiah Kingsbury was born on March 24, 1701. He was the son of Nathaniel and Abigail Baker Kingsbury. He became a farmer and settled in the area designated as South Dedham.   On September 22, 1727, Jeremiah Kingsbury married Rest White. She was the daughter of Henry and Mary Weeks White of Dorchester and was born in 1699.   Jeremiah an

Joseph Page (1797-1882) Elizabeth Farrington Page (1801-1868)   Joseph Page was born on December 3, 1797 in Walpole. His parents were Joseph and Louise Page, also from Walpole.   On October 22, 1826, Joseph Page married Elizabeth Farrington Page. She had been born on August 25, 1801 to Ebenezer and Elizabeth Farrington.   The Pages ran a successful farm with a home built at today’s 397 Washington Street.   The couple had one child: John B. Page who was born in 1827. He too be

On December 6, 1917, a Norwegian vessel and a French munitions ship collided in the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The explosion, one of the largest accidental explosions in history, destroyed much of the city of Halifax. Boston, Massachusetts authorities learned of the disaster by telegraph, and quickly organized and dispatched a relief train to assist survivors. A blizzard delayed the train, which arrived in the early morning of December 8 and immediately began distributin