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Patricia Fanning
- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min
The Scourge of Dysentery
Dysentery is an infectious disease characterized by nausea, abdominal pain, inflammation of the intestines, and extreme diarrhea...
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Patricia Fanning
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
The DAR in Old Parish Cemetery
“Real” Daughters of the American Revolution in Old Parish All those who are granted membership in the National Society of the Daughters...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
Children, Alone
Seeing the graves of children in an old cemetery like Old Parish Cemetery is a common occurrence. Children too often died young in the...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
Ringing the Bell; July 4, 1868
Samuel E. Pond (1809-1877) Lot 1 Samuel Howard (1826-1883) Lot 40 Samuel Pond (1809-1877) was a well-known and successful farmer. He...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
The Guild>Smith>Winslow Tannery Legacy Begins
Abner Guild (1757-1819) Sarah Dean Guild (1768-1839) Abner Guild was born on December 11, 1757 to Moses Guild (1725-1789) and his wife...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
Plant and Flower Symbols at Old Parish
Throughout the nineteenth century, plant and floral symbolism became a popular addition to gravestones, particularly during the Victorian...
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Patricia Fanning
- Apr 15, 2022
- 3 min
The Everett School and Its Teachers
Harriet Wales Fletcher Morse (1827-1907) lot 103 Nancy Maria Chamberlain Page (c 1839-1924) lot 42 Abby Frances Ellis (1844-1872) lot...
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Patricia Fanning
- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min
Norwood's First Birth
Anna Ellis Cowell (1849-1873) Edwin Louis Cowell (1872-1872) Edwin Louis Cowell was born on February 29, 1872, the first child born in...
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Patricia Fanning
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Patricia Fanning
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 11, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Patricia Fanning
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
Patriot's Day, 1775
As most Americans know, early on the morning of April 19, 1775, British soldiers and armed colonists exchanged fire in the Massachusetts...
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Patricia Fanning
- Oct 27, 2020
- 2 min
Your Final Resting Place May not be Your Final Resting Place: The Day, Smith, Winslow Relocations
This area of the Old Parish Cemetery may appear empty but it did not always look this way. Plots 49, 59, and 60 (front to back) belonged...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
Orient Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Norwood’s Orient Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons is the oldest fraternal organization in town. It was founded on February...
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