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Patricia Fanning
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Hannah Chickering Briggs Fletcher (1802-1876) & John Kingsbury Briggs (1794-1843)
The youngest child of Rev. Jabez Chickering and his wife Hannah Balch Chickering (See June 6, 2020, post), Hannah Chickering was born in...
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Patricia Fanning
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
The Tragic Homicide of Jarvis Gay 1803-1882
Dr. Jarvis Gay was a veterinary surgeon who lived on Market Street and was often called out at all hours of day and night. At 78, he was...
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Patricia Fanning
- Nov 7, 2020
- 3 min
The Phipps Bros.: Civil War to Town Hall Memorial in 156 years
Among those from South Dedham who volunteered to serve in the Civil War were three brothers: Charles, Benjamin, and Eugene Phipps. Their...
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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
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Maria Read Colburn (c. 1825-1861)John David Colburn (1857-1858)
Born in Vermont in 1819, educated at the University of Vermont and the Andover Theological Seminary, Rev. Moses McLellan Colburn was...
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Patricia Fanning
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
Lemuel Dean 1795-1880
“...one of the most picturesque characters who ever brightened the life of our village.”
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Patricia Fanning
- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
Oramal F. Cheney 1826-1862 & Family
Oramal and Mary, and their children Henry and Adeline Cheney are all interred at Old Parish Cemetery in lot 107
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Patricia Fanning
- Oct 3, 2020
- 2 min
Michael Gallagher 1813-1855
He left his mark in Old Parish Cemetery.
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Patricia Fanning
- Sep 26, 2020
- 1 min
Catherine Gay Sumner 1803-1899
Born on August 20, 1803, Catherine Gay Sumner was the oldest person in Norwood following the death of Mary Dean Chickering in 1897....
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Patricia Fanning
- Sep 19, 2020
- 1 min
Elijah Jones 1825-1861
"...Elijah Jones was ramming the powder into the cannon with a wooden ramrod borrowed from a nearby foundry, the cannon exploded, ..."
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Patricia Fanning
- Sep 12, 2020
- 1 min
Willard Dean 1844-1936
A farmer, musician, and great marksman with a rifle...
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Patricia Fanning
- Sep 5, 2020
- 1 min
Elenor Ellis Fuller 1758-1844 & Family
This is an Old Parish Preservation Volunteers success story.
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 29, 2020
- 2 min
Lewis G. Stone1835-1907
Born in Winthrop, Maine, 17 August 1835, Lewis G. Stone (1835-1907) worked on his grandfather’s farm as a boy. He came to the Boston area...
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