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Eliphalet Fisher1797-1875
He was a ‘gentleman’ farmer living on the family’s Tiot farm...

Patricia Fanning
Jul 17, 20201 min read


The “Children’s Epidemic” of 1775
Small pox, a contagious and painful disease with a very high mortality rate, was a constant threat in colonial Massachusetts. In late...

Patricia Fanning
Jul 10, 20201 min read


Rev. Edwin Thompson 1809-1888
Edwin Thompson was born in 1809 in Lynn, Massachusetts where he was educated at a Quaker School. As a teenager he took up the...

Patricia Fanning
Jul 3, 20201 min read


Rev. Harrison Greenough Park (1806-1876) and Family
Harrison G. Park was born in 1896 and graduated from Brown University in 1824. Following his graduation, he studied theology and law. He...

Patricia Fanning
Jun 26, 20203 min read


Mary Dean Chickering 1797-1897
Mary Dean was born in the John Dean House on Dean Street in South Dedham on June 14, 1797. She was the daughter of John Dean (one of six...

Patricia Fanning
Jun 20, 20202 min read


Shout Talbot; minister, orator, horticulturist (Highland Cemetery Lot 139)
Josiah Warren “Shout” Talbot (1812-1897) Mary Bigelow Talbot (1820-1888) Josiah Warren “Shout” Talbot was a very interesting personality....

Patricia Fanning
Jun 12, 20202 min read


Hannah Balch Chickering 1755-1839
Hannah Balch was the youngest daughter of Rev. Thomas Balch, first pastor of the Second or South Parish of Dedham, and his wife, Mary...

Patricia Fanning
Jun 5, 20202 min read


Francis Tinker 1816-1896
Francis Tinker, apothecary and for 23 years the town clerk, passed away on June 6, 1896 at his home on Cottage Street. He was 80 years, 5...

Patricia Fanning
May 29, 20203 min read
