Patricia FanningNov 20, 20202 minHannah 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...
Patricia FanningNov 13, 20202 minThe Tragic Homicide of Jarvis Gay 1803-1882Dr. 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...
Patricia FanningNov 7, 20203 minThe Phipps Bros.: Civil War to Town Hall Memorial in 156 yearsAmong those from South Dedham who volunteered to serve in the Civil War were three brothers: Charles, Benjamin, and Eugene Phipps. Their...
Patricia FanningOct 27, 20202 minYour Final Resting Place May not be Your Final Resting Place: The Day, Smith, Winslow RelocationsThis 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...
Patricia FanningOct 22, 20201 minMaria 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...
Patricia FanningOct 17, 20202 minLemuel Dean 1795-1880“...one of the most picturesque characters who ever brightened the life of our village.”
Patricia FanningOct 10, 20202 minOramal F. Cheney 1826-1862 & FamilyOramal and Mary, and their children Henry and Adeline Cheney are all interred at Old Parish Cemetery in lot 107
Patricia FanningSep 26, 20201 minCatherine Gay Sumner 1803-1899Born on August 20, 1803, Catherine Gay Sumner was the oldest person in Norwood following the death of Mary Dean Chickering in 1897....
Patricia FanningSep 19, 20201 minElijah Jones 1825-1861"...Elijah Jones was ramming the powder into the cannon with a wooden ramrod borrowed from a nearby foundry, the cannon exploded, ..."
Patricia FanningSep 12, 20201 minWillard Dean 1844-1936A farmer, musician, and great marksman with a rifle...
Patricia FanningSep 5, 20201 minElenor Ellis Fuller 1758-1844 & FamilyThis is an Old Parish Preservation Volunteers success story.
Patricia FanningAug 29, 20202 minLewis G. Stone1835-1907Born 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...
Patricia FanningAug 22, 20202 minOrient Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted MasonsNorwood’s Orient Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons is the oldest fraternal organization in town. It was founded on February...
Patricia FanningAug 15, 20202 minNancy Maria Chamberlain Page c. 1839-1924 John B. Page c. 1812-1890Born in South Dedham, Nancy Maria Chamberlain was educated by J. Nelson Stevens in South Dedham and attended a private school in...
Patricia FanningAug 8, 20202 minNorwood's First FirefightersBy the time of the Revolutionary War, cities and towns across the colonies had begun to form and train fire companies to protect their...
Patricia FanningAug 1, 20202 minHarriet Wales Fletcher Morse1827-1907Harriet Wales was born on December 30, 1827 in Orford, N.H., the daughter of Samuel and Hannah Wales. She was educated at the Academy at...
Patricia FanningJul 25, 20202 minTerror at the Tavern,South Dedham 1865 Tragic Murder/SuicideTerror at the Tavern
Patricia FanningJul 18, 20201 minEliphalet Fisher1797-1875He was a ‘gentleman’ farmer living on the family’s Tiot farm...
Patricia FanningJul 11, 20201 minThe “Children’s Epidemic” of 1775Small pox, a contagious and painful disease with a very high mortality rate, was a constant threat in colonial Massachusetts. In late...
