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 2...
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 Lawrence...
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 ho...
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 177...
Patricia FanningJul 4, 20201 minRev. Edwin Thompson 1809-1888Edwin Thompson was born in 1809 in Lynn, Massachusetts where he was educated at a Quaker School. As a teenager he took up the abolitionis...
Patricia FanningJun 27, 20203 minRev. Harrison Greenough Park (1806-1876)and FamilyHarrison G. Park was born in 1896 and graduated from Brown University in 1824. Following his graduation, he studied theology and law. He w...
Patricia FanningJun 20, 20202 minMary Dean Chickering 1797-1897Mary 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 FanningJun 13, 20201 minJosiah “Shout” Talbot 1785-1873Josiah Warren “Shout” Talbot was a very interesting personality. The master of the South Dedham school in 1836, he was the son of Josiah ...
Patricia FanningJun 6, 20202 minHannah Balch Chickering 1755-1839Hannah Balch was the youngest daughter of Rev. Thomas Balch, first pastor of the Second or South Parish of Dedham, and his wife, Mary Sum...
Patricia FanningMay 30, 20203 minFrancis Tinker 1816-1896Francis 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...