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George Lewis Stone (1862-1899) Born on March 9, 1862, George Lewis Stone was the son of Lewis G. Stone and his first wife, Mary Lewis Fairbanks Stone. His father was born in Maine, served in the Civil War and was discharged with a disability in 1862. Following his service, Lewis Stone worked at the Railroad Car Shops in South Dedham and the family lived with George’s grandmother, Priscilla Cushman Fairbanks, who ran a boardinghouse. Mary Fairbanks Stone died in 1881 and wa

Judith Dean Everett (1716-1758) Judith Dean was born on June 6, 1716. Her parents were Ebenezer Dean and Judith Lewis Dean. On August 12, 1735, Judith Dean married Eleazer Everett, the son of John and Mercy Everett. The couple had nine children: Mehitable, Judith, Eleazer, a second Mehitable, Lois, Nathaniel, Melitiah, Sarah, and Abel. Judith Dean Everett died on September 16, 1758 at the age of 42. Her husband, Eleazer, remarried

Lot 112 Alvin L. Ellis (1819-1876) Martha B. Dean Ellis (1822-1869) Alfred B. Ellis (1841-1870) Abbie Frances Ellis (1845-1872) Caroline Ellis (1847-1871) Anna Ellis Cowell (1849-1873) Hannah Ellis (1851-1851) Eva Maria Ellis (1852-1853) Adelia Marie Ellis (1854-1854) Alvin L. Ellis, Jr. (1855-1874) Mabel Ellis (1858-1858) Walter D. Ellis (1860-1860) Malone F. Ellis (1862-1862) Edwin Louis Cowell (1872-1872) Typical New England Poundkeeper of 1870s The Alvin Ellis family fa

Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is a bacterial illness that can develop in some people who have strep throat. It features a bright red rash that covers most of the body. Scarlet fever almost always includes a sore throat and a high fever. Scarlet fever remains most common in children 5 to 15 years of age. In the nineteenth century, before the inception of antibiotics, scarlet fever was a serious childhood illness, one that could easily become life-threatening. Even t

Lot 30 Frank E. Bailey (1853-1921) Lizzie Frances Trask Bailey (1858-1947) Edward Bailey (1883-1884) Frank E. Bailey was born on July 27, 1853. He was the son of Charles Bailey and Julia Ann Litchfield Bailey. Julia Ann Bailey died in 1871 of lockjaw and, in 1873, Frank’s father married Mary Elizabeth Burke Trask who brought two daughters into their marriage: Ella and Lizzie. On October 8, 1874, Frank E. Bailey married Lizzie Frances Trask, the daughter of his father’

Betsey Everett (1787-1812) Lot 168 Betsey Everett was born on September 20, 1787. She was the second child, and first daughter, of William Everett Jr., (lot 166) and his wife, Sarah Blackman Everett (lot 167). Betsey did not marry. She died on February 28, 1812. She was interred in Old Parish Cemetery, beside her mother. In keeping with her parents and brother, Joel (lot 165), her stone has an interesting epitaph. It reads: In memory of Miss BETSEY EVERETT who died in B

Jeremiah Kingsbury (1701-1786) lot 136 Rest White Kingsbury (1699-1789) lot 137 Jeremiah Kingsbury was born on March 24, 1701. He was the son of Nathaniel and Abigail Baker Kingsbury. He became a farmer and settled in the area designated as South Dedham. On September 22, 1727, Jeremiah Kingsbury married Rest White. She was the daughter of Henry and Mary Weeks White of Dorchester and was born in 1699. Jeremiah an

Joseph Page (1797-1882) Elizabeth Farrington Page (1801-1868) Joseph Page was born on December 3, 1797 in Walpole. His parents were Joseph and Louise Page, also from Walpole. On October 22, 1826, Joseph Page married Elizabeth Farrington Page. She had been born on August 25, 1801 to Ebenezer and Elizabeth Farrington. The Pages ran a successful farm with a home built at today’s 397 Washington Street. The couple had one child: John B. Page who was born in 1827. He too be

On December 6, 1917, a Norwegian vessel and a French munitions ship collided in the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The explosion, one of the largest accidental explosions in history, destroyed much of the city of Halifax. Boston, Massachusetts authorities learned of the disaster by telegraph, and quickly organized and dispatched a relief train to assist survivors. A blizzard delayed the train, which arrived in the early morning of December 8 and immediately began distributin

Jesse Ellis (1790-1866) Julia Dean Ellis (1794-1876) Martha Emily Ellis Ellis (1843-1868) Lenore E. Ellis (1868-1868) Jesse Ellis was born on September 12, 1790. His father was Joel Ellis and his mother was Azubah Morse Ellis. He became a farmer and lived in the “Ellis Neighborhood” of South Dedham. His home still stands at 88 Washington Street. Jesse Ellis home as it appears in 2022 in the "Ellis Neighborhood" of South Dedham. On September 8, 1822, Jesse Ellis married

On November 22, 1871, led by George B. Talbot, men of South Dedham wrote, signed, and sent to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives a petition for a new town, “to be called Lyman, or such other name as may be deemed proper…” The town was, of course, eventually called Norwood. Bryant Tolles writes in his centennial history of the town that the warrant for the Dedham Town Meeting of January 22, 1872 contained the following article: “To see what action the town

Major Jesse Nelson lot 16, Highland lot 141 Flora Louisa Nelson (1870-1871) Albert Stephen Nelson (1872-1872) Jesse Edwin Nelson (1875-1881) Major (his given name) Jesse Nelson was born in 1841 in New Hampshire. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company D, of the 12 th New Hampshire Volunteers, a famous fighting regiment. He served from August 12, 1862 until June 21, 1865 and was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville among others. Nelson

William Coney (1745-1816) Rebekah Bullard Coney (c 1752-1831) William Coney: A Life of Service and Family Legacy William Coney was born on March 4, 1745 in Stoughton. He was the son of Nathaniel and Sarah Morse Coney. William was the brother of Sarah Coney, who became the wife of Aaron Guild. On January 12, 1771, William Coney married Rebekah Bullard, the daughter of John and Rebeckah White Bullard. Rebeckah Bullard Coney was born around 1752. On April 19, 1775, William