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Benjamin Lewis Answered the Call 1775
Benjamin Lewis (1740-1789) Hannah Gould Lewis (1746-1814) Â Born on March 19, 1740, Benjamin Lewis was the son of William Lewis and...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 211 min read
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Alice Sutherland Kenney's Solitary Gravestone
Alice Mabel Sutherland Kenney (1850-1876) Â In the farthest corner of the Old Parish Cemetery, at the base of the hill, stands a lone...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 141 min read
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Three Ellis Brothers Named Richard
Richard Ellis (1764-1766)Â Â Â Â Â Â lot 234 Richard Ellis (1768-1773)Â Â Â Â Â Â lot 233 Richard Ellis (1777-1856)Â Â Â Â Â Â lot 39 Â William Ellis...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 72 min read
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Herman L. Congdon: A Grave in Two Cemeteries
Herman Leslie Congdon (1883-1884) Â Charles O. Congdon was born on June 20, 1847 in Nova Scotia. He immigrated to South Dedham and worked...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 311 min read
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Eliphalet & Sally Gay Rhodes Family
Eliphalet Rhodes, Jr. (1789-1841) Sarah (Sally) Gay Rhodes (1789-1870) Caroline E. Rhodes (1831-1880) Albert Henry Rhodes (1818-1818)...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 242 min read
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The Family of Horace and Hannah Fales
Horace Fales (1805-1856) Hannah Kendall Fales (1805-1852) Levi M. Fales (c.1845-1849) Joseph H. Fales (1836-1837) George H. Fales (c....

Patricia Fanning
Jan 172 min read
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Milley Everett Clapp and Her Relocated Stone
Milley Gay Everett Clapp (1803-1848) Â Milley Gay Everett was born on February 6, 1803 in Dedham. Her parents were Ebenezer Everett Jr....

Patricia Fanning
Jan 101 min read
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Dexter & Martha Dean; Early South Dedham Farmers
Dexter Dean (1800-1852) Martha W. Vincent Dean (1804-1881) Â Dexter Dean was born on August 13, 1800. He was the son of Samuel H. Dean...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 31 min read
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Early Nineteenth Century Deacons of the South Church
In 1824, the Church of Christ in Dedham Second Parish was allowed to change its name to the South Church of Dedham. In Old Parish...

Patricia Fanning
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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The Tuckers' Gravestone Relocation
Rev. Thomas Wait Tucker (1791-1871) Mary Orn Tucker (1794-1865) Â David Sylvester Fogg was born in New Hampshire in 1821. He was educated...

Patricia Fanning
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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Horton Family Forever in Norwood
William Horton (c1830-?) Harriet Brooks Horton (1831-1886) John W. Horton (1859-?) Emily K. Haynes Horton (1861-1941) Child of John W....

Patricia Fanning
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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The Fullers of Pleasant St.
Alvin Ellis Fuller (1870-1871) Allie Fuller (1874-1874) Â Alvin Fuller was born in December of 1827 to Ellis Fuller and Lucy Gay Fuller....

Patricia Fanning
Dec 6, 20241 min read
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The Work of Stone Carver James Wilder In Old Parish Cemetery
James Wilder, Stone carver Sarah Coney Guild (1733-1755) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lot 196 Priscilla Coney (1722-1768)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lot 191 Â We...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 29, 20243 min read
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Emma, Louisa, John Ellis' Elegant Gravesite
Emma M. Ellis (1850-1901) Â Â Born on August 3, 1850, Emma Ellis was the daughter of John Ellis (1820-1899) and his wife Louisa S. Pond...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 22, 20241 min read
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19th Century Deans in South Dedham/Norwood
Thomas Balch Dean (1810-1881) Catherine Fuller Dean (1810-1878) Emma L. Dean (1846-1868) Â Thomas Balch Dean was born on October 23,...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 15, 20241 min read
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Nathaniel, Experience, Lucy & Joseph: A Revolutionary Family
Nathaniel Lewis, Jr. (1731-1790) Experience Hartshorn Lewis (1735-1830) Lucy Lewis (1758-1761) Joseph Lewis (1773-1824) Â Born in Dedham...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 8, 20242 min read
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The Obelisks of Old Parish Cemetery
After the French and British occupations of Egypt and the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, the obelisk became one of the most popular...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 1, 20244 min read
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A Solitary Stone, Lucy Thorp
Lucy Farrington Thorp (1746-1807) Â Lucy Farrington was christened on June 15, 1746; her father was named Joseph Farrington. On May 3,...

Patricia Fanning
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Fales, David, Nancy, Ann Rebecca, a First Baptist Church Family
David Fales (1808-1889) Nancy L. Morse Fales (1812-1893) Ann Rebecca Fales Wilde (1850-1874) Â David Fales was born on June 22, 1808 to...

Patricia Fanning
Oct 19, 20241 min read
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George Talbot & a Prominent Gravestone Carver
George Talbot (1714-1772) George Talbot was born on October 23, 1714 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. On September 30, 1763, he married...

Patricia Fanning
Oct 11, 20242 min read
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