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Patricia Fanning
- Mar 3, 2023
- 3 min
Fortifying Dorchester Heights; South Dedham Patriots Answer the Alarm
After the skirmish at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, and the Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breed’s Hill) in June, British...
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Patricia Fanning
- Feb 24, 2023
- 2 min
Harrison Rhodes: Wheelwright, Tanner, Hoseman
Harrison P. Rhodes (c. 1830-1907) When Harrison Rhodes died on February 19, 1907 of pneumonia at 75, he had been in failing health for a...
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Patricia Fanning
- Feb 17, 2023
- 1 min
First Death Recorded in Norwood
Joel Weatherbee (1798-1872) Elizabeth “Betsey” Graham Weatherbee (1796-1876) David Weatherbee (1832-1833) On March 9, 1872, Joel...
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Patricia Fanning
- Feb 10, 2023
- 1 min
Rebecca Lewis Richards, Early Colonist
Rebecca Lewis Richards (1734-1777) Rebecca Lewis was born on October 16, 1734. She was the third child of Nathaniel Lewis and Miriam...
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Patricia Fanning
- Feb 3, 2023
- 1 min
Norwood's First Historian
Francis Tinker (1816-1896) R. Elizabeth Hutchinson Tinker (1825-1915) Orra Gertrude Tinker (1872-1880) Francis O. Tinker, apothecary and...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jan 24, 2023
- 2 min
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Patricia Fanning
- Jan 20, 2023
- 2 min
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Patricia Fanning
- Jan 13, 2023
- 1 min
Ellis Farmers and Yeomen in Early South Dedham
William Ellis (1780-1852) Olive S. Fisher Ellis (1767-1837) Willard Ellis (1785-1866) Mary Morse Ellis (1788-1827) William Ellis and...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jan 6, 2023
- 1 min
Lewis & Roxa Guild Multi Generational South Dedham Roots
Lewis Guild (1786-1829) Roxa Morse Guild (1792-1879) Oliver Guild (1815-1836) Born on February 18, 1786, Lewis Guild was the son of...
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Patricia Fanning
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Cabinet Maker & Tanner of Early Norwood
John Dean Chickering (1836-1915) Amelia H. Cokley Chickering (1839-1862) Mary N. Currier Chickering (1844-1873) Walter Dean Chickering...
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Patricia Fanning
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
Johnson Gravesite Restored
George W. Johnson (1801-1874) Nancy Morse Lewis Johnson (1806-1886) H. Willie Baker (1872-1879) Lewis E. Warner, Jr. (1878-1878) George...
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Patricia Fanning
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
A Colonial American Family
John Morse (1753-1825) Mary Lewis Morse (1761-1832) Mary E. Morse (1787-1827) Jabez Morse (1797-1831) Hannah Bird Morse (1801-1827) Mary...
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Patricia Fanning
- Dec 9, 2022
- 1 min
Isaac & Nabby Ellis, 19th Century Paper Maker
Isaac Ellis (1790-1844) Abigail “Nabby” Fairbanks Ellis (1795-1836) Isaac Ellis was born on August 25, 1790. He was the son of Oliver...
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