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Patricia Fanning
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Crooker, Wait, Davis Multi-Families & Generations
Clarabel Crooker (1852-1938) James T. Crooker (1824-1897) Martha Jane Davis Crooker (1827-1919) Evanette Crooker (1865-1866) Sally Davis...
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Patricia Fanning
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Moses E. Webb, South Dedham/Norwood Businessman
Moses E. Webb (1816-1882) Edward G. Webb (1834-1835) Harriet A. Webb (1836-1856) Edward G. Webb and Harriet A. Webb were the children of...
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Patricia Fanning
Dec 1, 20232 min read
"The Chickering Place", Chickering Rd. & Walpole Sts.
Dean Chickering (1788-1852) Sally Guild Chickering (1791-1823) Mary D. Dean Chickering (1797-1897) Dean Chickering was born on March 20,...
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Patricia Fanning
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Charles and Abigail Morse, A Tradesman and Family
Charles Edwin Morse (1815-1859) Abigail Colburn Morse (1816-1854) Harriet Wales Fletcher Morse (1827-1907) Charles Edwin Morse was born...
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Patricia Fanning
Nov 17, 20231 min read
Uncovering the Past: The History and Legacy of Willard & Azubah Fairbanks Family
Willard Fairbanks (1795-1848) Azubah Fuller Fairbanks (1796-1873) Francis E. Fairbanks (1821-1845) Willard Fairbanks (1795-1848) Azubah...
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Patricia Fanning
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Willard F. Rhoads, Union Army KIA, Civil War
Willard F. Rhoads (1838-1863) Willard Rhoads was born May 10, 1838, to Deacon Lewis S. Rhoads and his wife, Harriet Fisher Rhoads...
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Patricia Fanning
Nov 3, 20233 min read
The Car Shops
The Railroad Car Shops In 1873, the machine and car shops of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad in Readville, Massachusetts were...
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Patricia Fanning
Oct 27, 20232 min read
The Talbots of Neponset St.
Enoch Talbot Jr. (1796-1862) Mary Cummings Talbot (1804-1882) John C. Talbot (1828-1861) Frances Billings Talbot (1837-1866) Enoch Talbot...
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Patricia Fanning
Oct 20, 20231 min read
An All Too Common Cause of Death
Irene B. Dean Smith (c. 1807-1829) There are few records of Irene B. Dean. Likely born in South Dedham in 1807 to Ebenezer Dean and the...
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Patricia Fanning
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Everett School Master, Chester Comey, Sarah & Children
Chester H. Comey (1832-1881) Sarah D. Rich Comey Pevear (1835-1907) Frank Holbrook Comey (1859-1859) Louisa Greenby Comey (1862-1867)...
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Patricia Fanning
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Curtis & Fanny Morse; Prosperous South Dedham/Norwood Family
Curtis Gay Morse (1805-1874) Fanny Boyden Morse (1812-1887) Eliza R. Morse (1835-1836) Benjamin B. Morse (1841-1842) Curtis Gay Morse was...
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Patricia Fanning
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Childhood Cut Short in the Guild Family
Nathaniel Hewins Guild (1821-1895) Adeline Sangus Clapp Guild (1827-1856) Mary A. Guild (1851-1851) Albert E. Guild (1849-1849) Nathaniel...
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Patricia Fanning
Sep 22, 20231 min read
A Long Life in the Colonies and in a New Nation
Abigail Lewis Bullard (1729-1826) Born on January 16, 1729, Abigail Lewis was the daughter of William Lewis and Bethiah Colburn Lewis of...
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Patricia Fanning
Sep 15, 20231 min read
Robert & Eveline Baker Family
Robert Hinsdale Baker (1801-1852) Eveline Blake Baker (1805-1863) Fred E. Baker (1856-1861) Willie E. Baker (1871-1871) Joseph H. Baker...
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Patricia Fanning
Sep 8, 20233 min read
The British Are Here
British Citizens Before the beginning of armed conflict between colonists in America and the forces of the British crown on April 19,...
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Patricia Fanning
Sep 1, 20231 min read
David & Susanna Weatherbee Family
David Weatherbee (c1763-1846) Susanna Weatherbee (1768-1861) Lucy Weatherbee (1778-1840) Three gravestones and their accompanying...
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Patricia Fanning
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Ezra & Sally Baker Morse; More Morses
Ezra Morse (1791-1873) Sally Baker Morse (1791-1880) Reuben Morse (1825-1828) Osborn Morse (1820-1847) Howard Morse (1831-1860) Cynthia...
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Patricia Fanning
Aug 18, 20232 min read
McElhinney, Hayes, Reynolds & the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Robert Noble Dixon McElhinney (1852-1918) Florence Hayes McElhinney (1857-1941) Robert Chester McElhinney (1893-1894) Edna McElhinney...
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Patricia Fanning
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Nancy Lewis, Life Long Resident
Nancy Lewis (1762-1853) Ann Lewis, known as Nancy, was born on May 30, 1762 in Dedham. Her parents were Jonathan Lewis and Abigail Clapp...
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Patricia Fanning
Aug 4, 20232 min read
An Apel Family Tree
John Apel (1857-1858) Henry C. Apel (1859-1860) Joseph P. Apel (1873-1875) Joseph C. Apel (1877-1879) John Adam Apel was born in Germany...
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