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A South Dedham Saga....the Dark Day, Rene Dean & the Francestown Migration
Rene Dean (1786-1796) In a March 1935 Norwood Messenger article, local historian Win Everett recounted the migration of young residents...

Patricia Fanning
May 18, 20243 min read
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The Iconography of Hands
As with all iconography in a burial ground, when hands are engraved on a tombstone, they have a special meaning. There are a few examples...

Patricia Fanning
May 9, 20242 min read
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The Thompson Farm Family
Robert Thompson (1787-1854) Sally Rhoads Thompson (1791-1856) Alfred Thompson (1813-1832) Harriet R. Thompson Corbett (1816-1850) Harriet...

Patricia Fanning
May 3, 20241 min read
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Dean, Harrington, Winslow Families
Albert Dean (1839-1923) Josephine Harrington Dean (1843-1874) Eunice Winslow Dean (1856-1917) The son of Ebenezer and Mary (Farrington)...

Patricia Fanning
Apr 26, 20241 min read
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William, Lois, Joel Fairbanks of South Dedham
William Fairbanks (1752-1842) Lois Farrington Fairbanks (c1762-1851) Joel Fairbanks (1801-1822) William Fairbanks was born on July 22,...

Patricia Fanning
Apr 19, 20241 min read
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Richard Huntoon, A Man Unknown
Richard Huntoon (1792-1819) Richard Huntoon was born on May 23, 1792, in New Hampshire. He was the eldest of ten children born to Eli...

Patricia Fanning
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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Tuttle/Fisher Families at home in South Dedham
Louisa M. Fisher Tuttle (1825-1884) Julia L. Fisher (1827-1828) Louisa M. Fisher was born in November, 1825. Her parents were Herman F....

Patricia Fanning
Apr 5, 20242 min read
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John New, Stonecutter
We have gravestone expert Vincent Luti to thank for the biographical background of John New. Born on July 8, 1722 in Wrentham, New became...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 29, 20244 min read
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Jacob, Hannah, George Guild, Early Settlers of South Dedham
Jacob Guild (1782-1870) Hannah Gould Guild (1787-1872) George Henry Guild (1817-1856) Jacob Guild was born on January 28, 1782 in Dedham....

Patricia Fanning
Mar 22, 20241 min read
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Jabez & Sally Boyden & the case of "the pistol waving highwayman"
Jabez Boyden (1787-1875) Sally Fuller Boyden (1791-1857) Born in Walpole on September 5, 1787, Jabez Boyden was the son of Benjamin and...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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More South Norwood Morses
Lewis Morse (1785-1835) Abigail (Nabby) Fisher Morse (1787-1864) Albert Morse (1819-1820) Lewis Morse was born on January 16, 1785 in...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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George & Caroline Robertson Talbot "best citizens"
George Butler Talbot (1820-1898) Caroline Robertson Talbot (1832-1864) Elizabeth A. Dickey Talbot (1830-1907) Ella M. Talbot Ferrin...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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Rev. James Judson Tucker (1827-1864) of South Dedham's Baptist Church
James Judson Tucker was born on October 26, 1827 in Vermont, the son of Amos and Amanda Tucker. He married Mary Elizabeth Burns...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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Arabella Elizabeth Park (1853-1891), Early Norwood Educator
Harrison G. Park (1806-1876) was ordained as minister of the South Church of Dedham in 1829. In 1830, he married Julia Bird, daughter of...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 16, 20242 min read
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Tuberculosis Scourge, The Robertson Family
Betsey Atkinson Robertson (1798-1858) Edwin H. Robertson (1838-1865) Betsey Atkinson was born on December 11, 1798 in Buxton, Maine. She...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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Slaveholders in South Dedham Village
Rev. Thomas Balch (1711-1774) lot 144 Capt. Eliphalet Fales (c, 1717-1781) lot 128 Deacon Nathanael Sumner (1720-1802) lot 126 tomb...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 2, 20244 min read
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Fairbanks Family of South Dedham
Benjamin Fairbanks was born on July 6, 1695. He was the son of Benjamin Fairbanks and Mary Richards Fairbanks. On February 8, 1721 he...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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Balch Dean: a Family Lost
Balch Dean (1837-1899) Mary C. Dean (1860-1861) Balch S. Dean (1862-1862) Ella F. Dean (1867-1870) Balch Dean was born in South Dedham on...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 19, 20242 min read
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The Life of John, Miriam & Phebe Andrews
John Andrews (1804-1866) Miriam Lewis Dean Andrews (1804-1835) Harriet S. (Phebe) Kendall Andrews (1802-1863) Newell B. Andrews...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 12, 20241 min read
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A Child's Epitaph; Mary Abby Wing
Mary Abby Wing (1855-1855) Mary Abby Wing was born on January 10, 1855. Her parents were Josiah Dexter Wing and Clara D. Stuart Wing....

Patricia Fanning
Jan 5, 20242 min read
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