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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
Constable and Truant Officer, James Engles
James Engles (1827-1887) Susan Hutchins Engles (1826-1874) M. Estelle Engles (1853-1880) Carrie Engles (1861-1893) James Engles did not...
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Patricia Fanning
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
The Pilley Family of Vernon St.
Bennett Pilley (1829-1906) Mary A. Curtis Pilley (1834-1913) Walter C. Pilley (1870-1873) There are two stones standing in the Pilley lot...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 30, 2021
- 1 min
Joel Guild Serves His Country Once Again
Joel Guild (1763-1842) Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place primarily in western Massachusetts in 1787. Protesting the...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
Emigration to Norwood and Beyond
Marshall E. Brooks (1847-1927) Charles Foster (d. 1938) Marshall E. Brooks was born on October 4, 1847 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
US Route 1 Crosses Site of 19th Century Fisher Farm
Leonard Fisher (1785-1861) Abigail Smith Fisher (1786-1874) Mary W. E. Fisher (1815-1898) Leonard Fisher, Jr. (1822-1900) Leonard Fisher...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
Guilds, Howards, Gilloolys; A Branch of the Norwood Family Tree
Born in the house where she died and in which she had passed her entire life with the exception of seven years, Ellen M. Howard died on...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jul 2, 2021
- 2 min
Sumner Ellis, Civil War Veteran & Catherine Cuff Ellis
Sumner Ellis (1843-1897) Catherine Cuff Ellis (1844-1874) Sumner Ellis was born in South Dedham in 1843; his parents were Paul Ellis and...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
Dr. Philip Draper (1757-1817) South Dedham's First Physician
Dr. Philip Draper, son of Timothy and Hannah Draper, was born on March 2, 1757 in Dedham. He graduated from Harvard College in 1780 and...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
David Morse (1826-1859)
David Morse was born in 1826 in Walpole, the third child of David Morse (1787-1852) and Nancy Gay Morse (1787-1849). His father, David,...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Women Who “Sewed Straw”
According to local newspaperman and historian Win Everett, this house at 47-49 Cottage Street was originally the home of South Dedham’s...
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Patricia Fanning
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Charles Thompson,“A good comrade, a loyal friend, and a talented writer.”
Charles M. Thompson (1856-1909) The son of Universalist minister Rev. Edwin Thompson, Charles Marsh Thompson was born in East Walpole and...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
Julia Winship, Connects the Messer, & Keene Families
Julia A. Winship Messer Keene (1832-1889) George C. Messer (1832-1860) Andrew J. Keene (1829-1884) Julia A. Winship was born in 1832. Her...
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Patricia Fanning
- May 21, 2021
- 1 min
South Dedham/Norwood Teacher and Patriot
Jeremiah Kingsbury (1730-1788) Born on January 9, 1730 in Stoughton, Jeremiah Kingsbury was the son of Jeremiah Kingsbury (1700-1786) and...
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