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On November 22, 1871, led by George B. Talbot, men of South Dedham wrote, signed, and sent to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives a petition for a new town, “to be called Lyman, or such other name as may be deemed proper…” The town was, of course, eventually called Norwood.   Bryant Tolles writes in his centennial history of the town that the warrant for the Dedham Town Meeting of January 22, 1872 contained the following article: “To see what action the town

George Butler Talbot (1820-1898) Caroline Robertson Talbot (1832-1864) Elizabeth A. Dickey Talbot (1830-1907) Ella M. Talbot Ferrin...

Betsey Atkinson Robertson (1798-1858) Edwin H. Robertson (1838-1865) Betsey Atkinson was born on December 11, 1798 in Buxton, Maine. She...

Ella M. Talbot was born in South Dedham on July 16, 1855 to George and Caroline (Robertson) Talbot and grew up in the village. George...

Elizabeth A. (Dickey) Talbot (1830-1907) George B. Talbot (1820-1898) Elizabeth A. Dickey was the second wife of George Butler Talbot....