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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

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...

Harrison G. Park was born in 1896 and graduated from Brown University in 1824. Following his graduation, he studied theology and law. He...