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Patricia Fanning
Aug 91 min read
Dean Family on Dean St.
Ebenezer Dean, Jr. (1811-1871) Mary Gould Farrington Dean (1816-1888) Born in South Dedham on March 31, 1811, Ebenezer Dean, Jr. was...
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Patricia Fanning
Aug 22 min read
The "Long s"
The “long s” is an archaic form of the lowercase letter “s.” Resembling an “f” without the crossbar, the f-like s was a tall variant...
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Patricia Fanning
Jul 262 min read
Charles & Mary Day Ellis, A "papermaker" and Family
Charles Ellis (1818-1896) Mary S. Day Ellis (1817-1886) Elba Josephine Ellis (1847-1853) Charles Ellis Bissell (1885-1886) Eldon Wilfred...
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Patricia Fanning
Jul 194 min read
Drapers' Unmarked Burial Site in Old Parish Cemetery
Simon Whitney Draper (1819-1875) Nancy Haley Draper (1823-1869) Walley H. Draper (1854-1854) Mary Eliza Draper (1855-1856) Benjamin...
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Patricia Fanning
Jul 122 min read
David & Susan Fisher Andrews; Pleasant St. Farm Family
David Andrews (1773-1858) Susan Fisher Andrews (1777-1841) Mary Andrews (c 1801-1804) Hannah Andrews (c 1805-1809) Mary R. Andrews...
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Patricia Fanning
Jul 52 min read
Betsey Anna Wiggin and her 3 Husbands
Betsey Anna Wiggin Bailey Fairbanks Smith (1864-1939) Betsey Anna Wiggin, known primarily as Anna, was born on August 10, 1864. Her...
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Patricia Fanning
Jun 282 min read
The Brooks Family, Old Parish to Highland Cemetery
Charles Archibald Brooks (1843-1899) Catherine Madora Webster Brooks (1847-1919) Elizabeth Amelia “Minnie” Brooks (1867-1876) Frank...
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Patricia Fanning
Jun 211 min read
Burtons, Mother & Son in Old Parish Cemetery
Margaret Burton (c 1825-1869) Thomas Burton (c 1851-1864) The story of the Burton family is chiefly lost to history. It is known that...
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Patricia Fanning
Jun 142 min read
Pond Family Tragic Loss
Fanny G. Dean Pond (1826-1855) Leila C. Pond (1857-1863) Fanny M. Pond (1860-1863) Fanny G. Dean was born on April 6, 1826. She was the...
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Patricia Fanning
Jun 71 min read
The Cummings Family in Prominent Old Parish Plot
George Spaulding Cummings (1830-1902) Sarah A. Emery Cummings (1829-1900) Arthur E. Cummings (c 1857-1861) George Spaulding Cummings was...
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Patricia Fanning
May 311 min read
Elegant Ellis Gravestones
William Ellis (1694-1778) Abigail Millett Ellis (1696-1763) William Ellis was born on June 17, 1694. He was the son of John Ellis and...
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Patricia Fanning
May 242 min read
Revolutionary Patriot & Farm Family
Asa Everett (1738-1827) Eleanor Fuller Everett (1754-1824) Joel Everett (1787-1856) Eleanor Everett (1788-1863) Irene Everett Ellis...
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Patricia Fanning
May 183 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
May 92 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
May 31 min read
The Thompson Farm Family
Robert Thompson (1787-1854) Sally Rhoads Thompson (1791-1856) Alfred Thompson (1813-1832) Harriet R. Thompson Corbett (1816-1850) Harriet...
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Patricia Fanning
Apr 261 min read
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)...
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Patricia Fanning
Apr 191 min read
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,...
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Patricia Fanning
Apr 121 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Apr 52 min read
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....
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Patricia Fanning
Mar 294 min read
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...
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