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Patricia Fanning
Mar 221 min read
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....
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Patricia Fanning
Mar 152 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Mar 71 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Mar 12 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Feb 232 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Feb 162 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Feb 91 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Feb 24 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Jan 262 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Jan 192 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Jan 121 min read
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...
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Patricia Fanning
Jan 52 min read
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....
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Patricia Fanning
Dec 29, 20231 min read
Elijah & Olive Dean Bullard
Elijah Bullard (1786-1858) Olive B. Dean Bullard (1784-1843) Rene Dean Bullard (1815-1836) William Bullard (1817-1821) Elizabeth Bullard...
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Patricia Fanning
Dec 22, 20233 min read
Traces of Scotland in Old Parish Cemetery
We are, of course, a nation of immigrants. Even as far back as the 18th century, there was diversity in South Dedham as people from many...
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Patricia Fanning
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Crooker, Wait, Davis Multi-Families & Generations
Clarabel Crooker (1852-1938) James T. Crooker (1824-1897) Martha Jane Davis Crooker (1827-1919) Evanette Crooker (1865-1866) Sally Davis...
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Patricia Fanning
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Moses E. Webb, South Dedham/Norwood Businessman
Moses E. Webb (1816-1882) Edward G. Webb (1834-1835) Harriet A. Webb (1836-1856) Edward G. Webb and Harriet A. Webb were the children of...
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Patricia Fanning
Dec 1, 20232 min read
"The Chickering Place", Chickering Rd. & Walpole Sts.
Dean Chickering (1788-1852) Sally Guild Chickering (1791-1823) Mary D. Dean Chickering (1797-1897) Dean Chickering was born on March 20,...
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Patricia Fanning
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Charles and Abigail Morse, A Tradesman and Family
Charles Edwin Morse (1815-1859) Abigail Colburn Morse (1816-1854) Harriet Wales Fletcher Morse (1827-1907) Charles Edwin Morse was born...
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Patricia Fanning
Nov 17, 20231 min read
Uncovering the Past: The History and Legacy of Willard & Azubah Fairbanks Family
Willard Fairbanks (1795-1848) Azubah Fuller Fairbanks (1796-1873) Francis E. Fairbanks (1821-1845) Willard Fairbanks (1795-1848) Azubah...
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Patricia Fanning
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Willard F. Rhoads, Union Army KIA, Civil War
Willard F. Rhoads (1838-1863) Willard Rhoads was born May 10, 1838, to Deacon Lewis S. Rhoads and his wife, Harriet Fisher Rhoads...
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