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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jul 19, 20244 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jul 12, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jul 5, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jun 28, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jun 21, 20241 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jun 14, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
May 31, 20241 min read
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Revolutionary Patriot & Farm Family
Asa Everett (1738-1827) Eleanor Fuller Everett (1754-1824) Joel Everett (1787-1856) Eleanor Everett (1788-1863) Irene Everett Ellis...

Patricia Fanning
May 24, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
May 18, 20243 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
May 10, 20242 min read
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The Thompson Farm Family
Robert Thompson (1787-1854) Sally Rhoads Thompson (1791-1856) Alfred Thompson (1813-1832) Harriet R. Thompson Corbett (1816-1850) Harriet...

Patricia Fanning
May 3, 20241 min read
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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)...

Patricia Fanning
Apr 26, 20241 min read
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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,...

Patricia Fanning
Apr 19, 20241 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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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....

Patricia Fanning
Apr 5, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 29, 20244 min read
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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....

Patricia Fanning
Mar 22, 20241 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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