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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...

Patricia Fanning
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 16, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Feb 2, 20244 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Jan 19, 20242 min read
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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...

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

Patricia Fanning
Jan 5, 20242 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Dec 29, 20231 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Dec 22, 20233 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Dec 6, 20232 min read
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"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,...

Patricia Fanning
Dec 1, 20232 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 24, 20231 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 17, 20231 min read
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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...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 10, 20231 min read
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The Car Shops
The Railroad Car Shops In 1873, the machine and car shops of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad in Readville, Massachusetts were...

Patricia Fanning
Nov 3, 20233 min read
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The Talbots of Neponset St.
Enoch Talbot Jr. (1796-1862) Mary Cummings Talbot (1804-1882) John C. Talbot (1828-1861) Frances Billings Talbot (1837-1866) Enoch Talbot...

Patricia Fanning
Oct 27, 20232 min read
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An All Too Common Cause of Death
Irene B. Dean Smith (c. 1807-1829) There are few records of Irene B. Dean. Likely born in South Dedham in 1807 to Ebenezer Dean and the...

Patricia Fanning
Oct 20, 20231 min read
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