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Dorchester Illustration 2584 Gulliver’s Creek

Posted on September 18, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2584 Gulliver’s Creek Gulliver’s Creek The Neponset River estuary served as an important water highway to Lower Mills until 1837, when the bridge on Granite Avenue was constructed. The bridge hindered the passage of larger vessels, and the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2583 Nathaniel Tucker and Mary Fenno Tucker

Posted on September 11, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2583 Nathaniel Tucker and Mary Fenno Tucker The following text is from the Dorchester Historical Society’s house history project. Born in Canton (later Stoughton) in 1805, Nathaniel Tucker was the eldest of James and Betsey (Withington) Tucker’s eight … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2582 Marshall Pinckney Wilder

Posted on September 4, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2582 Marshall Pinckney Wilder From Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Boston: Graves & Steinbarger, 1891) Marshall Pinckney Wilder was born On September 22, 1798, in Rindge, New Hampshire. His father was a merchant, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2581 Henry Philips Oakman

Posted on August 28, 2022 by earltaylor

Henry Philips Oakman, 1831-1917 Henry Philips Oakman (right) was one of many enterprising developers working to meet the growing demand for housing in the decades after Dorchester was annexed to Boston in 1870. Newspaper articles indicate that Henry’s name was … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2580 Beals Coleman Wright

Posted on August 21, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2580 Beals Coleman Wright Beals Coleman Wright (December 19, 1879 – August 23, 1961) was an American tennis player who was active at the end of the 1890s and early 1900s. He won the singles title at the 1905 U.S. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2579 William Henry Sayward

Posted on August 14, 2022 by earltaylor

William Henry Sayward, 1845-1934 Image of William H. Sayward from The Boston Globe, February 17, 1921 Image of 69 Monadnock Street from Google Street View 2011 William Henry Sayward and his wife, Caroline Augusta (nee Barnard), both descended from old … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2578 Gardner Asaph Churchill

Posted on August 7, 2022 by earltaylor

Gardner Asaph Churchill taken from The Churchill Family in America. (1904) Gardner Asaph Churchill was born May 26, 1839. On April 16, 1862, he married Helen Brastow Barrett, and he died on August 20, 1896. Mr. Churchill was educated in … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2577 James H. Means, 1823-1894

Posted on July 31, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2577 James H. Means, 1823-1894 John Codman served the Second Church from 1808 until his death in 1847. He was succeeded by James H. Means. Rev. James Howard Means, D.D., became the second minister of Second Church, a … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2576 Tapestry at First Baptist Church

Posted on July 24, 2022 by earltaylor

The Neponset Village Meeting House Tapestry from the 1830s is owned by the First Baptist Church in Dorchester. The current First Baptist Church in Dorchester on the corner of Ashmont and Adams Streets, was originally known as the Neponset Village … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2575 Native American Dwelling

Posted on July 17, 2022 by earltaylor

The book about the Dorchester Day celebration of 1907 included a photo captioned: Last Indian Camp on Savin Hill, on the site of the old fort. The photo was described as made by James H. Stark in 1884. When the … Continue reading →

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