Bulk of Large Estate Was Bequeathed to Found an Industrial School for Girls at Norwood. Henry O. Peabody ca. 1890Image courtesy of Ms. Candice Perry, 3rd Great-Niece of Henry O. … Continue reading Will of Henry O. Peabody Contested-This Day In Norwood History-April 30, 1904
Free Mortuary Chapel Erected by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Day in a Norwood Cemetery To Be Consecrated Tomorrow-This Day In Norwood History-May 29, 1903
May 29, 1903—Tomorrow morning there will be formally consecrated in Highland Cemetery the mortuary chapel of St Gabriel the Archangel, erected to their parents by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Day.
Mary Dean Chickering Turns 100-This Day in Norwood History-June 18, 1897
Monday, June 14, 1807, the one-hundredth birthday of the oldest woman in the healthful and beautiful town of Norwood, was ushered in with clouds and threatening weather, followed by....