Notable People of Wrentham

In Memory of Ordinary Lives

Originally written By Paula Kowalewski Sullivan in 2004. Another small town Veterans Day. Every year it seems more personal. Not...

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Notable Notables: Jeff Plympton Sr. and Jeff Plympton Jr.  Like Father, Like Son

Compiled by Paula Kowalewski Sullivan from interviews and various sources* Some of Wrentham’s Notables are quite historic but for this...

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Col. Rhodes Sheldon

Compiled by Paula Kowalewski Sullivan from various sources.* Born July 21, 1786, in Cumberland, Rhode Island, Col. Rhodes Sheldon came to...

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Brother Dominic (George) Mihm

A Peaceful, Loving, Friend & Companion to all in Wrentham and Beyond Brother Dominic (George) Mihm was born in Washington, D.C. on August...

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Reed C. Fulton

Born August 15th, 1921 in Wilmington, Delaware, Reed C. Fulton grew up alternately in Wrentham, Massachusetts and Rangeley, Maine. He was...

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The Interesting Life of Henry Cowell

Most Wrentham residents would assuredly agree that our most-famous resident was Helen Keller, whose fame was worldwide. Very few...

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Corporal Robert William Topham, Jr. & Corporal Eric Lee Hatch

According to the several Sun Chronicle articles, Robert W. Topham Jr., the only Wrentham resident to be killed in action in the Vietnam...

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Bennett Schroeder Bradbury

Nationally Known Seascape Artist Bennett Schroeder Bradbury was a nationally-known seascape artist whose seascape paintings of Southern...

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Helen Keller

Mark Twain once said that the two most interesting people of the 19th century were Napoleon and Helen Keller. Keller's fame has faded a...

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Cesar Chelor

Cesar Chelor was a slave who earned his freedom in 1753 by way of his talent as a craftsman of wood planes, possibly being the first free...

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Cyrus B. Comstock

Cyrus Ballou Comstock, was born on February 3rd, 1831, in Wrentham, Massachusetts and died May 29th, 1910, in New York City. Comstock was...

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David G Binney - King Philip Class of 1958

David Binney might have reached the height of his career, when in November of 1989, he was appointed, Assistant Director of the FBI. It...

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