Plans for a Revolutionary War Veterans monument
Compiled by Paula Kowalewski Sullivan from various online sources including The Sun Chronicle, history books like Jordan Fiore's Wrentham...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
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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- Sep 11, 2022
- 6 min
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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- Sep 4, 2022
- 2 min
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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- Aug 31, 2022
- 5 min
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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- Jul 29, 2022
- 3 min
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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- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
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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- May 29, 2022
- 3 min
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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- Apr 16, 2022
- 1 min
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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- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
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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- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
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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- Mar 9, 2022
- 4 min
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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- Feb 26, 2022
- 4 min
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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