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Vine Lake Trust preserves Ware memorial

By the late 1840’s, the Ware family was residing in their home on South Street, which still stands today. The first person buried in their lot was Sarah Ellen Ware, who died at age 16 from typhoid fever in 1850. There are four other family members buried in there, the last one being her aunt...
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A Thankful Thanksgiving at Vine Lake

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What a better name to have on any Thanksgiving than Thankful? According to the records maintained by Vine Lake Preservation Trust, ten women named Thankful are buried in Vine Lake Cemetery’s Old Section. Thankful (Harding) Penniman died at age ninety on April 1, 1794, is buried in Grave 164. Other women are Thankful (Allen)...
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Vine Lake walking tour on Saturday

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Vine Lake Preservation Trust’s next walking tour will focus on the last 10,000 years of cemetery archeology. This tour happens on Saturday, October 7, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Admission is free. Discover how the cemetery topography was formed. Find out how the Native Americans used this land. Recognize why selected gravestones are becoming...
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Trust publishes Vine Lake Cemetery app

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The history of the local and wider Medfield community is in many ways buried in the past at Vine Lake Cemetery’s Old Section. Vine Lake Preservation Trust has recently launched a new mobile application and website enhancement, mapping each of these gravesites on satellite maps, and linking the memories and histories of the...
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