Community Corner
Second Week - Wednesday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"In 1896 the burial of James Griffin in Vine Lake Cemetery marked the first time a Catholic had ever been buried in the Medfield town cemetery. Griffin, a native of Ireland, came to Medfield at the age of 20 and worked in the Balch Bakery on Main Street, opposite Brook Street. He served in the Civil War and took an active part in the new St. Edward Church. His grave was consecrated by Father Donnelly of Sacred Heart Church in South Natick, as St. Edward did not have a resident pastor. Griffin was able to be buried in Vine Lake Cemetery due to the town meeting vote the year before “setting aside 40 cemetery lots adjoining Dale Street for the burial of those from St. Edward Parish.” Before that time, Medfield Catholics were buried in area Catholic cemeteries."
