The 3,000 square foot plot of land is located at the end of Pond Farm Road, near the border with Westwood.
[1][2][3] In 1863, Hannah B. Chickering established the Temporary Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners on land that once belonged to Eliphalet Pond in Dedham.
[1] There are 11 small, oval stones made of marble marking the graves of children, but records indicate that at least two more were buried there.
[1][3] When Massachusetts Route 128 was being constructed, Stivaletta convinced then-Transportation Secretary John Volpe to move the road rather than disturb the graves.
[1] Town Meeting voted to accept the cemetery in 1998 after being gifted the land from the Stivaletta family.