[6] As immigrant workers moved to Dedham to take jobs in the mills along Mother Brook, it became clear that another cemetery would be needed.

[8] The committee, composed of the selectmen and Eratus Worthington, Eliphalet Stone, Royal O. Storrs, Winslow Warren, Edwin Whiting, and Alfred Hewins, was charged with determining how large the cemetery should be, locating land for it, and all other matters.

[7] In March 1880, Town Meeting set aside a portion of the cemetery, just a block away from St. Mary's Church, for Catholics to be buried.

[19] At the base of the hill with the Civil War monument is an oblong piece of granite stating simply, "Hermit.

[3] After the Civil War, Eliphalet Stone donated a choice plot of land upon a hill and a monument to the sacrifice of Dedham's Union soldiers to the local Grand Army of the Republic chapter.

[11][19][21][22] On the hill, which was 200 feet (61 m) in circumference,[1] was a monument including four cannons used in the war that were presumably confiscated from Confederate troops.

"[1] Using funds from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Selectmen hired 50 men to work three days a week during the summer months beginning in 1934.