I had two destinations in Malden - the cemetery where James and Jane Scales are buried and 12 Vernon St., the home of Mary (Hodgman) Mayo, Herbert Hodgman's sister.
I looked in vain on the local map for Forest Hills Cemetery in Malden. I found Wooddale Cemetery which was beautiful on the bright spring day. The office was closed so I toured around looking at tombstones. There was no Scales plot but I did find a Hodgman plot.
This is the tombstone of Fred D. Hodgman (George, George, Willard, Reuben, Benjamin, Thomas, Josiah, Thomas) and his wife Jennie M. Cragin. [1] It is in section 12 of Wooddale Cemetery.
I don't know who Dwight Flanders or Eleanor Phillips are.
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I looked in vain at other cemeteries in Malden for James and Jane Scales. I barely avoided being bottled up by the Memorial Day parade. I then decided to look for 12 Vernon St., the home of great-grandfather Herbert Hodgman's sister Mary (Hodgman) Mayo.
I found Vernon St. and this house, but there was no number visible. The house looks very similar to Alice Hodgman's photo from 1901, below.
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Home of the Mayos, 12 Vernon Street, Malden, Mass. Taken June 11, 1902.
Notice the functional shutters on the second story windows in the front - one set is closed; others are half closed.
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