Notable+Duxburians+for+375th

=The 10 notable Duxburians listed below are part of a large on-line resource called the= ="Duxbury File." Anyone interested in Duxbury history is welcome to search a wide range of topics from various sources.= = =

Edward Barnard "Barney"- service station owner
[|Remembering 'Barney,' January 2003.pdf]

Lansing Bennett- conservationist
[|Terrorist guilty in CIA attack Duxbury doctor was killed, November 1997.pdf] [|A salute to the spy who saved a New England town, November 1997.pdf] [|Remembering an old friend, March 2005.pdf] [|Article 22 Lansing Bennett, Town Meeting March 2005.pdf] [|Presentation of Article 22, Town Meeting March 2005.pdf] [|Woods renamed for Former Doctor, October 2005.pdf]

William Brewster- town elder
[|Elder William Brewster's Homestead and the Brewster lilacs, no date.pdf] [|Rooted in Tradition, no date.pdf] [|William Brewster, Biography Resource Center, 2002.pdf] [|Bradford's History of the Plymouth Plantation relates in full the story of the Pilgrims, 1985.pdf]

Rachel Carson- scientist
[|The Deadly Dust; The unhappy history of DDT, February 1971.pdf] [|Observations, Silent Spring, April 1977.pdf] [|Rachel Louise Carson, Contemporary Authors, November 2002.pdf] [|Silence of the birds and mosquitoes, September 2005.pdf] [|Earth mother Rachel Carson, September 2005.pdf]

John Cutler- publisher
[|The Story Behind 'Tips on Writing,' October 1981.pdf] [|John H. Cutler dead at 88, September 1998.pdf] [|Clipper editor remember, September 1998.pdf] [|Memorial service for John Henry Cutler, September 1998.pdf]

Mel Dyer - Policeman
[|Obituary; Melvin E. Dyer, September 2008.pdf]

Mary Livermore- social reformer
[|Notes on Mary A. Livermore Autobiography, no date.pdf] [|Mary Livermore; The Story of my Life, 1899.pdf]

Rev. Canon Robert Merry- minister
[|A near miss at a Harvard education, December 1985.pdf] [|Obituary; Rev. Canon Robert Merry, March 2001.pdf]

George Partridge- educator
[|George Partridge; teacher, soldier, statesman, April 1983.pdf]

John Pyne- WWII veteran
[|Obituary; John Pyne, June 2007.pdf]

Wayne Rapier- musician
[|Oboist still enjoys performing his music, April 1997.pdf] [|Plymouth orchestra triumphs in final spring fling, April 1997.pdf]

Cid Ricketts Sumner- author
[|Cid Ricketts Sumner, Wilson Biograpies, 2002.pdf]

Ruth Wakefield- inventor of the Toll House cookie [|Ruth Wakefield interviewed, August 1975.pdf] [|A Tribute to Ruth Wakefield, January 1977.pdf]

Dorothy Wentworth- historian
[|Historian speaks on Tinkertown, January 1970.pdf] [|In Memorian; Dorothy Wentworth, December 1998.pdf]

Weston family- shipping
[|In Memorium; Hon. George Bradford Weston and Deborah Brownell Weston, 1916.pdf] [|Ezra Weston of Duxbury, December 1979.pdf] [|Who is it, April 1999.pdf]

Gay Youse- artist
[|Obituary; Gay Youse, August 1994.pdf] [|Mounting a tribute to Gay Youse, February 1998.pdf] [|Art Complex Museum Tribute to Gay Youse, 1998.pdf]

==Duxburians come from all walks of life. Listed above is a sample of 10 people who have lived, worked or visited Duxbury in its long history. From founding families to service station owners, from police officer to historian, they have all made contributions to our town.==