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HIRAM CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS by HUBERT W. CLEMONS, 1989 - 2011 - HIRAM VILLAGE CEMETERY and PLEASANT RIDGE CEMETERY. Recorded fully as typed in Clemons's notebook in the collection of Hiram Historical Society in Great Ossipee Museum. Heading PAGE # = the page in Clemons's notebook. (1) = footnote

Last Name
First Name
Born
Died
Cemetery Name
Page #
Notes
Little
Priscilla (Chipman)
July 10, 1924
May 7, 1973
Pleasant Ridge
16
wife of Tristram Little-dau of Leslie/Agnes Chipman-twin to Drucilla and sister to Sarah G.
Lombard
Howard C.
1876
Hiram Village
2
Lombard
Charles H.
1863
1883
Hiram Village
2
Lombard
Infant
1911
Hiram Village
18
Dau of Richard/Hattie Lombard
Lombard
George G.
1825
Mar 25, 1915
Hiram Village
1
His wife Sarah Chapman buried Bingham, ME
Lombard
Richard
May 20, 1858
1959
Hiram Village
18
Richard/Hattie Lombard parents of Ella M, Elsie M, Velma, Eva M, Emily M, Nettie G., Fred E., Pearl M, Leah M, Vida & Madeline H. Lombard
Lombard
Calvin
1799
1912
Hiram Village
1
Son of Calvin Sr./Mary Walker Lombard. Calvin/Eunice parents of James, Henry, George Lombard
Lombard
James
1834
1944
Hiram Village
2
Son of Calvin/Eunice Lombard. James/Nevelia parents of Howard C.(Lizzie Babb),Charles H.(Lizzie B. Sanborn),Loren,Octavia,Bertha Lombard.
Lombard
Eunice
1799
1900
Hiram Village
1
Wife of Calvin-Dau of George/Olive Gerry Chapman
Lombard
Lizzie B. (Sanborn)
1871
1959
Hiram Village
2
Wife of Charles H.-Dau of Horatio Sanborn
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Footnotes

Footnotes:

ST-7 John C. Gilpatrick and his wife, Abigail Bond lived for many years by the brook-side near the Samuel Ridlon homestead in Hiram. When advanced in life,he removed to Limerick, where he died. John & Abigail were parents of Daniel & Ammi Gilpatrick. Ammi Gilpatrick married Esther Gray; they were parents of 11 children, including Charles F. Gilpatrick to whom the following obituary was written in a Portland newspaper on Feb. 9, 1914. Believed to be the only case of complete ossification on record. South Hiram, Feb. 9- at the home of his sister, Mrs. Alpheus Gilpatrick; Charles F. Gilpatrick, known all over New England and many other states as 'the ossified man', passed out of life Feb. 7, aged 57 years". Mr. Gilpatrick is believed to have been buried on family property to avoid exhumation of his body for medical research.

 

ST-12 William Stanley, son of William, was born in Shapleigh, ME in 1778. He married Susanna Morrison, certificate granted Dec.12,1797, and followed his brother Joseph to Parsonsfield. He soon moved to Hiram, where he built a house and mill and cleared a farm. He died April 27, 1822, age 46yrs; his wife died July16, 1836 age 56yr. They were buried on his land at South Hiram, where their gravestones now stand. William and Susanna were parents of Esther who married Samuel Ridlon; Isaac who married Susan Gould; William who married Nancy Perkins; Jacob who married Betsey Thompson; Joseph who married Olive Peters; Deborah who married Daniel Gould; Olive who married George Gould; and Rev. John who married Salone Stacy. Information from Geideon T. Ridlon's SACO VALLEY SETTLEMENTS AND FAMILIES.

 

ST-22 NOTE: The following are listed in Preston Stanley's (local funeral director for many years) record books as having been buried in the Stanley Cemetery, South Hiram. They may be in unmarked graves.

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