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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
Martin
Mary A.
1851
Mar 30, 1912
Hiram Village
35
dau of Abial/Rebecc Peebles Reed
Martin
Eugene A.
1851
Oct 24, 1945
Hiram Village
35
son of John/Caroline Martin
Martin
Emma L.
Mar 9, 1856
1934
Hiram Village
37a
wife of Austin-dau of Chas./Hannah Young Hill
Martin
Louise M.
Aug 11, 1887
1911
Hiram Village
38
wife of Chas. H. Martin-dau of Louis/Alice Lamont
Mason
George S.
Nov 10, 1838
1981
Pleasant Ridge
18
Mason
Emeline
Mar 5, 1840
June 27, 1913
Pleasant Ridge
18
wife of George S. Mason-dau of Noah/Abigail Durgin McDonald
Mayhew
Harold H.
1910
1975
Pleasant Ridge
12
brother of Lillian Mayhew Smith
Mayhew
Helen F.
1914
Pleasant Ridge
12
wife of Harold H. Mayhew
McArthur
David C.
Mar 26, 1901
Hiram Village
18
Son of Angus/Mary McArthur (14yr 2mo 20da)
McArthur
Daniel
May 6, 1897
Hiram Village
18
Son of Angus/Mary McArthur (4yr 7mo)
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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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