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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
Osgood
James Frank
1845
May 18, 1883
Hiram Village
41
Co. G. 1 Regt., Heavy Art.-Son of James Jr/Mary Ann Osgood-grandson of James/Betsy Osgood
Osgood
James
1914
Hiram Village
41
Corp. Co. G, 8th Reg., Me. Vol. (78yr 10mo 26da) (son Asa)
Osgood
Eva
Nov 6, 1858
Hiram Village
30
Dau of James/Mary Osgood (1da)
Osgood
Ella
May 2, 1917
Hiram Village
30
Dau of James/Mary Osgood (3da)
Osgood
Cora A.
June 23, 1854
Hiram Village
29
Dau of James/Mary Osgood (5mo 2da)
Osgood
Bettie Louise
Mar 26, 2856
Hiram Village
30
Only dau of Isaac/Sarah Osgood (9yr 4mo 5da)
Osgood
William E.
1861
1901
Hiram Village
30
Son of Isaac F./Sarah Pike Osgood
Osgood
Isaac F.
Apr 15, 1835
Jan 29, 1879
Hiram Village
30
Son of James F./Betsey McDonald Osgood-Co. F., 17 Me. Vol.
Osgood
Frederick
June 3, 1932
Hiram Village
30
Son of James/Mary Osgood (4mo 15da)
Osgood
James Jr.
Oct 9, 1827
May 10, 1952
Hiram Village
29
Veteran of Mexican and Late Civil Wars-b.in Fryeburg, ME, d. in Portland, ME
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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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