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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
Sarah A.
Sep 20, 1838
1904
Hiram Village
30
Wife of Isaac F. Osgood-dau of Wm. B/____Barker Pike
Osgood
Betsy
Mar 22, 1875
Hiram Village
41
wife of James Osgood-dau of Samuel M./Anna Whitten McDonald (63yr 4mo)
Osgood
Elsie M.
Oct 27, 1878
June 21, 1854
Pleasant Ridge
17
sister to George T. Osgood
Osgood
George T.
Jan 26, 1883
Dec 2, 1899
Pleasant Ridge
17
son of John B./Mary E. Watson Osgood-1st husb of Pauline Glines
Osgood
Joshua B.
Aug 16, 1880
Oct 23, 1971
Pleasant Ridge
9
son of Joshua/Isa Pingree Osgood
Osgood
Maude S.
Jan 16, 1890
Aug 27, 1902
Pleasant Ridge
9
wife of Joshua B. Osgood-dau of Thomas/Annie Palmer Sargent-married to Chas. H. Merrill, to Guy Hubbard and to Joshua B. Osgood
Otis
John Langdon (born to life immortal)
Aug 9, 1869
1902
Hiram Village
43
(26yr) 1st husband of Mary Emma Hubbard Otis Young
Otis
Andrew J.
1815
Hiram Village
43
son of Job/Polly Kimball Otis
Otis
Sarah H.
1818
Dec 29, 1967
Hiram Village
43
wife of Andrew J. Otis -dau of John/Mehitable Kimball
Page
Clyde C.
June 20, 1891
Sep 24, 1984
Hiram Village
10
Son of Howard/Daisy Edson Page. Clyde/Dorothy Page parents of Stanley, Florence, Arlene, Gordon Page
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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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