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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
Rankin
Cyrus K.
1846
1971
Hiram Village
40
Son of Perley/Margaret Rankin-Cyrus/Lydia Rankin parents of Harry C. & Earl L.
Rankin
Albert
1849
1881
Hiram Village
5
Son of Perley/Margaret Rankin. Albert/Etta Warren Rankin parents of Ida M, Lena A., Ethel B., Walter L., Irvin W., /Beatrice A., Annie Rankin
Rankin
Noah E.
1866
1907
Hiram Village
16
Son of Thos.W/Lizzie Rankin-Noah E/Emma Flint Rankin parents of Carl T, Eleanor E., Doris, Amy & Barbara Rankin
Rankin
Fred W.
Mar 25, 1913
Sep 15, 1850
Hiram Village
19
Son of Wm. C/Addie M. Rankin
Rankin
Infant twins
1918
1964
Hiram Village
19
Sons of Fred W. Rankin
Rankin
Etta
1857
1954
Hiram Village
5
Wife of Albert Rankin-Dau of Joseph Warren
Rankin
Mary
1843
Nov 9, 1882
Hiram Village
3
Wife of Ezra Rankin-Dau of Albert F./Ann Bean Howard
Rankin
Addie L. (Howard)
1849
May 5, 1959
Hiram Village
10
Wife of George H. Ranking-Dau of Albert F./Ann Bean Howard
Rankin
Lizzie W. (Stuart)
Oct 11, 1848
1918
Hiram Village
19
Wife of Madison Rankin-Dau of Asa/Elizabeth Anderson Stuart
Rankin
Emma (Flint)
1869
Apr 29, 1890
Hiram Village
16
Wife of Noah E. Rankin
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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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