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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
Nellie J.
1867
1948
Hiram Village
54
wife of Garner H. Rankin-dau of Cyrus/Hannah Prince Scribner
Rankin
Octavia (Colby)
1830
Apr 13, 1882
Hiram Village
46
wife of Hon. Charles Rankin-dau of Joshua/Susan Hill Colby
Rankin
Joanna T.
Feb 19, 1863
Hiram Village
53
wife of James Rankin-dauof Thos./Mary Watson (73yr 3mo 18da)
Rankin
Lydia W.
Nov 29, 1863
Hiram Village
54
wife of Joseph Rankin-dau of Jonathan & Eliz. Wentworth (38yr 8mo)
Rankin
Mary (Margaret A. Richardson)
Sep 20, 1849
Hiram Village
53
wife of Perley Rankin-intent to marry filed 11/24/1840-no other info-grave unmarked
Rankin
Sarah M. (Bickford)
Aug 2, 1838
1868
Hiram Village
53
wife of Perry Rankin
Rankin
Arthur E.
Feb 24, 1900
Sep 2, 1892
Pleasant Ridge
6
Rankin
Albert P.
Mar 5, 1919
1920
Pleasant Ridge
12
Albert/Helen parents of Susan and Alan Rankin
Rankin
Royce N.
1920
Feb 14, 1890
Pleasant Ridge
12
Royce/Kathleen Rankin parents of Royce J. & Stephen J. Rankin
Rankin
Ralph C.
June 6, 1921
1980
Pleasant Ridge
19
S.Sgt., U.S. Army, WWII-son of Wm. C./Addie Sanborn 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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