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 | Irving W. | 1890 | July 14, 1874 | Pleasant Ridge | 12 | son of Albert/Etta Warren Rankin-Irving W/ Eva Rankin parents of Grace, Royce, Albert Bertha. Grace married Merle Brown; Bertha married a Garlnad of Barlett, NH (she died 1989) |
Rankin | Earl L. | Aug 11, 1891 | Oct 21, 1945 | Pleasant Ridge | 7 | son of Cyrus/Fannie Starbird Rankin |
Rankin | Harry C. | 1881 | Pleasant Ridge | 7 | son of Cyrus/Fannie Starbird Rankin-Harry C./Hannah Robbins Rankin paretns of Fannie, Olive, Clayton and Eldora Rankin. | |
Rankin | Perley G. | Jan 25, 1862 | Mar 7, 1981 | Pleasant Ridge | 6 | son of Perley/Margaret A. Richardson Rankin-Perley G./Eliza J. Spencer Rankin parents of Eva, Gladys F., Arthur E. and Helen E. Rankin |
Rankin | Helen (Brown) | 1914 | Pleasant Ridge | 12 | wife of Albert P. Rankin | |
Rankin | Laura E. (Fadden) | Nov 13, 1902 | 1885 | Pleasant Ridge | 6 | wife of Arthur E. Rankin-dau of Edgar/Elizabeth Fadden |
Rankin | Eva | 1892 | 1904 | Pleasant Ridge | 12 | wife of Ervin W. Rankin-dau of Perley/Eliza J. Spencer Rankin |
Rankin | Hannah R. | 1890 | 1962 | Pleasant Ridge | 7 | wife of Harry C. Rankin-dau of Frank A./Olive Bradeen Robbins |
Rankin | Eliza J. (Spencer) | Jan 28, 1862 | Pleasant Ridge | 6 | wife of Perley G. Rankin | |
Rankin | Kathleen (Dearborn) | 1926 | Aug 29, 1983 | Pleasant Ridge | 12 | wife of Royce N. Rankin-dau of Carroll/Christie Kimball Dearborn |
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.