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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
Rankins
John
May 8, 1851
Hiram Village
46, 47 (1)
Son of Joseph/Jane Rankins (54yr 2mo 5da)
Rankins
Mehitable
Aug 30, 1802
June 19,1941
Hiram Village
47 (1), 49
b. in Buxton, d. in Hiram-dau of Joseph/Jane Perry Rankins
Rankins
Mary
June 19, 1867
Hiram Village
47
dau of John/Nancy Rankins (17yr 10mo 19da)
Rankins
Joseph
Jan 13, 1853
Hiram Village
46, 47 (1)
son of Joseph/Mehitable Dunnell Rankins. (77yr 3mo)
Rankins
Hancy (Hodgdon)
Apr 13, 1828
Hiram Village
46
wife of John Rankins. (73yr 6mo 4da)
Rankins
Jane (Perry)
Oct 7, 1863
Hiram Village
46, 47 (1)
wife of Joseph Rankins. (50yr)
Rankins
Betsy
Oct 4, 1883
Hiram Village
46
wife of Joseph Rankins. (63yr)
Ray
Thomas W.
Feb 6,1900
Nov 21,1930
Hiram Village
2
Ray
Ruth
Feb 26,1917
Oct24,1959
Hiram Village
2
Dau of Wm Chester/Bethesda Bosworth Ray
Ray
William Clarence
Nov 21,1866
1980
Hiram Village
2
Son of John/Hattie Batchelder Ray. William/Carrie parents of William C., Harriet E., Thomas Ray.
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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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