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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
Robinson
Humphrey M.
Nov 14, 1821
Aug 1, 1859
Hiram Village
40
son of Thomas/Betsy Robinson
Robinson
Roscoe G.
Jan 31, 1884
Hiram Village
40
son of Thomas/Betsy Robinson (21yr 7mo 4da)
Robinson
Hannah
Oct 15, 1852
Hiram Village
40
wife of Humphrey M. Robinson (25yr)
Robinson
Sarah
Apr 7, 1867
Hiram Village
40
wife of Humphrey M. Robinson (67yr 6mo)
Robinson
Betsy (Brewster)
Mar 10, 1854
Hiram Village
40
wife of Thomas G. Robinson (87yr 5mo)
Rounds
Mary E.
Oct 9, 1869
1883
Hiram Village
47
wife of Daniel Rounds-dau of J.P./Mary Ann Rounds
Rowe
Marshall
1869
1946
Hiram Village
24
Rowe
Emmie
1863
1913
Hiram Village
24
Rowe
Cyrus W.
1862
1865
Hiram Village
24
Sadler
Arlena H. S. (Bradford)
1870
1920
Hiram Village
52
dau of John/Genevieve W. Hubbard Weston-1st husb Arthur Sadler-2nd husb Alexander O. Bradford, who was buried in Dorchester, MA;she has a niece of Mary E. Hubbard Young
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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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