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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
Sadler
Arthur W.
1878
Sep 25, 1948
Hiram Village
52
son of Wallace/Jennie Campbell Sadler
Sanborn
Fred H.
Dec 8,1891
Sep 7, 1949
Hiram Village
3
Son of Amos M./Dorcas Merrifield Sanborn
Sanborn
Leon M.
1971
Hiram Village
3
Son of Fred H./Elsie Sanborn (12y 2mo 23 da)
Sanborn
George E.
Aug 20, 1868
Hiram Village
23
Son of Horatio/Elizabeth Burnell Sanborn
Sanborn
Elsie (Witham)
May 27,1865
Mar 17, 1946
Hiram Village
3
Wife of Fred H. Sanborn-Dau of Jack/Sylvia Sanborn Witham
Sanborn
Florence M (Ward)
Nov 16, 1878
Dec 1,1020
Hiram Village
23
Wife of George E. Sanborn-Dau of Chas.A/Maria L Hartford Ward
Sanborn
Celia
May 24, 1869
1926
Hiram Village
16
Wife of Wilbur Sanborn-Dau of Everett/Sophia Stuart
Sanborn
Everett D.
Feb 2, 1937
Hiram Village
35
son of Daniel/D.B. Sanborn (14yr 3mo 20da)
Sanborn
William G.
1991
Hiram Village
35
son of Daniel/D.B. Sanborn (19yr 10mo 5da)
Sanborn
Darold F.
Jan 17,1943
Pleasant Ridge
17
(23da)
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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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