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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
Stanton
Matthew D.
1872
July 26, 1883
Hiram Village
1
Son of Ferdinand Stanton
Stanton
Fred
Aug 7, 1866
Dec 7, 1892
Hiram Village
23
Son of John/Elizabeth Stanton
Stanton
John N.
Feb 22, 1843
1945
Hiram Village
23
Son of Royal/Adeline Wood Stanton
Stanton
Wilbur
1857
1923
Hiram Village
26
Son of Royal/Martha Stanton
Stanton
Hermon
1893
Sep 12, 1849
Hiram Village
26
Son of Wilbur/Fannie Stanton
Stanton
Cora L. (Mabry)
Mar 12, 1865
June 15, 1895
Hiram Village
23
Wife of Fred Stanton-Dau of Madison/Dorcas True Mabry
Stanton
Emma J. (Dolly)
1861
1915
Hiram Village
26
Wife of Hermon Stanton
Stanton
Elizabeth W (Alexander)
Feb 9, 1841
Hiram Village
23
Wife of John N. Stanton-Dau of Jonas/Mary Alexander
Stanton
Susie M. (Cotton)
1873
1944
Hiram Village
1
Wife of Matthew D. Stanton
Stanton
Fannie B. (Hill)
1862
Aug 31, 1961
Hiram Village
26
Wife of Wilbur Stanton-dau of Scammon/Octavia Lord Hill
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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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