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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
Thorn
Thomas
Jan 9, 1923
Hiram Village
40
(82yr)
Thorne
Warren I.
July 29, 1829
1894
Hiram Village
7
Thorne
Susan B.
1858
Feb. 2, 1914
Hiram Village
49
(Thorn monument)
Thorne
John A.
1851
1885
Hiram Village
49
(info Thorn monument
Thorne
William H.
1825
Mar 8, 1904
Hiram Village
49
(info from Thorn monument
Thorne
Susan A. (Rankins)
1820
1864
Hiram Village
49
Dau of Joseph/Jane Rankins (some in from Thorn monument
Thorne
Frank M.
Mar 26, 1863
1859
Hiram Village
7
Son of Leona Johnson
Thorne
John G.
1892
1890
Hiram Village
49
Son of Thos./Margaret Guilford Thorne (info from Thorn monument)
Thorne
Catherine F. (McKenney)
March 12, 1883
Jan 19, 1942
Hiram Village
7
Wife of Warren I. Thorne-Dau of David/Elizabeth Guilford McKenney
Thurlow
Wrestina (McLucas)
1874
Hiram Village
11
3rd Wife of Orthnial Thurlow-Dau of Royal/Caroline McLucas. (75yr)
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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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