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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
Treadwell
Alphonzo H.
Dec 26, 1877
Hiram Village
37a
(21yr)
Treadwell
Ethelinda H.
Dec 14, 1869
Hiram Village
37a
dau of Mark/Mary Treadwell (41ys)
Treadwell
Mark
Nov 30, 1869
Hiram Village
37a
son of Jonathan/Ruth Stuart Treadwell (61yr)
Treadwell
Thomas
Sept 26, 1905
Hiram Village
37a
son of Mark/Mary Treadwell (9mo 10da)
Treadwell
Mary
July 16, 1839
Hiram Village
37a
wife of Mark Treadwell-dau of Simeon, Sr/Hannah Bucknell
Tripp
Bobbie
Feb 7, 1898
Jan 26, 1892
Hiram Village
20
Son of Benj. F./Carrie Trip
Tripp
Robert
Oct 11, 1872
Mar 5, 1932
Hiram Village
20
Son of Robert H/Mary Ann Norton Tripp
True
Mary B.
Aug 2, 1883
Hiram Village
30
Dau of Joseph/Phebe True (59yr 1mo 24da)
True
Cynthia D.
1928
Hiram Village
30
Dau of Joseph/Phebe True (90yr 7mo 26da)
True
Roscoe G.
1832
Hiram Village
30
Son of Joseph/Phebe Alexander True
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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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