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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
Twitchell
Carrie L. (Cassandra L.)
1850
1903
Hiram Village
12
Wife of Joseph F. Twitchell-Dau of Bartlett/Sally Sargent Clemons
Van Keuren
Arlene
Pleasant Ridge
4
dau of Edgar F./Ethel W. Fadden
Van Keuren
Edna Mae
Pleasant Ridge
4
dau of James/Arlene Van Keuren-unmarked grave
Van Keuren
Infant
Nov 11, 1906
Pleasant Ridge
4
dau of James/Arlene Van Keuren-unmarked grave
Wadsworth
James
July 5, 1860
Mar 28, 1847
Hiram Village
22
Wadsworth
Willis F.
1909
Hiram Village
22
(44 yr 3mo)
Wadsworth
Edwin
Dec 4, 1957
Hiram Village
15
Child of Eli/Mabel Wadsworth-no information
Wadsworth
Karl
May 21, 1949
Hiram Village
15
Child of Eli/Mabel Wadsworth-no information
Wadsworth
Hon. Llewellyn A.
Nov 13, 1838
1928
Hiram Village
15
Son of Capt. Chas/Sarah Lewis Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Seth
Sep 7, 1900
Hiram Village
21, 22
Son of Capt. Seth/Jane Wadsworth-So 17, ME Vol. Reg. (61yr 9mo 5da)
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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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