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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
Wadsworth
Samuel
1815
May 23, 1891
Hiram Village
10
Son of Charles Lee/Ruth Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Freedom
1850
Jan 1, 1922
Hiram Village
6
Son of Henry/Catherine Wentworth Wadsworth. Freedom/Ida parents of Bertha E., Minnie, Katherine Wadsworth.
Wadsworth
Eli
Apr 3, 1871
1907
Hiram Village
15
Son of Llewelly/Annette Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Capt. Charles Lee
Hiram Village
8
Son of Peleg/Elizabeth Bartlett Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Eugene
1847
1910
Hiram Village
10
Son of Samuel/Jane Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Mary A.
1844
Hiram Village
21, 22
Wife of Seth Wadsworth (58yr 4mo 4da)-Dau of Henry/Mary Ann Wentworth Wadsworth-Mother of Emma J., Willis F., James
Wadsworth
Ruth
1887
Hiram Village
8
Wife of Charles Lee-Dau of John/Abigail Southwick Clemons (67yr 8mo)
Wadsworth
Jane
1892
Hiram Village
8
Wife of Charles Lee-Dau of Lt. Benj/Mary White Ingalls (65yr)
Wadsworth
Mabel
Mar 6, 1869
Dec 14, 1891
Hiram Village
15
Wife of Eli -Dau of Adoniram/___Judson Lovejoy
Wadsworth
Jennie A.
1845
Hiram Village
10
Wife of Eugene Wadsworth-Dau of Joseph/Sally Sargent Plummer
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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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