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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
Weeman
Julia A.
1831
June 8, 1960
Hiram Village
38
dau of Orin/Dolly Weeman
Weeman
Edward S.
1836
Oct 22, 1955
Hiram Village
38
son of Orin/Dolly Weeman
Weeman
Dolly (Fogg)
1904
1891
Hiram Village
38
wife of Orin Weeman
Weeman
baby
1934
Pleasant Ridge
8
no info
Weeman
Elmer E.
July 8, 1866
Nov 30, 1938
Pleasant Ridge
8 (2)
son of Fred/Eliza A. Flint Weeman
Weeman
Frederick L.
Apr 6, 1868
1883
Pleasant Ridge
8 (2)
son of Fred/Eliza A. Flint Weeman
Weeman
Octavia M. (Fessenden)
Oct 15, 1874
1979
Pleasant Ridge
8
wife of Elmer E. Weeman-dau of Stephen/Susan B. Hatch Fessenden
Weeman
Lula R. (Grannell)
July 3, 1885
Dec 25, 1934
Pleasant Ridge
8
wife of Frederick L. Weeman-dau of Albert/Sophronia Johnson Grannell-married 1st to Arthur Perkins, 2nd to F.L.Weeman
Welch
Cora E. (Clemons)
1870
1928
Hiram Village
7
Wife of Edwins K. Welch-Dau of Eli/Imogene Wadworth Clemons-Suicide by drowning
Wells
Frank
1854
Mar 26, 1979
Hiram Village
8
Son of Samuel/Almira Pierce Wells
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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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