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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
White
Adelia J.
1849
Feb 8,1919
Hiram Village
53
White
Arthur J.
July 13,1897
1929
Hiram Village
5
Soldier-son of Mary F. Cram by previous marriage
White
Nelson
1856
1904
Hiram Village
53
Son of Fred/Emma Nolan White
Wilder
James Davis
1832
1912
Hiram Village
15
Son of James Wilder-Soldier - Buried in Arlington Nat. Cemetery-James D/Marie l Wilder parents of James D Jr, Eliza B. Wilder.
Wilder
Marie L.
1838
May 5, 1983
Hiram Village
15
Wife of James Davis Wilder-Dau of James/Eliza Goodrich Brazier
Willette
Helen
May 2, 1900
Jan 10,1913
Pleasant Ridge
12
dau of Percy/Isabelle Winthrop McClare
Willette
Edward
Oct 30, 1897
Aug 11, 1970
Pleasant Ridge
12
son of David/Julia Hayden Willette
Wilson
Charlie L.
Nov 4,1913
Hiram Village
5
Son of Charles E./F.Ella Wilson (26yr 2mo)
Wilson
Dr. Charles E.
Mar 20, 1924
Hiram Village
5
Son of Jonathan Wilson (60yr)
Wilson
F. Ella (Chadbourn)
Sep 17, 1852
Dec 29, 1911
Hiram Village
5
Wife of Dr. Charles Wilson
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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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