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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
Brazier
James
Aug 8, 1869
Hiram Village
36
son of James Jr/Eliza Brazier (27yr 8mo)
Brazier
Jeremiah
Hiram Village
36
son of James Jr/Eliza Brazier-member of 9th Regt. Co. E. (33yr 9mo 16da)
Brazier
Abram
1897
Hiram Village
36, 37
son of R.K./S.A. Brazier (20yr)
Brazier
George
Feb 15, 1855
Hiram Village
37
son of R.K./S.A. Brazier (20yr)
Brazier
Robert
Aug 22, 1892
Hiram Village
36
unmarked grave (95yr 9mo 9da)
Brazier
Mary
Oct 26, 1841
Hiram Village
36 (2)
wife of James Brazier (86yr)
Brazier
Susan (Sloper)
Sep 17, 1969
Hiram Village
36
wife of R.K. Brazier-dau of Andrew/Jane Sloper (60yr 11mo 14da)
Brazier
Marion (see Gilpatrick)
Apr 9, 1861
Stanley Cemetery
18
Breslin
Ronald L. SR
June 9, 1909
Pleasant Ridge
14
son of Luis C./Ruth Wellman Breslin-husb of Bernice Clemons-ronald/Bernice Breslin parents of Lois C., Michael J., Delmar, Ronald L. JR
Brewster
Betsy (see Robinson)
Hiram Village
40
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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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