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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
Allen
Edward
Sep 11, 1852
Hiram Village
30
Son of Oliver/Mary Allen
Allen
Evans O.
May 15, 1860
Oct 24, 1944
Hiram Village
31
Son of Oliver/Mary Evans Allen-Evans )./Ceba M Cram Allen parents to Euleta 1893-1961 who married Leo Driscoll
Allen
Caroline E. (Bradley)
Apr 22, 1875
Hiram Village
31
Wife of Andrew J Allen (39yr 1mo)
Allen
Florence (Putnam)
Jan 27, 1855
Hiram Village
31
Wife of Edward L Allen-dau of John C./Louisa Knight Putnam
Allen
Ceba M. (Cram)
Feb 14, 1865
Hiram Village
31
Wife of Evans O. Allen-dau of Joseph/Adeline Chick Cram
Allen
Nancy (Pingree)
Sep 4, 1902
Hiram Village
30
Wife of Geo Allen - no dates marker
Allen
Dorcas (Blaisdell)
Apr 1, 1918
Hiram Village
30
Wife of Hosea Allen marker
Allen
Mary (Evans)
Hiram Village
30
Wife of Oliver Allen-dau of Oliver/Mary Locke Evans (81yr 10mo)
Allen
Delia
Sep 11, 1889
Hiram Village
30
dau of George/Irene Young Allen (10yr) marker
Anderson
baby
Pleasant Ridge
15
dau of Judith Gilpatrick Anderson-unmarked grave
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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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