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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
Clemons (Clemens)
Amanda L. (Hutchins)
May 3, 1859
Oct 24, 1959
Hiram Village
20
Wife of Jesse Clemons-Dau of Daniel/Lorinda Hutchins
Clemons (Clemens)
Lena A. (Rankin)
July 22, 1883
1969
Hiram Village
6
Wife of John W. Clemons
Clemons (Clemens)
Elizabeth A. (Plummer)
1840
Hiram Village
10
Wife of Lafayette Clemons-Dau of Joseph/Sally Sargent Plummer
Clemons (Clemens)
Mary A. (Bucknell)
1848
1931
Hiram Village
21
Wife of Samuel L. Clemons-Dau of Chas. G./A. Maria Sheling Allen
Clemons (Clemens)
Hazel (Webb)
Dec 8, 1882
Hiram Village
7
Wife of Samuel W. Clemons
Clemons (Clemens)
Ina E. (Stacey)
June 14, 1888
Hiram Village
20
Wife of Seth C. Clemons-dau of Herbert/Nellie Stacy
Clemons (Clemens)
Katherine (Wadsworth)
1894
1888
Hiram Village
21
Wife of Thomas S. Clemons-Dau of Freedom/Ida Wadsworth
Clemons (Clemens)
Ethel (Douglass)
1892
Hiram Village
8
Wife of Walter Clemons-Dau of Weston/Ida Sanborn Clemons
Clemons (Clemens)
Emma J. (Wadsworth)
1986
Hiram Village
19
Wife of William C. Clemons-Dau of Seth/Mary Ann Wadsworth
Clemons (Clemens)
Eliza Jane (Smith)
1839
1907
Hiram Village
10
Wife of Wm. H. Clemons-Dau of David Smith
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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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