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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
Davis
Belle (Hartford)
1862
Hiram Village
18
Wife of George W. Davis-Dau of Mary E. Spencer & ________ Hartford
Davis
Caleb S.
"may 31, 1831
Oct 17, 1882
Hiram Village
38
no death date-son of Elijah/Sally Sawyer Davis unmarked grave
Davis
Martha (Stanton)
Apr 10, 1911
Hiram Village
38
wife of Caleb S. Davis (32yr 10mo)
Davis
Dorothy
Hiram Village
37a
wife of Chandler R. Davis (81yr 28da)
Davis
Ann E.
Nov 2, 1833
Hiram Village
37a
wife of Ezra Davis
Day
Louisa (see Robbins)
Hiram Village
15
Day
Frank
Hiram Village
6, 11
Charles Frank Day, son of Charles H./Almira Bean Day )37yr)
Day
Benjamin H.
Oct 14, 1917
Aug 6, 1939
Hiram Village
6
Maine, PFC, 16 Inf., I Inf. Div., WWII
Day
Benjamin H.
Aug 24, 1892
Hiram Village
6 (2)
Son of Frank/Frances McLucas Sargent Day
Day
Christina A. (Smith)
Dec 19, 1897
Hiram Village
6
Wife of Benj. H. Day-Dau of James/Emma Lowe 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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