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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dow | Leander Abner | May 28, 1832 | Hiram Village | 18 | Son of Abner/Frances Thompson Dow | |
Dow | Owen O. | 1884 | Feb 1, 1877 | Hiram Village | 11 | Son of Alfred/Cassie Dow-Obit states he died "from the effects of malaria which he contracted while teaching in Puerto Rico." |
Dow | Alfred V. | 1859 | 1951 | Hiram Village | 11 | Son of Alonzo/Ophelia Cram Dow |
Dow | Cassie J. (Gray) | 1861 | Hiram Village | 11 | Wife of Alfred V. Dow-Dau of Alvin/Rose Gray | |
Dow | Mary Ellen (Haven) | Apr 25, 1836 | 1966 | Hiram Village | 18 | Wife of Leander Abner Dow-Dau of Capt. James W./Mary Gray Haven |
Dow | Mildred (Sherman) | 1890 | 1919 | Hiram Village | 12 | Wife of Owen Dow-Dau of Orra/Georgia Mitchell Sherman-Owen/Mildred parents of Donald & Lena Dow |
Dow | Jeremiah | May 7, 1896 | Spring Cemetery | 5 | ||
Dow | Martha P. (Greene) | July 29, 1878 | Spring Cemetery | 5 | ||
Downing | Clara J. (see Stanley) | Mar 31, 1941 | Stanley Cemetery | 19 | ||
Downs | Frances | Aug 18, 1849 | Jan 13, 1981 | Pleasant Ridge | 17 | dau of Abial/Rebecca Gray Downs |
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.