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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
Hanson
Phebe (Watson)
1858
Jan 2, 1898
Hiram Village
18
2nd wife of Edward K. Hanson-Dau of Thos. J./Lydia Watson
Hanson
Ada C.
1893
Hiram Village
12
Child of Amos/Abigail Kimball Hanson
Hanson
Eva J.
1960
Hiram Village
12
Child of Amos/Abigail Kimball Hanson (4mo)
Hanson
Evie M.
1868
June 11, 1874
Hiram Village
18
Dau of Edward K/Almeda Hanson
Hanson
Almeda
1840
Feb 3, 1858
Hiram Village
18
Dau of Israel/Mary Higgens Richardson
Hanson
Infant son
May 10, 1901
Hiram Village
13
Infant son of E.E./Lizzie H. Hanson (3wk)
Hanson
Ephraim E.
1836
Mar 27, 1900
Hiram Village
13
Son of Amos/Abigail Kimball Hanson-Civil War, Co. F. 17th Maine
Hanson
Charles K.
1866
July 2, 1876
Hiram Village
18
Son of Edward K/Almeda Hanson
Hanson
Abigail
June 25, 1851
Hiram Village
12
Wife of Amos C. Hanson-Dau of Jesse/Abigail Kimball
Hanson
Elizabeth H.
1840
1917
Hiram Village
13
Wife of Ephraim E. Hanson-Former wife of Thos. W. Rankin, 1836-1870-Dau of George/Esther Smith Bedell
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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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