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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
Hartford
Sylvanus B.
May 16, 1820
Sep 15, 1987
Hiram Village
21
Hartford
Alonzo D.
1892
Hiram Village
24
(46yr 9mo)
Hartford
Marcia J.
July 19, 1908
Hiram Village
24
Dau of Alonzo/Mary E Hartford (42yr 5da)
Hartford
Angelia
May 3, 1900
Hiram Village
21
Dau of S.B./E.A. Hartford (10yr 7mo)
Hartford
Roenah G.
1918
Hiram Village
21
Dau of S.B./E.A. Hartford (2yr 3mo 12da)
Hartford
Elvina O.
1872
Hiram Village
21
Dau of S.B./E.A. Hartford (2yr 3mo 12da)
Hartford
Augustus A.
Aug 13, 1866
Mar 9, 1955
Hiram Village
24
Son of A.D./M.E. Hartford-Augustus/Hannah Hartford parents of Myrtle A.
Hartford
J. Walter
May 5, 1867
Hiram Village
24
Son of Alonzo/M.E. Hartford (28yr 10mo 24da)
Hartford
William S.
1875
Mar 18, 1870
Hiram Village
26
Son of Alonzo/Mary Hartford
Hartford
Infant son
May 20, 1898
Hiram Village
24
Son of Augustus/Hannah Hartford
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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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