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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
Howard
Frederick S.
1887
1977
Hiram Village
2
Son of Charles F./Ella S. Howard
Howard
Albert F.
1882
1987
Hiram Village
2
Son of Charles F./Ella S. Howard
Howard
Ella S.
1854
1962
Hiram Village
2
Wife of Charles F.-Dau of Moses/Eliza Ann Colby Bradbury
Howard
Mabel
1889
1897
Hiram Village
2
Wife of Frederick S-Dau of Eugene/Rosalia Libby Black-Parents Mrs. James Hennon, S. Kennedy Howard
Hoyt
Minnie (Rankin)
Dec 29, 1870
Sep 20, 1948
Hiram Village
13
Dau of Thomas Watson Rankin/Lizzie Bedell
Hoyt
Rev. Hervey H.
Sep 5, 1868
Nov 21, 1877
Hiram Village
13
Son of Edwin L./Amanda Foster Hoyt- Rev. Hervey H./Minnie Hoyt parents of Lucian & Vera
Hoyt
Lucian
1894
Feb 6, 1955
Hiram Village
13
Son of Hervey H./Minnie R. Hoyt
Hubbard
Thomas L.
Aug 2, 1952
Hiram Village
28
Son of Allen/Sarah Hubbard (48yr 9mo)
Hubbard
Lt. Charles E.
Apr 28, 1842
1933
Hiram Village
47
Son of J.P./Mary Ann Rounds
Hubbard
Heard
Oct 14, 1839
Hiram Village
28, 33
Son of John/Hannah Neal Hubbard (64yr)-Heard/Ruth Allen Hubbard parents of Hannah, Allen, Ephriam, Dorcas, Nancy, Eunice, Ruth, John Hubbard
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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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