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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
Hubbard
Ella B.
1852
Aug 19, 1887
Hiram Village
47
wife of Lt. J.W. Hubbard-dau of W. Wadsworth
Hubbard
Emeline K. (Kimball)
Oct 19, 1824
1934
Hiram Village
52
wife of Noah Hubbard
Hutchins
Sarah E.
1975
Pleasant Ridge
20
wife of Loren E. Hutchins-dau of John/Maria I. Cotton (80yr)
Hybert
Carl J.
1895
1921
Pleasant Ridge
17
Hybert
Irma C.
1900
Pleasant Ridge
17
wife of Carl J. Hybert-killed in railroad crossing accident
Jackson
Baby, Freddie, Baby
Feb 15, 1921
Hiram Village
24
3 children of Fred/Margaret Jackson, no dates
Jameson
Grace (Clapp)
1917
Hiram Village
25
Wife of Fred Jameson-dau of James/Sarah Clapp (35yr). Unmarked grave
Jewell
Alonzo
1850
Mar 1, 1942
Hiram Village
13
Son of Thomas/Nancy Tripp Jewell
Jewell
Alice M. (Paine)
1851
1932
Hiram Village
13
Wife of Alonzo Jewell-Dau of Samuel/Eliza Davis Paine
Johnson
Leona
1859
1908
Hiram Village
8
Mother of Frank M. Thorne
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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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