HIRAM CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS BY HUBERT W. CLEMONS - STANLEY CEMETERY records 1989-2011. Heading NOTES - copied as recorded in the original notebook in the collection of Hiram Historical Society in Great Ossipee Museum. Heading PAGE # = the page in the original notebook.
Last Name | First Name | Born | Died | Cemetery Name | Page # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day | Fred | Nov 14, 1897 | Dec 29, 1975 | Stanley | 8 | PFC, U.S. Army, WWI-son of Wm./Irene Lowell Day-married Grace Burnell, dau of Nath'l/Elizabeth Burnell |
Day | George F. | Feb 24, 1895 | Nov 11, 1977 | Stanley | 8 | PFC, WWI-son of Wm./Irene Lowell Day |
Day | Grace | Feb 22, 1901 | Feb 25, 1937 | Stanley | 22 | dau of Nath'l/Elizabeth Libby Burnell-wife of Fred Day-mother of Floyd Day |
Day | Infant | Stanley | 18 | infant, Aug 9, 1945 | ||
Day | Judith | Oct 12, 1939 | Stanley | 6 | same stone as Roger Sr. | |
Day | Margaret Louise | Feb 4, 1929 | Feb 5, 1929 | Stanley | 6 | dau of Eugene/Emma Day |
Day | Melvin S. | Mar 15, 1934 | Apr 11, 1934 | Stanley | 14 | son of Leslie/Helen Day (1mo) |
Day | Phyllis (Berry) | Oct 4, 1913 | Stanley | 18 | wife of Elliott C. Day | |
Day | Roberta Lillian | Oct 15, 1942 | June 10, 1943 | Stanley | 22 | dau of Floyd/Ruby Day |
Day | Roger B. | May 20, 1941 | Mar 29, 1987 | Stanley | 6 | (47yr) suicide-son of Chester/Molly Douglas Day-husb of Judith Marden-father of Roger G. Jr., Dawn Doucette, Bobbi Ann Lowell |
Day | Ruby M. | Mar 17, 1924 | Aug 1, 1959 | Stanley | 6 | wife of Floyd Day-dau of Chester/Molly Day-Floyd/Ruby Day parents of Grace, vicki, Lois, Robert Day. Floyd Day son of Fred/Grace Burnell Day. Ruby's obit says intermint was in Stanley Cem. Unmarked grave |
Day | William | 1864 | 1929 | Stanley | 6 | William and Irene M. Lowell Day parents of George F., Fred, Forrest, Eugene Day |
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.