Find-A-Grave Listing (contains individual gravestone photos and biography information)
Location: 43.85485 -70.87889
From its intersection with Tripptown Road, drive west 0.46 miles to a log landing on the right (north) side. Walk north on an overgrown logging path 1000 feet to a junction. Turn left and walk southwest 230 feet to the cemetery, which is on the edge of a ravine and is not enclosed. GPS is recommended. (Note: B. Gilpatrick Road requires a 4WD vehicle and is not maintained for winter travel.)
Historical Information: This cemetery contains the graves of the Stephen Gilpatrick family. Stephen came to Hiram prior to 1820 and settled on a plot of land on the north side of what is now known as the Benjamin Gilpatrick Road. By 1820, his father, John Gilpatrick, a Revolutionary War Soldier who lived in Cornish most of his life, came to join him and built a house near his. John was possibly the first burial in the cemetery, though it is also possible that he was buried back in Cornish with his wife Eunice (Tarbox) Gilpatrick. Stephen’s brother, John Gilpatrick Jr, was also living next to him in 1820, his wife Betsey (Hamilton) having died the previous year in Kennebunk. John Jr. is said to have died in 1835 in Hiram and may also be in this cemetery.
Stephen and his wife Charity T. (Brown) Gilpatrick had three children who died in childhood and are most likely buried here: Charity, Isabella, and Asa. Their oldest son Stephen B. and his wife Thankful (Rand) are most likely buried here without stones. The two graves marked with a fieldstone next to their sons Stillman and Melvin are most likely for them.
Another son of Stephen and Charity, Clement B. Gilpatrick, built his house near where the cemetery is. He and his wife Martha J. (Gould), along with four of their children are buried in the middle row of the cemetery.
Another branch of the Gilpatricks are missing from area graveyards and could be in this cemetery, or perhaps the nearby Tripp Cemetery, which has many fieldstone graves. Ammi L. Gilpatrick, son of John Jr, lived near the Tripp Cemetery and died in 1893. His wife Esther (Gray) died in 1896 and both are listed as being buried in Hiram.
Condition (6/6/2020): The area around this cemetery was logged a couple years ago. Due to there not being an enclosure around the graves it is unknown if any were damaged. Some gravestones have been repaired or reset, but currently Stephen and Charity’s stones are disintegrating. Melvin and Stillman’s stones are loose and propped up. Some of the trees in the cemetery could soon impact the gravestones if they are not cut.