Location: 43.85095 -70.86691
From its intersection with Durgintown Road, drive northwest 2.5 miles on Tripptown Road. On the right (north) side, before Husky Haven, is an old road marked by stone walls on either side. Walk up the road to the northeast 750 feet. The cemetery is on a hill on the right (east) side of the old road and is surrounded by a stone wall.
Historical Information: This cemetery has approximately 16 graves of the Tripp family. The first Tripps in the area were Thomas (1776-1854) and his wife Mary Polly (Hamilton) Tripp (1777-~1850) who came from Sanford between 1820 and 1830. They settled on the farm near the cemetery, which was later taken over by his son Isaiah (~1810-1898) and his wife Hannah (Lewis) Tripp (~1810-1887). All of these Tripps are most likely buried in this cemetery and are marked with fieldstones.
The only carved headstone is for Thomas’ eldest son Richard (1801-1885) and his wife Betsy (Eastman) Tripp (1803-1887), who lived down the road to the southeast on their own farm. It is strange that of all the Tripps, they are the ones with a carved headstone and a pipe rail fence. On the 1880 census, Richard and Betsy were paupers living on the town farm.
One section of the cemetery contains what appear to be about seven children’s graves. These could have been children of Isaiah or Richard. From census records it appears that Richard and Betsy had children who died young.
Another family that could have been buried here is that of Ammi L. Gilpatrick, who lived just to the west of the cemetery. He and his wife Esther (Gray)’s death certificates state that they were buried in Hiram but they do not have gravestones anywhere else. They also had a couple children who died young.
Condition (6/6/2020): This cemetery is overgrown with saplings and needs to be trimmed. The single carved headstone is standing. The rest of the graves are marked with fieldstones.