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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Alexander Rice

abt 1810 – 23 Mar 1864

54 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

23 Mar 1864

Date of birth

abt 1810

Age at death

54 years

Plate found in

Cape Porpoise, Maine, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Alexander Rice
Died Mar. 23d 1864
Aged 54 Yrs
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

This plate was found at an old Victorian sea captain's estate in Cape Porpoise, Maine, alongside plates for Hannah Ward and Miss Susan M. Rice; the three are believed to be related.

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

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These three plates were found together at a Victorian sea captain's estate in Cape Porpoise, Maine and are believed to be related.

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