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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Lyman T Briggs

abt 1840 – 1912

Transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

1912

Date of birth

abt 1840

Age at death

72 or 73 (only birth and death years are recorded, not exact dates)

Plate found in

United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

1840
Lyman T Briggs
1912
Engraved in cursive on a heavily tarnished plate; the reading follows the original archive transcription. Submitted by Thomas Roberts.

Record submitted by

Thomas Roberts — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
Submitted by Thomas Roberts to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
Permalink
/records/coffin-plates/briggs-lyman-t-1912/
Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and a transcription of the faint engraving on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Lyman T Briggs (abt 1840 – 1912)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/briggs-lyman-t-1912/ : accessed [your access date]).

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