Skip to content

Coffin plate · primary-source record

Asa Brigham

abt 1784 – 20 Mar 1856

72 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

20 Mar 1856

Date of birth

abt 1784

Age at death

72 years

Plate found in

Massachusetts, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Asa Brigham
Died March 20, 1856
Aged 72 years
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this plate

Asa Brigham's coffin plate is the topmost of three Brigham family plates shown together in a single photograph — Asa at the top, Cora L Brigham in the middle, and Sherman Brigham at the bottom. These three, with Andrew J Brigham's separate plate, were found together in Concord, Massachusetts. The full death date (March 20, 1856) and age (72 years) are legible on the plate.

Record submitted by

Original contributor unknown — Was it you? Let us know

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
2026-06-21
Permalink
/records/coffin-plates/brigham-asa-1856/
Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Asa Brigham (abt 1784 – 1856)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/brigham-asa-1856/ : accessed [your access date]).

The original contributor of this record is not preserved in the archive. If you transcribed this plate, please get in touch so credit can be restored.

Related records

The Brigham family coffin plates were found together in Concord, Massachusetts. Asa, Cora, and Sherman appear together in one photograph (top, middle, bottom); Andrew has a separate plate.

More from the archive

Matched automatically from the archive’s name and place indexes — research leads, not confirmed relations.

Have a coffin plate, funeral card, or cemetery record?

The archive grows by contribution. If you have a transcription or photograph of a death record, share it and help another genealogist find their ancestor.

Submit a record →