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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Cora L Brigham

circa December 1865 (computed from age at death) – 2 Feb 1871

5 years, 2 months · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

2 Feb 1871

Date of birth

circa December 1865 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

5 years, 2 months

Plate found in

Massachusetts, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Cora L Brigham
Died Feb 2, 1871
Aged 5 yrs 2 mos
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this plate

Cora L Brigham's coffin plate is the middle of three Brigham family plates shown together in a single photograph — Asa Brigham at the top, Cora in the middle, Sherman Brigham at the bottom — found together in Concord, Massachusetts with Andrew J Brigham's separate plate. The full death date (Feb 2, 1871) and age (5 years, 2 months) are legible on the plate.

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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
2026-06-21
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Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Cora L Brigham (abt 1865 – 2 Feb 1871)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/brigham-cora-l-1871/ : accessed [your access date]).

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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.

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