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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Sherman Brigham

abt 1810 – 7 Jul 1876

66 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

7 Jul 1876

Date of birth

abt 1810

Age at death

66 years

Plate found in

Massachusetts, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Sherman Brigham
Died July 7, 1876
Aged 66 years
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this plate

Sherman Brigham's coffin plate is the bottom one of three Brigham family plates shown together in a single photograph — Asa Brigham at the top, Cora L Brigham in the middle, Sherman at the bottom. These three, with Andrew J Brigham's separate plate, were found together in Concord, Massachusetts.

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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

Citation: "Coffin plate of Sherman Brigham (abt 1810 – 7 Jul 1876)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/brigham-sherman-1876/ : 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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