Coffin plate · primary-source record
John Cocharan
abt 1788 – 1881
One of 2 plates in the same photograph · transcribed from the original
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
Record type
Coffin plate
Date of death
1881
Date of birth
abt 1788
Age at death
93 years
Plate found in
The coffin plate
Inscription transcription
John Cocharan
Died 1881
Aged 93
Record submitted by
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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
- 2026-07-01
- Permalink
- /records/coffin-plates/cocharan-john-1881/
- Image vs transcription
- Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.
Citation: "Coffin plate of John Cocharan (abt 1788 – 1881), part of a multi-plate photograph," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/cocharan-john-1881/ : accessed [your access date]).
This plate is one of several recording members of the same family; see related records below for the others in the same photograph.
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Related records
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