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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Carrie B DeWitt

circa 17 July 1867 (computed from age at death) – 4 May 1875

One of 2 sibling plates in the same photograph · transcribed from the original

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

4 May 1875

Date of birth

circa 17 July 1867 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

7 Years 9 Months 18 Days

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Carrie B. DeWitt
Died.
May 4th 1875
Aged
7 yrs 9 mths & 18 Dys
Transcribed from the plate as photographed.

About this record

About the plates

Coffin plates for a pair of siblings who died on the same day, 4 May 1875. The two embossed plates, each measuring 4" × 5¼", were photographed together with a post-mortem cabinet card of a boy, presumed by the archive to show her brother Willie. The card is by Kinder Bros of Akron, Indiana.

1870 United States Federal Census

Aleta Boehm contributed the family's census entry (Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, p. 26):

  • Frank DeWitt, age 28, teamster, born in Ohio
  • Nettie DeWitt, wife, age 23, born in Ohio
  • William DeWitt, age 7, born in Ohio
  • Carrie B. DeWitt, age 2, born in Ohio

Thanks Aleta.

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From the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph (multi-name plate)
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
Last verified
2026-08-14
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Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Carrie B DeWitt (abt 1867 – 4 May 1875)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/dewitt-carrie-b-1875/ : accessed [your access date]).

The two DeWitt sibling plates and a cabinet-card portrait were photographed together; this record and Willie's reference the same image.

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