Coffin plate · primary-source record
Abner Dunton
circa December 1785 (computed from age at death) – 20 May 1867
81 years 5 months · transcribed from the original coffin plate
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
Record type
Coffin plate
Date of death
20 May 1867
Date of birth
circa December 1785 (computed from age at death)
Age at death
81 years 5 months
Plate found in
Red Bluff, California
The coffin plate
Inscription transcription
Abner Dunton
Died May 20. 1867
Aged 81 Yrs 5 Mos
Contributor's notes
The original contributor (Brian) noted that a correspondent wrote to inform him that Abner was from Westport Island, Maine, and that many mariners and sea captains were in the Dunton family.
— Brian
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1860 US Federal Census
Abner Dunton Hope, Knox, ME 52 abt 1808 Maine
Hope, Knox, Maine, USA · abt 1808, Maine
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1860 US Federal Census
Abner F Dunton Hope, Knox, ME 10 abt 1850 Maine
Hope, Knox, Maine, USA · abt 1850, Maine
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1860 US Federal Census
Abner Dunton Woolwich, Sagadahoc, ME 48 abt 1812 Maine
Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA · abt 1812, Maine
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1860 US Federal Census
Abner Dunton Lincolnville, Waldo, ME 30 abt 1830 Maine
Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, USA · abt 1830, Maine
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1860 US Federal Census
Abner Dunton Lincolnville, Waldo, ME 75 abt 1785 Maine
Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, USA · abt 1785, Maine
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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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- Both — original photograph and transcription on this page
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