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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Samantha L Fairbank

circa 7 August 1835 (computed from age at death) – 29 Nov 1866

31 years 3 months 22 days · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

29 Nov 1866

Date of birth

circa 7 August 1835 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

31 years 3 months 22 days

Plate found in

New Hampshire, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Samantha L Fairbank
Died Nov 29 1866
Aged 31 yrs 3 mos 22 d
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

Provenance

This coffin plate for Samantha L Fairbank 1835 ~ 1866 was found in New Hampshire.

1860 United States Federal Census

I went and had a hunt for Samantha L Fairbank 1835 ~ 1866 in the 1860 United States Federal Census on Ancestry.com. I think I found her in Douglass, Worcester County, Massachusetts as you can see below.

FieldValue
NameSamantha Fairbanks
Age in 186024
Birth Yearabt 1836
BirthplaceMassachusetts
Home in 1860Douglass, Worcester, Massachusetts
GenderFemale
Post OfficeWebster

Household members

NameAge
Ellis Fairbanks55
Thoukful Fairbanks52
Samantha Fairbanks24
Rebecca Fairbanks17
James Buffum10
Hattie Buffum6

Sources consulted

  • 1860 United States Federal Census

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  • 1860 US Federal Census

    Census household: Ellis Fairbanks (55), Thoukful Fairbanks (52), Samantha Fairbanks (24), Rebecca Fairbanks (17), James Buffum (10), Hattie Buffum (6)

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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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Citation: "Coffin plate of Samantha L Fairbank (abt 1835 – 29 Nov 1866)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/fairbank-samantha-l-1866/ : accessed [your access date]).

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