Skip to content

Coffin plate · primary-source record

Thomas Farmer

19 Jan 1843 – 12 Sep 1864

Transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

12 Sep 1864

Date of birth

19 Jan 1843

Age at death

21 years, 7 months, 24 days

Plate found in

New York, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Thomas Farmer
Born Jan 19th 1843
Died Sept 12th 1864
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

This coffin plate for Thomas Farmer 1843 ~ 1864 was found in New York.

1860 United States Federal Census

I went and had a hunt for Thomas Farmer 1843 ~ 1864 in the 1860 United States Federal Census on Ancestry.com. I found several individuals of interest as you can see below.

NameHome in 1860 (City, County, State)Age in 1860Birth YearBirthplace
Thomas J FarmerNot Stated, Laurel, KY18abt 1842Kentucky
Thomas FarmerNot Stated, Oktibbeha, MS17abt 1843Alabama
Thos W FarmerRocky Fork, Boone, MO19abt 1841Kentucky
Thomas FarmerMorgan, Dade, MO16abt 1844Tennessee
Thomas FarmerJefferson, Daviess, MO18abt 1842Missouri
Thomas FarmerCincinnati Ward 1, Hamilton, OH16abt 1844Ohio
Thomas J FarmerEagle, Hancock, OH16abt 1844Ohio
Thomas FarmerWarwick, Kent, RI15abt 1845Ireland
Thomas FarmerNot Stated, Bledsoe, TN17abt 1843Tennessee
Thomas H FarmerDistrict 8, McMinn, TN16abt 1844Tennessee
Thomas FarmerWestern District, Campbell, VA16abt 1844Virginia
Thomas FarmerWestern District, Pulaski, VA16abt 1844Virginia
Thomas FarmerVermont, Dane, WI17abt 1843England

Sources consulted

  • 1860 United States Federal Census

Record submitted by

Thomas Roberts — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
Submitted by Thomas Roberts to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
Permalink
/records/coffin-plates/farmer-thomas-1864/
Image vs transcription
Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.

Citation: "Coffin plate of Thomas Farmer (19 Jan 1843 – 12 Sep 1864)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/farmer-thomas-1864/ : accessed [your access date]).

More from the archive

Matched automatically from the archive’s name and place indexes — research leads, not confirmed relations.

Have a coffin plate, funeral card, or cemetery record?

The archive grows by contribution. If you have a transcription or photograph of a death record, share it and help another genealogist find their ancestor.

Submit a record →