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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Benjamin Hodgkins

abt 1795 – 29 Aug 1868

73 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

29 Aug 1868

Date of birth

abt 1795

Age at death

73 years

Plate found in

Richford, Vermont, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Benjamin Hodgkins
Died Aug 29 1868
Aged 73 yrs
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

Provenance

This coffin plate for Benjamin Hodgkin was found in Richford, Vermont.

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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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