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Coffin plate · primary-source record

William Peel

1822 – 5 Jan 1901

Transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

5 Jan 1901

Date of birth

1822

Age at death

78 or 79 (only the birth year is recorded, not the exact date)

Plate found in

Arkansas, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

William Peel
Born 1822
Died Jan 5th 1901
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

Provenance

This coffin plate for William Peel was found in Arkansas.

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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
2026-07-01
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.

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