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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Jesse B Perkins

circa 23 November 1878 (computed from age at death) – 1 May 1901

22 years 5 months 8 days · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

1 May 1901

Date of birth

circa 23 November 1878 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

22 years 5 months 8 days

Plate found in

Epsom, New Hampshire, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Jesse B Perkins
Died May 1. 1901
Aged 22 Yrs 5 Mos 8 days
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Record submitted by

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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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