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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Samuel Robert Rice

January 1860 – 17 May 1894

Transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

17 May 1894

Date of birth

January 1860

Age at death

34 (computed from the birth month and death date on the plate; no age is inscribed)

Plate found in

New York, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Samuel Robert Rice
Jan 1860
May 17th 1894
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

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/rice-samuel-robert-1894/
Image vs transcription
Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.

Citation: "Coffin plate of Samuel Robert Rice (January 1860 – 17 May 1894)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/rice-samuel-robert-1894/ : accessed [your access date]).

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