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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Susan M. Rice

circa June 1839 (computed from age at death) – 18 Sep 1856

17 years 3 Months · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

18 Sep 1856

Date of birth

circa June 1839 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

17 years 3 Months

Plate found in

Cape Porpoise, Maine, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Susan M. Rice
Died Sept. 18th 1856
Aged 17 years 3 Months
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

This plate was found at an old Victorian sea captain's estate in Cape Porpoise, Maine, with one plate for Hannah Ward and one for Alexander Rice, thay are all believed to be related to one another.

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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

Citation: "Coffin plate of Susan M. Rice (abt 1839 – 18 Sep 1856)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/rice-susan-m-1856/ : accessed [your access date]).

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These three plates were found together at a Victorian sea captain's estate in Cape Porpoise, Maine and are believed to be related.

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