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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Nahum Russell

circa 17 February 1791 (computed from age at death) – 17 Jul 1854

63 years 5 months · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

17 Jul 1854

Date of birth

circa 17 February 1791 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

63 years 5 months

Place of birth

Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Nahum Russell
Died July 17th 1854
Aged 63 Yrs 5 Mos
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

Biography — submitted by Rev. Craig L. Cowing

Nahum, son of Walter and Frances (Cutter) Russell, was born probably at Arlington, Massachusetts, and was one of the early settlers in the town of Greenfield, New Hampshire, where he came in 1823. He owned a tract of two hundred acres of land on what is now known as Boylston Street, and was a farmer and extensive cattle raiser. He married Lucretia Johnson, and their children were: John, Nahum, George, Lucretia, and William.

Sources consulted

  • Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire by E.S. Stearns, p. 730

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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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