Coffin plate · primary-source record
John J Shipman
abt 1823 – 2 May 1904
81 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
Record type
Coffin plate
Date of death
2 May 1904
Date of birth
abt 1823
Age at death
81 years
Plate found in
The coffin plate
Inscription transcription
John J Shipman
Died May 2nd 1904
Aged 81 Years
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
- 2026-07-01
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- Image vs transcription
- Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.
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