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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Abbie E Wood

One of 2 coffin plates transcribed on a single archive page

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Age at death

20 years

Plate found in

Vermont, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Abbie E Wood
Aged 20 yrs
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

The plate carries no date; from its style the archive places it around the 1850s. The engraving shows that the plates for Abbie and Jotham were made by the same hand but not at the same time: the engraving on Abbie's plate is less finely done than on Jotham's.

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Possible matches in the 1850 US Federal Census

⚠ Candidate matches — unverified. Researcher to confirm.

    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
    Permalink
    /records/coffin-plates/wood-abbie-e/
    Image vs transcription
    Both — original photograph and shared transcription on this page

    Citation: "Coffin plate of Abbie E Wood (undated)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/wood-abbie-e/ : accessed [your access date]).

    One of several separate coffin plates transcribed together on a single Ancestors at Rest archive page; see related records below for the others.

    The original contributor of this record is not preserved in the archive. If you transcribed this plate, please get in touch so credit can be restored.

    Related records

    These coffin plates were transcribed together on one archive page. They are separate plates, not one shared plate, each with its own photograph.

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