PUFFER, Alvin Davis Jr.^[1]

1848 - 1926  (77 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Alvin Davis
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	14 Jul 1848	Boston, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 102259906
  Ref#	244  [1]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	26 Jan 1926	MA
  Burial	Medford, MA
  	Address: Oak Grove Cemetery
  Person ID	I14518	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Alvin Davis,   b. 14 Nov 1819, Bolton, MA d. 22 Dec 1906, Medford, MA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	BALCOM, Sarah Mercer,   b. 5 Apr 1825, Sudbury, MA d. 11 Feb 1861, Somerville, MA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1847	New York, NY   [2]
  Family ID	F9828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DRESSER, Josephine Maria,   b. 23 Dec 1863, Princeton, ME d. 20 Aug 1949, MA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1882	Princeton, ME   [3, 4]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Alvin Davis III,   b. 20 Feb 1884, West Medford, MA d. 16 Feb 1912, Concord, MA (Age 27 years)   2. PUFFER, Willis Reynolds,   b. 25 Jul 1890, West Medford, MA d. 28 Dec 1948, MA (Age 58 years)   3. PUFFER, Charles Ernest,   b. 29 Mar 1892, West Medford, MA d. 17 Aug 1893, Lexington, MA (Age 1 year)   4. PUFFER, 2nd Lt. Irvin Maynard,   b. 7 Oct 1895, Lexington, MA d. 4 Mar 1953, Medford, MA (Age 57 years)   5. PUFFER, Winthrop Freeman,   b. 10 Apr 1898, West Medford, MA d. 26 Feb 1974, Cape Coral, FL (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F8221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Alvin Davis Puffer jr.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  His father was living on Beacon Hill, Boston when he was born. He was educated in the public schools and at the Friends School, Providence, where he was a student for three years. but early in life began to work for his father learning the trade of brass finisher in his father's factory. He was admitted to partnership by his father. He inherited the mechanical gifts of his father and was for many years in charge of the manufacturing plant of A.D. Puffer's Sons Manufacturing Company. He continued in the firm and contributed his share to the success of the business until 1891, when it was amalgamated in the American Soda Fountain Company. Since then he has followed farming most of the time. He lived for a few years at Oak Grove, Malden, removing to Medford in 1892. Afterward he owned a farm at Lexington. He bought a large farm at Concord, MA, and moved there to the house he has since occupied. The farm is now in charge of his son Willis. Mr. Puffer has a shop equipped with a large variety of machinery and spends much of his time in experimental work . He is a stockholder in the Puffer Manufacturing Company, but not active in the management. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at West Medford, of which he was formerly an officer; of Simon W. Robinson Lodge, Free Masons, of Lexington; Menotomy Chapter, Royal Arch masons of Arlington; of Carlisle Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; of the Knights of Malta. For three years he was a member of the volunteer fire department of West Medford.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 139, 206. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 139. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 206. [S480] Maine Marriages 1771-1907.