DAVIS, Martin Van Buren^[1]

1839 - 1894  (54 years)

• Name	DAVIS, Martin Van Buren
  Birth	26 Sep 1839	Tunbridge, VT
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 75674980
  _COLOR	11
  Death	8 Apr 1894	Chelsea, VT   [1]
  Burial	Troy, VT
  	Address: Highland Cemetery
  Person ID	I15119	Puffers
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	DAVIS, Moses,   b. 1790, VT d. 17 Aug 1856, VT (Age 66 years)
  Mother	DODGE, Lydia,   b. 2 Feb 1802, VT d. 14 Jan 1875, VT (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F9417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PUFFER, Philena,   b. 8 May 1837, Richford, VT d. 30 Oct 1916, Chelsea, VT (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1865	Richford, VT   [1]
  Children	1. DAVIS, Bert F.,   b. 9 Aug 1869, Chelsea, VT d. 23 Apr 1944, Barre, VT (Age 74 years)   2. DAVIS, Laura Belle,   b. 23 Jan 1872, Chelsea, VT d. 14 Mar 1931, South Barre, VT (Age 59 years)   3. DAVIS, Rev. George Martin,   b. 24 Jun 1883, Chelsea, VT d. 28 Jul 1971, MA (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F2129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Vt. Vols., and served to the close of the war, being discharged as first sergeant, June 18, 1865. He was wounded in three different engagements, first, at Mary's Heights, May 3, 1863, when he was struck in the left side by a minnie ball, fracturing a rib, and which would undoubtedly have caused death had not the ball struck a memorandum book which he carried in his pocket. He was next wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864,when he was again struck in the left side and sustained a fractured rib. In the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, a minnie ball entered his left side and passed entirely through his body. He was a miller by trade

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 269.