PUFFER, Dr. Chenery Henry

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• Ref#: 165
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Dr. Puffer attended the common schools in his youth at Dummerston, VT. H e learned the trade of clothier and at the age of 21 went to Three Rive rs, NY to teach school. He decided to study medicine and began under D r. Knapp of Dummerston. He then went to Harvard Medical School. He fi nally began the practice of his profession at Coleraine, MA. After som e years there, he located to Shelburne Falls, MA, where he practiced to t he time of his death in 1877, enjoying a large and lucrative practice a nd achieving great distinction in his work. He was a member of the Mas sachusetts Medical Society and president of the Franklin County Distric t Medical Society. He served on the school committee of the town many y ears and represented his district in the General Court in 1863. In pol itics he was a Whig in early life; later a Republican. He was a member o f the Baptist Church, one of the founders.
He was universally respected and beloved in the community he served so f aithfully. Genial, considerate, generous, tactful, he served all class es equally well. He was tall, commanding in figure, attractive in face a nd features.

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Chenery married ALDEN, Lucy Thomas on 16 Jan 1834 in Ashfield, MA. Lucy (daughter of ALDEN, John and GRAY, Nancy) was born on 23 Aug 1810 in Ashfield, MA; died on 31 Dec 1892 in Shelburne Falls, MA; was buried in Shelburne, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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  70375227
• Ref#: 274
• _COLOR: 11

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He was educated in the public schools and at Rochester University in Rochester, NY. from which he was graduated in 1860. He studied law at Fenelon, MI. For many years he was a leading lawyer of Shelburne Falls, MA, also representing some of the largest life insurance companies of England and the United States. He was a frequent contributor to newspapers and was an able writer on varied subjects. He was a correspondent with The Recorder newspaper.

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Henry married FIELD, Mary Electa on 20 Sep 1866 in Hudson, MI. Mary (daughter of FIELD, Daniel Dexter and BUTLER, Sarah, daughter of FIELD, Daniel Dexter and BUTLER, Sarah) was born on 28 Jan 1840 in Leroy, NY; died on 7 Dec 1918 in Shelburne, MA; was buried in Shelburne, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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  73653754
• Ref#: 275
• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1895, Rochester, NY

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He prepared for college in Franklin Academy at Shelburne Falls, MA and was graduated from Rochester University in 1860. He engaged in educational work in the autumn following as principal of the public schools at Winchester, IL, and for many years was superintendent of schools of Scott County, IL. He read law and was admitted to the bar in IL in 1863. He was a student in the offices of Major N.M. Knapp and Henry Case. But instead of following his profession, he engaged in business and for many years was a prominent dealer in lumber. In 1888 he disposed of his business in IL and in 1891 bought a controlling interest in the Champion Drill Co. of Rochester, NY. Afterward he was interested in the Columbian Separator Co. and during the last years of his life he was connected with the Pfaudler Co. In religion he was a Baptist. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America; Yonnondio Lodge, Free Masons; Hamilton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Monroe Commandery, Knights Templar, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. At Winchester he was Master of Winchester Lodge, Free Masons. He was president of the Winchester board of education.
A Winchester paper said of him at the time of his death: "Here *** he was always one of the leading citizens, active in everything to promote the general good of the community and commanding the highest respect. * ** He was a quiet kindly man, little give to display in speech or manner, but he was thoroughly well informed and a pleasant conversationalist . *** He was a good man and he and his wife belonged to our best society, the family were all loved and respected while they were among us and the sincerest sympathy of all their old friends in Winchester goes out to the bereaved."

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Samuel married POWELL, Mary Catherine on 22 May 1866 in Winchester, IL. Mary (daughter of POWELL, Lt. Starkey Raffian and WITHERS, Mary) was born on 6 Dec 1841 in Winchester, IL; died in 1939 in Winchester, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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  72900577
• Ref#: 276
• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1895, Rochester, NY

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He attended the public schools of his native town, and Shelburne Falls Academy, and entered Rochester University, from when he was graduated in 1863 with the degree of bachelor of arts. He became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was poet at national conventions of the fraternity at Union College, Schenectady, NY, and Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. He was also poet of the literary societies as Asbury University, Greencastle, IN at Commencement, 1870.

His business career began in 1864 at Shelburne Falls, where he was cashier of the Shelburne Falls Bank. Subsequently he had a banking house at 16 Nassau St., New York. In 1863 he went to South Carolina, and edited the Columbia Union-Herald, the only Republican daily in the state, and in partnership with Governor Chamberlain was the owner of the newspaper. In 1873-74 he was receiver of the Bank of the State. He was active and prominent in politics and was a prime factor in the nomination and election of Governor D. H. Chamberlain. Naturally he shared with the administration indiscriminate and unstinted condemnation from Democratic sources. He has always been a Republican, but in later years has not been active in party affairs.

Having disposed of his newspaper interests in 1875, he engaged in mining operations in Colorado, and subsequently in 1884 engaged in the manufacture of glass enameled steel tanks at Rochester. Later the business was incorporated under the name of the Pfaudler Company, of which he is now chairman. In connection with its subsidiary companies in Detroit, MI, Schwetzingen, Baden, Germany, and in London, Eng. This concern is the largest in the world in this line of business. On account of the foreign business and especially the plant in Germany, Mr. Puffer has spent much of his time abroad.

He is director of the Central Bank of Rochester and a member of the University Club, the Genesee Valley Club of that city and of the Chamber of Commerce.

In partnership with his brother-in-law, William G. Markham, Mr. Puffer owns a model dairy farm of 400 acres at Rush, NY. "Elm Place" as the farm is known, is the old Markham homestead. From a herd of seventy Holstein cows, a high grade of certified milk is produced.

Charles Chenery, to whom the subscribers to this book owe its existence, died at his home in Avon, NY, Dec 2 1915. On Thanksgiving day he underwent an operation for appendicitis, the immediate cause of death being heart failure. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle says: "It is said of Mr. Puffer that in his numerous trips up and down Europe he store up a wonderful amount of interesting knowledge of its interesting and historical byways which are little visited by the average traveler and which added great charm to his conversation. His circle of friends in foreign lands was to be as large as that in his home city."

After the Civil War, he managed plantations for the Sea Island Cotton Company in Columbia, South Carolina. They purchased plantations in Beaufort and Hilton Head, South Carolina (summer of 1865). As a carpetbagger in Columbia, Puffer campaigned for the local Republican Party and actively supported Governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain. Later, Puffer moved north and co-owned a dairy farm in Avon, New York, along with his brother-in-law William Guy Markham.

(Ed. Note) An article in the newsletter of the Avon Historical and Preservation Society in 2008 about his daughter, Linda Dana Puffer, mentions that Charles was "lost in the Titanic disaster of 1912..". This fact obviously conflicts with known facts of his death in 1915.- DMC

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Charles married MARKHAM, Susan Emma on 1 May 1865 in Avon, NY. Susan (daughter of MARKHAM, Guy and WILLIAMS, Eliza Emma, daughter of MARKHAM, William Guy and FOOTE, Alice Josephine) was born on 2 Feb 1843 in Rush, NY; died on 15 Oct 1894 in NY; was buried in Avon, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 10 Feb 1846, Colrain, MA

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died of Erysipelas in an epidemic. Most likely she died of a staph infection that entered through the open erysipelas sores.

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• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1895, Rochester, NY
• Residence: 1918, Charleston, WV
• Residence: 1924, Charleston, WV
• Residence: 1935, Charleston, WV

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He attended the public schools of his native town and graduated from the Winchester High School in 1889, from Whipple Academy, at Jacksonville, IL, in 1891, and from the University of Rochester in 1895. He entered the newspaper business at Cleveland, OH, in 1895, and from 1896-98 was on the staff of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. In 1898-9 he was managing editor of the Rochester Evening Times, and editor and publisher of that newspaper from 1899 to 1907. In 1908-9 he was general city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune and managing editor of the Daily Oklahoman, 1909-11. Since 1911 he has been general secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, WV. He is a member of Yonnondio Lodge, No. 163, Free Masons, and of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

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Starkey married WENIGER, Emmeline A. on 21 Feb 1900 in Rochester, NY. Emmeline (daughter of WENIGER, Albert Henry and HEITER, Barbara) was born on 9 Jan 1878 in Rochester, NY; died on 14 Oct 1929 in Charleston, WV; was buried in Oct 1929 in Shelburne, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Starkey married LOEB, Jeanette C. on 2 Jul 1931 in Philadelphia, PA, and was divorced before 1940 in PA. Jeanette (daughter of LOEB, Joseph C. and SIMON, Caroline) was born on 27 Jun 1885 in Philadelphia, PA; died on 20 Apr 1975 in Philadelphia, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1895, Rochester, NY
• Residence: 1905, Rochester, NY
• Residence: 1915, Rochester, NY
• Residence: 1918, Rochester, NY

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He attended the public schools of Rochester and the Rochester Business University. He engaged in commercial business.

For ten years he was a dealer in artistic advertising goods. He has since that time been a traveling salesman for mechanical rubber goods. He is a member of the Norwich, CT, Lodge, B.P.O.Elks, 430; of Keystone Lodge, No. 235, Free Masons, of NYC.

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Chenery married DEPEW, Maud Della on 22 Dec 1906 in Manhattan, NY. Maud (daughter of DEPEW, James and MARSHALL, Anna C.) was born in CA 1880 in IL; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 11 Jul 1880, Winchester, IL

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• Residence: Avon, NY
• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1892, Monroe, NY
• Residence: 1950, Rush, NY
• Death: 23 Sep 1960, Rochester, NY

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A graduate of Wellesley College, 1900. With her father and sister, she lived for several years in London, Paris, and Dresden. She was an accomplished pianist.

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• Residence: 1892, Monroe, NY
• Residence: 1950, Rush, NY

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Graduate of Rochester High School. Resided in Rush, NY. A graduate of Wellesley College, 1900.

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• Name: Loretta Jane Van Auken
• _COLOR: 8
• Residence: 1920, Saint Louis, MO

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She is the daughter of Chenery Willis as shown in a news article in 1915. She was a student at National Park Seminary before her marriage. She married Robert Thomas Coover in 1915. However no other information can be found for her. She could be Loretta Jane Van Auken. Perhaps she was given up for adoption by the Puffers to be raised by the Van Aukens? Mr. Van Auken and Chenery Puffer spent the winter of 1915 "south", according to the news article. She left her husband 14 Dec 1915 and Robert T. Coover sued for divorce. Sources: Harrisburg Daily Independent, Harrisburg, PA, 26 Nov 1915, Page 15; Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, 10 May 1916, Page 14

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Some records show she's the daughter of Chenery Puffer and other show she's the daughter of Henry Ames Van Auken.

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A stenographer in 1920

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She is found in the 1920 Federal Census and the 1920 City Directory for Saint Louis, MO. No other records are found.

Loretta married COOVER, Richard Thompson on 16 Oct 1915 in Hagerstown, MD, and was divorced on 21 May 1919 in PA. Richard (son of COOVER, Dr. H. Ross and WEEKLEY, Sara Rebecca) was born in Oct 1895 in Harrisburg, PA; died on 9 Apr 1971 in PA; was buried in Duncannon, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]