PUFFER, Charles Chenery

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• 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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• Residence: Avon, NY
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• 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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• _COLOR: 11
• 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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