Puffer Genealogy
MILES, Daniel Mighill
1715 - 1777 (62 years)1. MILES, Daniel Mighill was born in 1715 in Pomfret, CT; died on 9 Apr 1777 in Petersham, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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Daniel married DANA, Susanna on 1 May 1740 in Pomfret, CT. Susanna was born on 10 Oct 1720 in Cambridge, MA; died in 1767 in Pomfret, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 2. MILES, Joab Mighill
was born on 13 Mar 1741 in Worcester, MA; died on 28 Oct 1832 in Worcester, MA.
Generation: 2
2. MILES, Joab Mighill (1.Daniel1) was born on 13 Mar 1741 in Worcester, MA; died on 28 Oct 1832 in Worcester, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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Joab married FITCH, Elizabeth on 20 Apr 1786 in Guilford, VT. Elizabeth was born on 18 Nov 1757 in Norwich, CT; died about 1837 in Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 3. MILES, Daniel C. was born on 19 May 1799 in MA; died about 1875.
Generation: 3
3. MILES, Daniel C. (2.Joab2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 19 May 1799 in MA; died about 1875. Other Events and Attributes:
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Daniel married CURTIS, Mary about 1826. Mary (daughter of CURTIS, Francis and GILBERT, Mary) was born on 10 May 1802 in MA; died on 16 Dec 1875 in Westminster, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 4. MILES, Daniel Curtis was born on 21 Jun 1827 in Westminster, MA; died on 23 Feb 1912 in Washington, DC; was buried in Westminster, MA.
- 5. MILES, Gen. Nelson Appleton was born on 8 Aug 1839 in Worcester, MA; died on 15 May 1925 in Washington, DC; was buried in Arlington, VA.
Generation: 4
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MILES, Daniel Curtis (3.Daniel3, 2.Joab2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 21 Jun 1827 in Westminster, MA; died on 23 Feb 1912 in Washington, DC; was buried in Westminster, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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For many years a national bank examiner, brother of General Nelson A. Miles. He engaged in the lumber business and manufacture of chairs. He was president of the Westminster National Bank; selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor, auditor of the town; served on the school committee. He was for 20 years superintendent of the Sunday School of the Baptist Church.
When his brother-in-law, Edward James Puffer, fell in battle at Gettysburg, he returned to that battle sight to retrieve his body which had lain in a battlefield grave. Be brought the body back on the first train that left Gettysburg after the battle to be reinterred in MA. (Biographical Review of Worcester County, MA, Volume XXX, 1899)Daniel married PUFFER, Lucy Ann on 2 May 1851 in Westminster, MA. Lucy (daughter of PUFFER, James and JONES, Lucy) was born on 25 Aug 1828 in Ashburnham, MA; died on 9 Feb 1869; was buried in Westminster, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 6. MILES, Mary Josephine was born on 11 Dec 1852 in Westminster, MA; died on 12 Dec 1934 in Pasadena, CA; was buried in Altadena, CA.
- 7. MILES, George Melville was born on 25 Oct 1854 in Westminster, MA; died on 15 Jan 1935 in Portland, OR; was buried in Chicago, IL.
- 8. MILES, Herbert Judson was born on 5 Jun 1856 in Westminster, MA; died on 27 Jul 1929 in Park, MT; was buried in Hollywood, CA.
- 9. MILES, Arthur Wellington was born on 20 Jun 1859 in Westminster, MA; died in 1933 in Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Hollywood, CA.
- 10. MILES, Martha Gertrude was born on 23 Apr 1865 in Westminster, MA; died on 23 May 1880; was buried in Westminster, MA.
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MILES, Gen. Nelson Appleton (3.Daniel3, 2.Joab2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 8 Aug 1839 in Worcester, MA; died on 15 May 1925 in Washington, DC; was buried in Arlington, VA. Other Events and Attributes:
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GRID=2289Nelson married SHERMAN, Mary Hoyt on 30 Jun 1868 in Cleaveland, OH. Mary was born on 7 Jul 1842 in Richland, OH; died on 1 Aug 1904 in Washington, DC; was buried in Arlington, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]