PUFFER, Charles Loring Sweeny^{[1, 2, 3]}

1878 - 1954  (75 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Charles Loring Sweeny
  Birth	30 Nov 1878	Columbia, ME   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 22599756 no marker
  Ref#	517
  Name	Charles P. Puffer  [9]
  Residence	1900	Lynn, MA   [9]
  Residence	1918	Chicago, IL   [3]
  Residence	1942	Steuben, IN   [1]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	13 Oct 1954	Mishawaka, IN   [5, 7, 8, 10]
  	The Early Pleasant River Families source confuses Charles Sr. with his son Charles Jr. in death and 2nd marriage.
  Burial	16 Oct 1954	Angola, IN   [7, 8, 10]
  	Address: Circle Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I35753	Puffers
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, John Jr.,   b. 29 Jul 1825, Frankfort, ME d. 25 Feb 1910, Columbia, ME (Age 84 years)
  Mother	MERRITT, Sarah Ann,   b. May 1843, Columbia, ME d. 4 Jun 1923, Columbia, ME (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1863	Columbia, ME   [2, 11, 12]
  Residence	1870	Columbia, ME   [13]
  Family ID	F10722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	WORCESTER, Lillian Lucy,   b. 26 May 1881, Columbia Falls, ME d. 12 Mar 1970, Orono, ME (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1905	Columbia Falls, ME   [14]
  Divorce	Bef 1909	Columbia, ME
  Divorced	1 May 1909	Columbia, ME   [15]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Irene Worcester,   b. 5 Oct 1907, Columbia, ME d. 28 Oct 2002, Bangor, ME (Age 95 years)   2. PUFFER, Charles Loring Jr.,   b. 29 Mar 1908, Columbia, ME d. 3 Jul 1990, Meredith, NH (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F10476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	WHITFORD, Hallah A.,   b. 5 Dec 1882, Kendallville, IN d. 25 May 1977, Fort Wayne, IN (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1909	Vigo County, IN   [16, 17]
  Family ID	F10477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Resided at 31 Exchange Place, Rm 10, Providence, RI in 1885, He was a clerk in the office of Public Telephone, C. G. A in Providence. He was named for a great friend of the family and neighbor, Charles Loring Sweeny, whose property at Little River, Columbia, ME went to Edward Puffer. An electrical engineer in 1920, a Superintendent of Western Electric Co According to his WWI Draft Registration Card (1918) he was an engineer at Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co, 32 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL.

  
  

• Sources

  [S424] WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Roll: ; Local board: Steuben , Indiana. Birth date: 30 Nov 1877 Birth place: Columbia, Maine Residence date: Residence place: Steuben, Indiana http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=wwiidraft&h=2911339&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 276. [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: ; Draft Board: . Birth date: 30 Nov 1877 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=23306399&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, page 176. [S807] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 477. [S866] Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017. [S1535] Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Angola Herald, Angola, IN, 20 Oct 1954, Page 1. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 375. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 476, 477. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 477, 535. [S1470] WEB: mainegenealogy.net, https://www.mainegenealogy.net/divorce_search_results.asp?firstname=&lastname=Puffer&spelling=exact&county=&year=&yearrange=0. [S370] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, 30 Sep 1909, page 2.