Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Pvt. Elliott David[1, 2]

Male 1847 - 1864  (17 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Elliott David 
    Prefix Pvt. 
    Birth 21 Aug 1847  Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Burial Andersonville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Address:
    Andersonville National Cemetery 
    • Section H, Site 11975
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    Milit-Beg 30 Dec 1863  MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 12 Nov 1864  Andersonville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6
    Cause: at Andersonville Prison 
    Burial Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Address:
    North Sunderland Cemetery 
    Person ID I35389  Puffers
    Last Modified 28 May 2023 

    Father PUFFER, David,   b. 5 Feb 1807, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1871, Montague, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother CLARY, Harriet,   b. 12 Nov 1810, Utica, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1878, Montague, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 18 Sep 1836  [1, 7
    Family ID F9285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos 3 Photos

  • Notes 
    • Civil War soldier and POW
      Enlisted at the age of 16 years in Co. A, 34th Mass. Infantry; taken prisoner at the battle of Hanging Rock, 20 June of 1864 at Salem, VA. He probably was part of the rear guard during a retreat called for by Union Gen. David Hunter. Gen. Jubal Early, pursued Gen. Hunter and caught the rear guard with cannons. He was imprisoned, and died of starvation at Andersonville prison in Georgia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 154.

    2. [S512] 1673-1899: History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, page 488.

    3. [S597] U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962.

    4. [S1323] US Veteran's Gravesites, 1775-2019.

    5. [S593] U.S. Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army, 1860-1889.

    6. [S1428] US Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865.

    7. [S512] 1673-1899: History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, page 487, 488.