Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Harry Fayette

PUFFER, Harry Fayette[1, 2]

Male 1881 - 1923  (42 years)

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  • Name PUFFER, Harry Fayette 
    Birth 16 Mar 1881  Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Burial Rochester, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1918  Saint Lawrence, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 21 Sep 1923  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Death 1 Nov 1923  De Kalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Burial De Kalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Union Cemetery 
    Person ID I15104  Puffers
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2023 

    Father PUFFER, Louis Theron,   b. 24 Jun 1849, Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1922, De Kalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother GRAHAM, Matilda Ellen,   b. 31 Mar 1856, DeKalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1887, De Kalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1876  DeKalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F3770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family RISLEY, Ethel A.,   b. 1883, Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1923, De Kalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 1903  DeKalb Junction, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Hazel Edith,   b. 29 Mar 1904, Canton, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1935, Ogdensburg, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     2. PUFFER, Pearl Ida,   b. 29 Mar 1908, Canton, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1972, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     3. PUFFER, Clarence F.,   b. 29 Dec 1916, De Kalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1944, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     4. PUFFER, Kenneth R.,   b. 10 Aug 1919, Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1975, De Kalb, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F2125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
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    harry fayette puffer gs.jpg

  • Notes 
    • He was a farmer. Removed to DeKalb Junction, NY. He had always suffered from severe mood swings and "melancholy". In early 1923 his condition worsened and he stopped talking to neighbors and became more violent. His mental illness progressed to the point where he ended up hanging himself from a beam in a barn after he had cut his wife's throat. His eldest daughter was away taking the middle two children to school at the time, with the youngest being left at home. He was unharmed, but ran from the house to tell his sister about what happened when she returned.

      A Civil War Veteran with Company H, 188th NY Inf.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 262, 319.

    2. [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Saint Lawrence County, New York; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
      Birth date: 16 Mar 1881 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Saint Lawrence, New York
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=14805896&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War.

    4. [S1026] New York Death Index, 1852-1956, `.

    5. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 262.