PUFFER, Rev. Dr. Isaac Willett^{[1, 2, 3]}

1860 - 1902  (42 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Isaac Willett
  Prefix	Rev. Dr.
  Birth	21 Aug 1860	North Crosby, Leeds, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 191606512
  Ref#	428  [3]
  Residence	1861	Bedford, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	1 Nov 1902	Decatur, IL   [5, 6]
  	Cause: in a train accident
  Burial	New Boston, IL   [6]
  	Address: New Boston Cemetery
  Person ID	I15164	Puffers
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Rev. George William,   b. 10 May 1837, Montague, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Nov 1920, Pilot Grove, IL (Age 83 years)
  Mother	WILLETT, Agnes,   b. 15 Mar 1836, Pittsburgh, Fontenac, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Aug 1913, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1859	Newboro, Leeds, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1861	Bedford, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F9124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BAKER, Angelina Asenath,   b. 24 Dec 1865, Ingoldsby, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Jul 1939, Ingoldsby, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1889	Gridley, IL
  Children	1. PUFFER, Dr. DeWillet Stanley,   b. 26 Aug 1890, Ingoldsby, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Oct 1968, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)   2. PUFFER, Thoburn Clement,   b. 11 Oct 1893, New Boston, IL d. 14 Feb 1895, New Boston, IL (Age 1 year)   3. PUFFER, Ina Elizabeth,   b. 28 Apr 1897, Braidwood, IL d. 3 Dec 1939, IL (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F5762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  His early academic course was one of disappointed hopes. After struggles in various fields of commercial life, he took a collegiate course in Lindsay, Ont., and matriculated into Victoria College, Coburg, Ontario in 1887. After a year's theological work, he joined the Central Illinois Conference and completed his theological studies on the field, receiving New Boston, IL as his first appointment. In the year 1902, after a career that promised to be one of intense usefulness, he was accidentally killed at Decatur, IL. He was a preacher of unusual ability and his personality attracted many friends. After their marriage they migrated to the USA around 1885 - 1890 with other family members. They first settled around the Lovejoy, Iroquois County, area in Illinois. But had to have spent sometime in Mercer County as both Isaac and their young son T. Clement are both listed as being buried in the New Boston Cemetery. When Isaac died in 1902 at the age of 42, he left behind his young wife, Angelina age 37 and their 2 small children; Ina Elizabeth was only 5 years old and her brother DeWillet was only 12. Thoburn also died in Illinois at the age of one and is buried in the New Boston Cemetery in Mercer County with his father. Around 1905 Angelina took her two remainigng children and went back to Canada where they lived the rest of their days.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Machias Union, a local newspaper. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 288, 332. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 288, 331. [S883] Canada Census 1861. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 332. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois · Tuesday, November 04, 1902, page 4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 288.