PUFFER, Mabel Emeline^[1]

1870 - 1934  (63 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Mabel Emeline
  Birth	23 May 1870	Ayer, MA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	May 1900	Ayer, MA   [2]
  Residence	1907	Ayer, MA   [3]
  Residence	1910	Ayer, MA   [4]
  Residence	1914	Ayer, MA   [3]
  	a stenographer
  Residence	1927	Worcester, MA   [3]
  _COLOR	2
  Death	1934	Worcester, MA   [5]
  Person ID	I21787	Puffers
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Pvt. George Gibson,   b. 23 Oct 1838, Westminster, MA d. 9 Dec 1915, Ayer, MA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	SPRAGUE, Ellen Louise,   b. 11 Aug 1835, Littleton, MA d. 14 Mar 1914, Ayer, MA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1868	Littleton, MA   [1, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F8766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAZZARD, Arthur Garfield,   b. 2 Jan 1881, Lowell, MA d. Aft 1942 (Age > 62 years)
  Family ID	F11159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  mabel emeline puffer.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Graduate of the Ayer High School in 1886, of the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston, in 1893. Named after her grandmother, a devout Unitarian and substantially wealthy. Mabel, a white heiress, and her black handyman, Arthur Garfield 'Honey' Hazzard planned to marry, but her family found a compliant judge to declare her mentally incompetent, not only breaking the engagement but, conveniently, seizing control of her assets. Ann Hagedorn, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2007), 543 pp . She owned a cottage on Sandy Pond, Ayer, MA where she stayed during her conflict with family over her marriage plans. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Graduate of the Ayer High School in 1886, of the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston, in 1893. Named after her grandmother, a devout Unitarian and substantially wealthy. Mabel, a white heiress, and her black handyman, Arthur Garfield 'Honey' Hazzard planned to marry, but her family found a compliant judge to declare her mentally incompetent, not only breaking the engagement but, conveniently, seizing control of her assets. Ann Hagedorn, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2007), 543 pp .,

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 202. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census. [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995. [S444] _1910 United States Federal Census. [S734] Massachusetts Death Index 1901-1980. [S210] Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Hollis Times, Hollis, NH, 10 Dec 1915, Page 3.