Puffer Genealogy

ROGERS, Orville Kempton[1]

Male 1841 - 1862  (21 years)


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  • Name ROGERS, Orville Kempton 
    Birth 1841  Montgomery, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Milit-Beg 11 Sep 1862  VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Co. G., 13th Inf. Regt. 
    Death 25 Nov 1862  [1
    • Civil War soldier, Pvt, Co. G. 13th Vermont Infantry.

      He died of disease.
      The only battle that came immediately before his death is one that took place in Philomont, VA, where calvary from the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, met the Union Army of the Potomac. There were 13 Confederates KIA, and 15 Union soldiers KIA.

      The battles at Antietam, VA, Sep-Oct, 1862 is also a possibility.
    Milit-End 26 Nov 1862 
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    Person ID I13669  Puffers
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2023 

    Father ROGERS, Clark William,   b. 31 Aug 1805, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1865, Berkshire, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother PUFFER, Alfreda\Alpheda,   b. 1809, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1858, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1827  Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F3782  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Died in the Civil War.

      ORVILLE K. ROGERS was born in Montgomery in 1841, volunteered on the 20th day of September and joined Company G on the same day and in less than 30 days was on the front line doing picket duty like a veteran soldier. He was a jovial happy young fellow, anxious to serve his country as a soldier. A farmer boy with limited opportunities for an education. His habits were such as the environments of the locality where born and bred induced. Though young, vigorous and hopeful, yet he was not equal to the test of living in a cotton tent with cold, damp ground and a rubber blanket for a bed. He was taken sick with pneumonia or lung fever, taken to the hospital and in a few days, November 25, 1862, offered his young life on the altar of his country. A humble life, a rich reward and an imperishable honor. Source: History of the 13th Regiment Vermont Volunteers

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 174.

    2. [S538] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908.