Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Richard Rush[1, 2]

Male 1833 - 1905  (71 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Richard Rush 
    Birth 23 Dec 1833  Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
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    Ref# 278  [2
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 5 Dec 1905  Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Burial Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Address:
    Union Cemetery 
    Person ID I35157  Puffers
    Last Modified 21 May 2022 

    Father PUFFER, Capt. Lewis,   b. 7 Nov 1798, Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1886, Mount Palatine, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother GRAVES, Emily C.,   b. 28 Jan 1805, Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1885, Mt. Palatine, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 3 May 1826  Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Residence 21 Sep 1855  Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 19 Jul 1860  Magnolia, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 13 Aug 1870  Magnolia, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Family ID F9289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CALDWELL, Paulina Jane,   b. 16 Jun 1840, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1919, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1869  Crawford, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 13
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Pearl Emily,   b. 19 Feb 1870, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1963, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. PUFFER, Rollin R.,   b. 21 Apr 1871, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1872, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. PUFFER, George Irving,   b. 16 Sep 1873, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1890, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     4. PUFFER, Wilfred Edward,   b. 22 Jul 1876, Odell, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1954, Corwith, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F9276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos 6 Photos

  • Notes 
    • Civil War Veteran, enlisted in Company E of the Eighth IL Inf. Regt. Vols. and served from July 18 1861, to July 1865. He fought at the Battle of Shiloh.
      His Bible was returned to his mother by a Confederate Soldier who found it on the Battleground at Shiloh. He mustered out on 30 Jul 1864.
      He was appointed Postmaster for Odell, Illinois by President McKinley. There is an archive of letters between him and his sister Ann Adelaide from the Civil War that were mentioned in a book in the Chicago Historical Society.
      He was a joiner by trade.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 152, 237.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 151, 237.

    3. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 237.

    4. [S897] Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974.

    5. [S213] US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, , 1861-1865.

    6. [S478] Illinois State Archives.

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

    8. [S512] 1673-1899: History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, Page 486.

    9. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 151.

    10. [S206] Massachusetts State Census, 1855.

    11. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.

    12. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census.

    13. [S946] Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993.