PUFFER, Starkey Powell^{[1, 2, 3]}

1874 - 1959  (84 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Starkey Powell
  Birth	10 Jul 1874	Winchester, IL   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 73654644
  Ref#	389  [3]
  Residence	1895	Rochester, NY   [5]
  Residence	1918	Charleston, WV   [2]
  Residence	1924	Charleston, WV
  Residence	1935	Charleston, WV   [6]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	25 Apr 1959	Rochester, NY   [4]
  Cremation	27 Apr 1959	Shelburne, MA
  	Address: Arms Cemetery Crematory
  Person ID	I21748	Puffers
  Last Modified	21 May 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Samuel Willis,   b. 8 Jan 1837, Colrain, MA d. 30 May 1912, Rochester, NY (Age 75 years)
  Mother	POWELL, Mary Catherine,   b. 6 Dec 1841, Winchester, IL d. 1939, Winchester, IL (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1866	Winchester, IL   [7]
  Residence	1905	Rochester, NY   [8]
  Family ID	F7768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	WENIGER, Emmeline A.,   b. 9 Jan 1878, Rochester, NY d. 14 Oct 1929, Charleston, WV (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1900	Rochester, NY   [9]
  Family ID	F7909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	LOEB, Jeanette C.,   b. 27 Jun 1885, Philadelphia, PA d. 20 Apr 1975, Philadelphia, PA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1931	Philadelphia, PA   [10, 11, 12]
  Divorce	Bef 1940	PA
  Family ID	F7910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He attended the public schools of his native town and graduated from the Winchester High School in 1889, from Whipple Academy, at Jacksonville, IL, in 1891, and from the University of Rochester in 1895. He entered the newspaper business at Cleveland, OH, in 1895, and from 1896-98 was on the staff of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. In 1898-9 he was managing editor of the Rochester Evening Times, and editor and publisher of that newspaper from 1899 to 1907. In 1908-9 he was general city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune and managing editor of the Daily Oklahoman, 1909-11. Since 1911 he has been general secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, WV. He is a member of Yonnondio Lodge, No. 163, Free Masons, and of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 234, 310-311. [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia; Roll: ; Draft Board: . Birth date: 10 Jul 1874 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=21614906&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 232, 310. [S693] New York State Health Dept. Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963. [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West WV, 28 Sep 1935, Page 1. [S478] Illinois State Archives. [S687] New York State Census, 1905. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 311. [S565] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951. [S163] SSDI. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV, 1 Jul 1931, page 4.