COFFIN, Susanna Wood^{[1, 2, 3]}

1842 - 1897  (54 years)

• Name	COFFIN, Susanna Wood
  Birth	10 Oct 1842	Columbia, ME   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	1843	Columbia, ME   [3]
  Residence	1880	Harrington, ME   [3]
  Death	27 Jul 1897	Columbia, ME   [4, 5]
  Death	Bef 1943
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 88149481
  Name	Susan Ann O'Brien
  _COLOR	11
  Burial	Harrington, ME   [4]
  Person ID	I8738	Puffers
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	COFFIN, Joseph Adams,   b. 25 Jan 1814, ME d. 12 Feb 1878, Harrington, ME (Age 64 years)
  Mother	COFFIN, Anna Nash,   b. 20 Feb 1814, Harrington, ME d. 1 Jan 1909, Harrington, ME (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1836	Harrington, ME   [6]
  Family ID	F16596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PUFFER, William Henry,   b. 1832, Columbia, ME d. 17 Dec 1912, Harrington, ME (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1868	ME   [6]
  Residence	1880	Harrington, ME   [3]
  Children	1. PUFFER, William Henry Jr.,   b. 1869, Columbia, ME d. 20 Aug 1948, ME (Age 79 years)   2. PUFFER, Rev. Joseph Adams,   b. CA 1872, ME d. 29 Jul 1958, Berlin, MA (Age 86 years)   3. PUFFER, Elijah Elmore,   b. 1878, Columbia, ME d. 4 Aug 1888, Columbia Falls, ME (Age 10 years)   4. PUFFER, Maureen Ann,   b. 27 Apr 1888, Olmsted County, MN d. Bef 1988 (Age < 99 years)
  Family ID	F10629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  To get an education she went across the state to the State Normal School at Gorham about 1860, and was the first woman of her native town to acquire a normal school education. She taught for about two years in her native village, Harrington, ME, before her marriage. She was a leader in church work and did her own thinking,. In religion she was a Baptist. Like her brothers, she had good business ability and ran a general store for several years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 277. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 276. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrington, Washington, Maine; Roll: 490; Family History Film: 1254490; Page: 429B; Enumeration District: 192; Image: 0440. Record for Susan Puffer [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 477. [S502] Maine Death Records, 1761-1922. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 98.