Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, William Haselton[1, 2]

Male 1861 - 1912  (50 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, William Haselton 
    Birth 3 May 1861  Essex, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1870  Randolph, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1880  Chelsea, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 17 Mar 1912  Pecos, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: of cerbro spinal meningitis 
    Burial Pecos, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Fairview Cemetery 
    Person ID I21141  Puffers
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2023 

    Father PUFFER, Rev. John Martin,   b. 1835, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1874, Barre, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Mother HASELTON, Hannah Anne,   b. Mar 1836, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1912, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage Mar 1857  Westford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Residence 1860  Essex, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1870  Randolph, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F4699  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family DAVIS, Helen Ruth,   b. 19 May 1868, Guanajuato, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1937, St. Johnsbury, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 2 Sep 1892  Detroit, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Samuel Raymond Davis,   b. 18 Feb 1896, Troy, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1968, Hartland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. PUFFER, Marion Frances R.N.,   b. 22 Jul 1898, Troy, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1962, St. Johnsbury, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     3. PUFFER, Robert Edward,   b. 27 Oct 1904, Guanajuato, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1966, Chester, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F8636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

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  • Notes 
    • He attended the public schools until he was thirteen, when the family moved to Chelsea, VT, and he helped his brother on the farm. At the age of 22 he attended Bradford Academy and later St. Johnsbury Academy, where he fitted for college. He entered Dartmouth College in 1887 and the Thayer School of Civil Engineering in 1890, graduating in 1892. He was employed on general railroad work on the A.T. & Sante Fe until late in 1893, when he became assistant engineer in charge of construction for the Mexico, Cuernavaca & Pacific R.R. In the summer of 1895 he was engineer for Sooysmith & Co., in charge of the foundations for the cathedral of St. John the Devine, NYC. He returned to the railroad work and was in charge of a party on the relocation of center lines for the Boston & Maine. In the summer of 1897 he again entered the employ of Sooysmith on the foundation of the Empire State Building, NYC, and in the fall of 1897 was with Joseph W. Cody & Co. as engineer on shoring and deep foundations. During 1898 he had charge of concrete work for the U.S. Govt at Ft. Hamilton and for the next years was chief engineer for the NY Zoological Society. In 1901 he was employed by John W. Ferguson as superintendent of construction of the plant of the Alsen Portland Cement Co., at Alsen, NY. After 1902 he was engaged in many mining enterprises in Mexico. He was manager of the La Tula Mining Co., at Quanajuato, Mexico, 1906-1912, and one of the directors of the company; also manager of the Guanjuato Amalgamated Gold Mines Co., 1909-10. While on his way to Carlsbad, NM he was stricken with cerebro-spinal meningitis and died after an illness of two days. "Throughout his life, Mr. Puffer impressed friends, employers and employees with his sterling uprightness of character, his kindness, his ability and good judgment and his loyalty to duty." He was elected to the American Society of Civil Engineers May 3, 1 905.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 269, 321-322.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 269, 321.

    3. [S594] Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982.

    4. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 269.

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

    7. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.

    8. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census.

    9. [S183] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925.

    10. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 322.