PUFFER, William Hosea^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1836 - 1904  (68 years)

• Name	PUFFER, William Hosea
  Birth	2 Feb 1836	Saco, ME   [4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 79785186
  Military	18 Apr 1861  [3]
  Ref#	295  [4]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	4 Nov 1904	Emporia, KS   [5]
  Burial	Bridgeport, MI   [6]
  	Address: Pine Grove Cemetery
  Person ID	I14998	Puffers
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Amos,   b. Jul 1809, Sudbury, MA d. 23 Feb 1838, Saco, ME (Age 28 years)
  Mother	SABINS, Lovina Jane,   b. 21 May 1812, Amherst, MA d. 25 Aug 1863, Southborough, MA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1835	Waltham, MA   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F8472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	CUTHBERTSON, Susan\ Sarah J.,   b. CA 1838   d. Bef 1881 (Age < 42 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1861	Kane County, IL   [5, 9]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Lavina Jane,   b. Jun 1864, IL d. 1954, Lawrence, KS (Age 89 years)   2. PUFFER, Charles,   b. 1863, Aurora, IL d. 24 Dec 1868, Aurora, IL (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F2107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	BRADY, Hannah Virginia,   b. 3 Jun 1851, Winchester, VA d. 2 Jun 1930, CA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1881	Emporia, KS   [5]
  Children	1. PUFFER, William Bryden,   b. 31 Dec 1882, Florence, KS d. 27 Jan 1960, San Bernardino, CA (Age 77 years)   2. PUFFER, Frederick Graham,   b. 31 Jul 1888, Emporia, KS d. 6 Aug 1950, Los Angeles, CA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F2106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  He enlisted in Co. C, 7th IL at Springfield, IL, and served through the Civil War. When a lad of ten when he began railroading. He was a locomotive engineer for more than thirty years, and in 1886 lost his left arm in the service of the Santa Fe Railroad Co., at Florence, near Winfield, KS, in a head-on collision. As part of the damages allowed him by the company he was given a concession for a cigar and confectionery stand in the railroad station. Afterward he had a cigar store in Emporia until he died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 193, 248-249. [S471] Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. [S340] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 163, 248. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 249. [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War. [S177] Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 163. [S478] Illinois State Archives.