PUFFER, Chester Arthur Jr.

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• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1950, Malden, MA
• Residence: 1964, Medford, MA
• Death: 25 Apr 1964, Lynnfield, MA

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Died:
Killed when the sports car he was driving crashed into a tree in Lynnfield.

Chester married MATTISON, Edith Lorraine in CA 1942 in MA. Edith (daughter of MATTISON, Fredrick Charles and GEER, Agnes Lillian) was born on 30 Dec 1919 in Bennington, VT; died on 6 Aug 1992 in Randolph, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PUFFER, Edith Lorraine was born in 1942 in Medford, MA; died on 29 Sep 2021 in NH.
2. PUFFER, Chester Arthur III was born in 1947 in Somerville, MA; died on 22 Jun 2022 in Inverness, FL.
3. PUFFER, Joanne was born in CA 1947 in Medford, MA; died on 21 Jul 2020 in Peabody, MA; was buried on 23 Jul 2020 in Peabody, MA.
4. PUFFER, Madelyn Ann was born on 26 May 1950 in Malden, MA; died on 27 May 2005 in Charleston, SC.
5. Living
6. PUFFER, Daniel Francis was born on 28 Apr 1958 in Malden, MA; died on 20 Oct 2022 in Farmingdale, ME.
7. PUFFER, Richard T. was born in Feb 1966 in MA; died before 2022.

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• SSN issued: MA
• Name: Chester Arthur Puffer
• Social Security Number: 013-01-4074
• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1918, Melrose, MA

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According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a chauffeur for Jesse Dell


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The 1930 Federal Census shows him living on Watervale Rd, Medford, MA. H e is a chauffer and truck driver

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According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a chauffeur for Jesse Dell

The 1930 Federal Census shows him living on Watervale Rd, Medford, MA. He is a chauffer and truck driver

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Chester married COLLINS, Harriet Barbara. Harriet (daughter of COLLINS, Jeremiah and POWERS, Catherine) was born on 20 Oct 1892 in MA; died on 25 Jan 1966 in MA; was buried in Littleton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: William Puffer
• _COLOR: 11
• Birth: 10 Jun 1869, Columbia, ME
• Residence: 1880, Harrington, ME
• Death: Bef 1969, ME

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William married SMITH, Inez Mabel on 26 Sep 1893 in Bar Harbor, ME. Inez (daughter of SMITH, Freeman Doyle and DAVIS, Julia Ida) was born on 22 Dec 1874 in Whitneyville, ME; died on 12 Mar 1965 in Bar Harbor, ME; was buried in Bar Harbor, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jeremiah married POWERS, Catherine on 17 Nov 1884 in Leominster, MA. Catherine was born in May 1849 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 1 Nov 1933 in Boston, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: William Ross Puffer
• _COLOR: 11
• Birth: 19 Jun 1832, Columbia, ME
• Death: Bef 1932

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He worked in the saw mills and lumber camps until six months before he came of age, when he bought his time and entered Cherryfield Academy. He continued his studies at various academies for the next five years, teaching in winters. For thirty years he taught school at Washington County, ME., and was one of the best known and most successful teachers in that section. He taught in Columbia Falls, Addison, Harrington, Mill bridge, Cherryfield, Josesport and Machias. He was a prominent leader in the Methodist church, a great reader and somewhat independent thinker.

"Henry another of John Sr. sons older than Taphenus lived here from 1867-1871 also lumbering and mill business. Then he turned into a student and became a teacher and a preacher and spent his life teaching and preaching in the surrounding towns. He taught 40 terms in the same school (Turkey Hill) going toward Geo. Norton's place on the right side of the road in old school house mother attended." Hazel Bradeen

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William married COFFIN, Susanna Wood in 1868 in ME. Susanna (daughter of COFFIN, Joseph Adams and COFFIN, Anna Nash) was born on 10 Oct 1842 in Columbia, ME; died on 27 Jul 1897 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Harrington, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Susan Ann O'Brien
• _COLOR: 11
• Birth: 1843, Columbia, ME
• Residence: 1880, Harrington, ME
• Death: Bef 1943

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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.

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• Residence: 1860, Jonesport, ME
• Residence: 1870, Jonesboro, ME
• Residence: 1900, Dedham, ME
• Residence: 1910, Ellsworth, ME
• Residence: 1920, Ellsworth, ME

Freeman married DAVIS, Julia Ida on 11 Jun 1868 in Jonesboro, ME. Julia was born on 26 Sep 1852 in Jonesboro, ME; died in 1931 in Bar Harbor, ME; was buried in Bar Harbor, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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