PUFFER, Nathan

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• Name: Nathaniel Puffer
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• Birth: 1825, NH
• Residence: 1870, Wyacondah, IA

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The following abstract is from a newspaper obituary. He died at the residence of Jon Frody. "He had made his home with John Frody and the elder Frody during the greater part of the time for several years. The remainder of his time had been spent mostly on his farm in Wyacondah township, six miles southwest of Bloomfield. His disease was cancer. He had been afflicted with it a great many years, but concealed the fact from his friends until it has so completely mastered him that he was compelled to call on the aid of physicians, when it was too late. *** His strength and balance of mind enabled him to bear his suffering with remarkable fortitude and equanimity, never murmuring and never finding fault with those who attended him. *** He received an academic education in his native state. About 1834 he came as far west as Indiana, and shortly afterward returned to NH. A few years later he determined to settle in the West and, talking of this period in his like, in his last days, he remarked that NH was a good place to be born in , but should be left early.
"He started on his long journey, as he said, on foot with eight dollars in his pocket and with no companion but the ague. About 1839 he settled in the American bottom in IL near St. Louis. In 1840 he visited Missouri and returned. He removed to Missouri in 1842, remaining several years in Boone and Howard counties. In 1849 he came to Davis County, Iowa, where he spent the remainder of his life. From the time he left New Hampshire until several years after he came to Iowa his occupation was teaching school. He taught his first school in Bartholomew County, Indiana; his last in Darnell schoolhouse, Union Township, Davis County, s omewhere from 1850 to 1855. Mr Puffer accumulated considerable money b teaching and loaning money. He bought his Wyacondah farm in 1860 and at the time of this death had several thousand dollars in money and notes. *** He was a very liberal man in his dealings. He loaned only where he thought the loan would of real benefit to the recipient. *** Mr. Puffer was a man of fine mind, delicate tastes and studious habits. He possessed a considerable store of classical and scientific knowledge and a large fund of general information. During the middle and latter part of his life, he devoted a large share of his attention to scientific studies. Mathematics, astronomy, botany and geology were his favorite studies, particularly the last. In his journeys he was in the habit of studying the geological formations. Of late years his farm occupied the larger share of his attention in the growing season. He planted and reared an orchard in which he took great delight. He applied his scientific knowledge to its culture. It is now one of the finest orchards in southern Iowa. It contains 150 varieties carefully selected and adapted to the climate and the soil. He delighted also in shrubs and flowers, with which his premises were planted in great profusion and variety. Friends who visited him were always welcome to everything that his grounds and orchard afforded." Interment in Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mr. Puffer never married. He bequeathed his property to his brother Jabez and the children of his brothers, Charles, Jabez and Moses Puffer.

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• Christening: 22 Mar 1772

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He settled in Keene and Westmoreland, NH and Michilmackinac, MI

He enlisted Aug 1, 1817 in Michilmackinac, MI for 5 yrs. He was discharged for 'inability' May 5, 1821 after spending 2 long stays in the hospital.

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Nathan married HASTINGS, Priscilla on 30 Mar 1809 in Westmoreland, NH. Priscilla was born in 1782 in MA; died on 1 Nov 1862 in NH; was buried in Westmoreland, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Westmoreland, NH

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• Arrival: 1773, Dublin, NH

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He resided on the old Amasa Kendall farm in Framingham. About 1767 he removed to Dublin, NH. He was a taxpayer in 1773. In 1790 he was living in Dublin and had three children then living in his family. He was very poor. In 1786 the town built a house for him (Lot 10, range 4).

"Jabez Puffer was reckoned as one of the Revolutionary
soldiers of Dublin. His name is not discovered in the Revo-
lutionary Rolls. This may be due to a loss of some of the old
records, or to a defect in the index. The indexes to the Rolls
are far from complete. Jabez Puffer came to Dublin from Fram-
ingham, Mass., and married a daughter of Capt. Thomas
Morse. He had a large family of children, several of whom
were feeble-minded and eventually supported by the town.
We have found no record of his death. He lived at first on the
tenth lot of the eighth range, and later on the eleventh lot of
that range, on the Milliken place." History of Dublin, Centennial Celebration, 17 Jun 1852.

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Jabez married MORSE, Rachel on 13 Feb 1763 in Sherborn, MA. Rachel (daughter of MORSE, Capt. Thomas and TREADWAY, Mary) was born on 13 Feb 1743 in Framingham, MA; died on 6 Feb 1818 in Hinsdale, NH; was buried in Westmoreland, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmation: 8 Nov 1741, Sudbury, MA

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He joined the Sudbury church Nov. 8, 1781 and his wife joined Oct. 5, 1746. They moved to Framingham where he was a town officer 1749-53. He was soldier in the French and Indian War in Captain Belknap's company, Colonel Joseph Buckminster's regiment, April 22, 1756; also in Captain John Nixon's company, Colonel Timothy Ruggle's regiment, August 28 1756 (aged 36 according to the pay roll) and clerk of the company. He was reported dead at Camp Fort William Henry. His wife Abigail was appointed administratrix January 3, 1757.

William married TREADWAY, Abigail on 8 Jun 1742 in Sudbury, MA. Abigail (daughter of TREADWAY, Benjamin and MAYNARD, Mary) was born on 2 Dec 1719 in Framingham, MA; died on 6 Feb 1818 in Hinsdale, NH; was buried in Hinsdale, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was the first permanent English settler in Dublin, NH. A very influential citizen in Framingham and Dublin, NH, as were his sons Thomas and Reuben Morse. A Capt. in the War of Independence

" A captain's commission was sent him (Thomas Morse) by
the royal Governor Wentworth, of New Hampshire, to keep him
loyal, which he indignantly spurned; and, ere hostilities com-
menced, he had three sons trained to volunteer at the first call,
while he, advanced in years, remained at home with the others to
carry on the farm, and encourage his fellow-citizens to patriotic
efforts. He was pronounced by one of the signers of the Declara-
tion of Independence, who had much intercourse with him, to be
the ' shrewdest man he ever knew.' " History of Dublin, pg 836

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Thomas married TREADWAY, Mary on 19 May 1736 in Framingham, MA. Mary (daughter of TREADWAY, Benjamin and MAYNARD, Mary) was born on 16 May 1718 in Framingham, MA; died on 25 Dec 1776 in Dublin, NH; was buried in Dublin, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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