Puffer Genealogy
Living
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Living
2. 
PUFFER, Gage Edward was born on 29 May 1905 in Quitman, LA (son of PUFFER, Samuel Henry Jr. and MANGUS, Bessie Anne, son of PUFFER, Henry Samuel Jr. and HENDERSON, Missouri Palacina); died on 4 Aug 1972 in Bernice, LA; was buried in Union Parish, LA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1910, Kiesche, LA
- Residence: 1920, Revilee, AR
- Birth: 5 Aug 1929, Lillie, LA
- Residence: Apr 1930, Hillsdale, MI
- Residence: 1940, Bernice, LA
- Milit-Beg: 1 Sep 1944
- Milit-Beg: 1 Sep 1944, LA
- Muster: 31 Mar 1945; USN, USS Ormsby
- Milit-End: 3 Mar 1948
- Milit-End: 11 Mar 1948
- Residence: 1951, Oklahoma City, OK
Notes:
WWII Veteran, US Navy
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USN, stationed in San Diego, CA in 1959
He was a ranch hand in AZ 1948-1950, raising turkeys.
He hauled logs in AR with his brother-in-law 1950-1951
He did contstruction work (off and on) in 1951
He worked in bridge construction in OK 1951-1952
He was a roughneck in OK 1952-1953
He was a lumber sawer in OR 1953
He was a roughneck in OK 1954
He worked for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company 1954-?
FindaGrave:
GRID=67121017Gage married HARRIS, Edith Lorene on 14 Aug 1952 in Jones, OK. Edith (daughter of HARRIS, Benjamin) was born on 1 Sep 1938 in CA; died after 2009 in CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. HARRIS, Edith Lorene was born on 1 Sep 1938 in CA (daughter of HARRIS, Benjamin); died after 2009 in CA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 8
- Residence: 1995, Boron, CA
Children:
- 1. Living
Generation: 3
4. PUFFER, Henry Samuel Jr. was born on 5 Dec 1874 in St. Louis, MO (son of PUFFER, Henry Samuel Sr. and HOLLIS\HARLESS, Sarah\Sally F.); died after 1940 in LA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Ref#: 447
- _COLOR: 11
- Land Purchase: 30 Nov 1904, New Orleans, LA
- Residence: 1918, Falls County, TX
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=67005572Henry married HENDERSON, Missouri Palacina on 11 Jun 1899 in Union Parish, LA, and was divorced about 1920. Missouri (daughter of HENDERSON, Hiram G. and CARROLL, Cynthia Rebecca) was born in 1875 in TX; died on 29 Nov 1958 in Union Parish, LA; was buried in 1958 in Lillie, LA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. 
HENDERSON, Missouri Palacina was born in 1875 in TX (daughter of HENDERSON, Hiram G. and CARROLL, Cynthia Rebecca); died on 29 Nov 1958 in Union Parish, LA; was buried in 1958 in Lillie, LA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Palacina
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1880, Comanche, TX
- Residence: 1900, Union, LA
- Residence: 1910, Dodson, LA
- Residence: 1920, Revilee, AR
- Residence: 1930, Union, LA
- Residence: 1930, Union, LA
- Residence: 1940, Union, LA
- Residence: 1950, Union County, MS
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=25932561
Residence:
Living with sister, Lassie and familyChildren:
- PUFFER, Euna May was born on 14 May 1900 in Ruston, LA; died on 28 Mar 1970 in Dinuba, CA; was buried in Dinuba, CA.
- PUFFER, Conway Kursey was born on 6 Nov 1901 in LA; died on 21 Jul 1983 in Santa Ana, CA.
- PUFFER, John E. was born on 6 Aug 1903 in Jonesborough, LA; died in Jul 1972 in Fairfax, OK.
- 2. PUFFER, Gage Edward was born on 29 May 1905 in Quitman, LA; died on 4 Aug 1972 in Bernice, LA; was buried in Union Parish, LA.
- PUFFER, Linnie L. was born in 1907 in LA; died before 2007.
- PUFFER, Samuel Henry Jr. was born on 13 Jul 1906 in Dodson, LA; died on 31 Jan 1975 in San Bernardino, CA; was cremated on 1 Feb 1975 in CA.
- PUFFER, Dellie W. was born in 1911 in LA; died on 6 Jan 1937 in Oklahoma County, OK; was buried in Luther, OK.
- PUFFER, John A. was born in 1903; died in 1972 in Fairfax, OK; was buried in Fairfax, OK.
6. HARRIS, Benjamin Children:
- 3. HARRIS, Edith Lorene was born on 1 Sep 1938 in CA; died after 2009 in CA.
Generation: 4
8. 
PUFFER, Henry Samuel Sr. was born in 1844 in Buffalo, NY (son of PUFFER, Simon and DICKINSON, Adeline G.); died on 6 Apr 1896 in Anna, IL; was buried in Anna, IL. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Henry Samuel Puffer
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1850, Black Rock, NY
- Residence: 1855, Buffalo, NY
- Residence: 1860, Hamburg, NY
- Milit-Beg: 16 Sep 1862, OH
- Residence: 1865, Hamburg, NY
- Milit-End: 12 Jun 1865, Raleigh, NC
- Residence: Jun 1870, Finley, MO
- Residence: 1880, Fannin County, TX
- Residence: 1880, Fannin, TX
- Mil Pen: 6 Mar 1891; IL
Notes:
A Civil War Veteran, enlisted in Company E, 103rd Regt. OH Volunteer Infantry in Cleveland, OH, Aug. 12, 1862; mustered out June 12, 1865. Applied for invalid pension, Mar. 6, 1891 in IL but it was not issued. Cemetery records were burned up in a fire in the early 1970s but he has a military headstone in a plot with 20 other vets in Section H. His name is on Panel #14 in the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Public Square, Cleveland, OH.
His headstone was provided by the Stockbridge Marble Co, Stockbridge, MA on May 29, 1900
A school teacher at the time of his marriage to Sarah F. Hollis
FindaGrave:
GRID=63469290
Milit-Beg:
Enlisted in Co. E., 103rd Inf. Regt., Ohio. Promoted to full Corporal on 1 Dec 1864. Mustered out at Raleigh, NC on 12 Jun 1865.
Residence:
His occupation is "school teacher" but it also shows he can't read/write?
Mil Pen:
Application # 1.001.651 as an "invalid". Was he wounded during the Civil War?
Died:
of pneumoniaHenry married HOLLIS\HARLESS, Sarah\Sally F. on CA Apr 1870 in MO. Sarah\Sally (daughter of HOLLIS\HARLESS, Henry and Martha) was born about 1845 in GA or TX; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. HOLLIS\HARLESS, Sarah\Sally F. was born about 1845 in GA or TX (daughter of HOLLIS\HARLESS, Henry and Martha); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Sarah E. Harless
- Residence: 1860, Collin County, TX
- Residence: 1870, Finley, MO
- Residence: 1870, Marshall County, AL
- Residence: 1880, Fannin County, TX
Notes:
Married:
This is the year of the federal census for 1870 and they are shown as man and wife. Their first child was b. 1873.Children:
- 4. PUFFER, Henry Samuel Jr. was born on 5 Dec 1874 in St. Louis, MO; died after 1940 in LA.
- PUFFER, Jabez was born in 1875 in TX; died on 17 Jul 1897 in TX; was buried in Corral City, TX.
- PUFFER, John Dickenson Sr. was born on 12 Mar 1877 in Waco, TX; died on 14 Apr 1914 in Heber Springs, AR; was buried in Heber Springs, AR.
- PUFFER, Robert H. was born in 1879 in LA; and died.
- PUFFER, A. was born in Oct 1879 in TX; died before 1900 in TX.
- PUFFER, Catherine W. was born in 1883 in LA; and died.
10. HENDERSON, Hiram G. was born in May 1849 in LA (son of HENDERSON, Zachariah William and CARROLL, Rebecca); died in 1909 in TX; was buried in Waco, TX. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1880, Comanche, TX
- Residence: 1900, Waco, TX
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=99118775Hiram married CARROLL, Cynthia Rebecca. Cynthia was born in May 1856 in LA; died on 29 Sep 1929 in McLennan County, TX; was buried in Waco, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. CARROLL, Cynthia Rebecca was born in May 1856 in LA; died on 29 Sep 1929 in McLennan County, TX; was buried in Waco, TX. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1880, Comanche, TX
- Residence: 1900, Waco, TX
- Residence: 1910, Waco, TX
- Residence: 1920, Waco, TX
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=99118772Children:
- 5. HENDERSON, Missouri Palacina was born in 1875 in TX; died on 29 Nov 1958 in Union Parish, LA; was buried in 1958 in Lillie, LA.
- HENDERSON, Susan Lassie was born in CA 1865 in LA; died on 3 Jul 1944 in Union, LA; was buried in Lillie, LA.