PUFFER, Ira M. Sr.^[1]

1845 - 1920  (74 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Ira M.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	25 Apr 1845	Seneca, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 9370598
  Milit-Beg	8 Aug 1864	MI
  Milit-End	19 Jul 1865	MI
  Ref#	512
  _COLOR	11
  Death	26 Jan 1920	Hart, MI   [2]
  Burial	28 Jan 1920	Hart, MI   [2, 3]
  	Address: South Hart Cemetery
  Person ID	I119	Puffers
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Solomon,   b. 1816, Shaftsbury, VT d. 14 Nov 1880, Muskegon, MI (Age 64 years)
  Mother	LOWN, Clarissa Caroline,   b. Abt 1815, Mohawk Valley, NY d. Abt 1860, Lagrange County, IN (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1845	NY
  Family ID	F10052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	BOWDISH, Zilpha Jane,   b. 28 Sep 1845, MI d. 22 Jan 1890, Burr Oak, MI (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1877	MI   [4]
  Family ID	F2223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	MILLER, Clarissa Elizabeth,   b. 4 Sep 1868, Pentwater, MI d. 16 Mar 1949, Oceana County, MI (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1891	Hart, MI   [5]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Mary Augusta,   b. May 1892, South Boardman, MI d. 1994, Hart, MI (Age 101 years)   2. PUFFER, Angeline,   b. 5 Apr 1894, South Boardman, MI d. 23 Dec 1978, Hart, MI (Age 84 years)   3. PUFFER, Irving Charles,   b. 17 Sep 1896, Crystal Valley, MI d. 29 Apr 1965, Oceana County, MI (Age 68 years)   4. PUFFER, Ira C. Jr.,   b. 26 Apr 1898, South Boardman, MI d. 19 Nov 1934, Muskegon Heights, MI (Age 36 years)   5. PUFFER, Mina F.,   b. 22 Jul 1904, South Boardman, MI d. 29 Feb 1992, Grand Rapids, MI (Age 87 years)   6. PUFFER, Floyd Hiram,   b. 30 Oct 1907, South Boardman, MI d. 1 May 1929, Hart, MI (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F2224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  A Civil War Vet from the village of Pentwater, MI; Company K, 19th Michigan Infantry. Ira enlisted at Kalamazoo, MI at age 18 for 3 years service on August 8, 1864. He reached the Regiment at Atlanta, Georgia on September 5, 1864. Transferred to Company G, 10th MI Infantry on June 10, 1865. Mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky on July 19, 1865. Admitted to the National home for Disabled Veterans in 1905 with malaria, chronic constipation, right inguinal hernia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 340. [S112] Death Certificate. [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War. [S616] St. Joseph County, Michigan Dibean Marriage Index. [S183] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925.