PUFFER, Charles Henry^{[1, 2]}

1856 - 1939  (83 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Charles Henry
  Birth	28 Mar 1856	Fabias Township, MI   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 89531278
  Ref#	529
  Residence	1860	Flowerfield, MI   [5]
  Residence	1870	Fairgrove, MI   [4]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	17 Aug 1939	Caro, MI   [3]
  Burial	Fairgrove, MI   [3]
  	Address: Brookside Cemetery
  Person ID	I12055	Puffers
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Charles F.,   b. 6 Sep 1831, Oswego, NY d. 8 Mar 1919, Flint, MI (Age 87 years)
  Mother	LIVINGSTON, Margaret Charlotte,   b. 6 Oct 1832, Geneva, NY d. 5 May 1909, Fairgrove, MI (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1852  [1]
  	Obituary says the marriage year was 1854.
  Residence	1860	Flowerfield, MI   [5]
  Residence	1870	Fairgrove, MI
  Family ID	F1563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GILBERT, Lydia Adelaide,   b. 3 Nov 1862, Genesee County, MI d. 20 Dec 1945, Tuscola County, MI (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1877	Fairgrove, MI   [1, 3]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Charles Burton,   b. 8 Aug 1878, South Boardman, MI d. 13 Jan 1900, Fairgrove, MI (Age 21 years)   2. PUFFER, Alta Mae,   b. 4 May 1882, Fairgrove, MI d. Jun 1971, Akron, MI (Age 89 years)   3. PUFFER, Verna Lannette,   b. 20 Sep 1884, South Boardman, MI d. Jun 1976, Phoenix, AZ (Age 91 years)   4. PUFFER, Raymond Wilford,   b. 5 May 1888, Fairgrove, MI d. 31 Dec 1974, Tecumseh, MI (Age 86 years)   5. PUFFER, Alice Agnes,   b. 4 Oct 1890, Fairgrove, MI d. 18 Aug 1981, Saint Petersburg, FL (Age 90 years)   6. PUFFER, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 30 Jun 1894, Fairgrove, MI d. Aft 1940 (Age > 47 years)   7. PUFFER, Theron Otto,   b. 6 Oct 1898, Fairgrove, MI d. 23 Feb 1994, Lansing, MI (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F8124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Akron, MI "Charles junior, the second oldest child now became the breadwinner of the family (father was fighting in the Civil War, older brother Chauncey had left). We are not sure of his age when he first went to work in the woods, but we know that he was experienced in lumbering by the time he was 14 years of age. Lumbering was the only work available for youngsters who wanted to earn cash." Ruth La Bounty Puffer "When he grew up Charles, Jr. loved to tell a story about himself and a bear. His only pair of pants needed mending and while his mother mended them he went outside in the woods. Then he saw a bear come out of the woods and go after their only pig. Knowing that the pig was their only source of meat, he ran after the bear and scared him away. The bear must have thought that he was a little bear too. Anyway the pig was saved." Ruth La Bounty Puffer

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 341. [S1040] Puffer/Warren Family Histories, 1998. [S112] Death Certificate. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.