COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant^[1]

1841 - 1892  (51 years)

• Name	COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant
  Nickname	Nettie
  Birth	1841	Bolton, CT   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 103240753
  Residence	1850	Bolton, CT
  Residence	1860	Lee, MA   [4]
  	A 'spiritualist lecturer' according to the 1940 Federal Census.
  _COLOR	11
  _FSFTID	94ZY-YGF
  Death	27 Jun 1892	White Plains, NY
  Burial	White Plains, NY
  	Address: White Plains Rural Cemetery
  Person ID	I12492	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	COLBURN, Amasa,   b. 1813, CT d. 29 May 1894, CT (Age 81 years)
  Mother	CHURCH, Charlotte E.,   b. CA 1801, NY d. 10 Apr 1858, CT (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F1698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	PUFFER, George Washington,   b. 1835, Simsbury, CT d. 18 Aug 1875, Richmond, VA (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1855	Hartford, CT   [5]
  	Address: Christian Secretary Newspaper
  Divorce	1858	Hartford, CT
  Family ID	F16955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	PUFFER, Capt. Alfred Edson,   b. Aug 1839, Bennington, VT d. 20 Jul 1918, Fall River County, SD (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1859	Pittsfield, MA   [1, 6]
  Divorce	1861	Washington, DC
  Family ID	F5960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 3	MAYNARD, William Porter,   b. Sep 1843, Buffalo, NY d. 20 Dec 1918, White Plains, NY (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1867  [7]
  Family ID	F15286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  She was the personal spiritualist for Mary Todd Lincoln and held 'circles' (seances) with President Lincoln in attendance. "She visited Washington in spring 1862 in order to see her brother, then in the Federal Army hospital. Lincoln's wife had a sitting with Maynard and was enormously impressed. The next day she sent a carriage to bring the medium to see the president. In a state of trance, the medium delivered a powerful address relating to the forthcoming Emancipation Proclamation, forcefully urging Lincoln "not to abort the terms of its issue and not to delay its enforcement as a law beyond the opening of the year; and he was assured that it was to be the crowning event of his administration and his life," even though he was being strongly counseled by certain individuals to defer the matter. According to reports, President Lincoln acknowledged the pressures upon him and was deeply impressed by the medium's message."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 160. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census. [S747] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915. [S558] Obituary.