Puffer Genealogy

COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant

COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant[1]

Female 1841 - 1892  (51 years)

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  • Name COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant 
    Nickname Nettie 
    Birth 1841  Bolton, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
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    Residence 1850  Bolton, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1860  Lee, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • A 'spiritualist lecturer' according to the 1940 Federal Census.
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 27 Jun 1892  White Plains, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial White Plains, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    White Plains Rural Cemetery 
    Person ID I12492  Puffers
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2021 

    Father COLBURN, Amasa,   b. 1813, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1894, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother CHURCH, Charlotte E.,   b. CA 1801, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1858, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F1698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 PUFFER, George Washington,   b. 1835, Simsbury, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1875, Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jun 1855  Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Address:
    Christian Secretary Newspaper 
    Divorce 1858  Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F16955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 PUFFER, Capt. Alfred Edson,   b. Aug 1839, Bennington, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1918, Fall River County, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1859  Pittsfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Divorce 1861  Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 3 MAYNARD, William Porter,   b. Sep 1843, Buffalo, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1918, White Plains, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 14 May 1867  [7
    Family ID F15286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos 3 Photos

  • 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 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 160.

    2. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S747] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930.

    6. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.

    7. [S558] Obituary.