PUFFER, Samuel Willis^{[1, 2]}

1837 - 1912  (75 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Samuel Willis
  Birth	8 Jan 1837	Colrain, MA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	Address: 73653754
  	FindAGrave Memorial 73653754
  Ref#	275  [2]
  Residence	1895	Rochester, NY
  _COLOR	11
  Death	30 May 1912	Rochester, NY   [3]
  Burial	Shelburne, MA   [3]
  Person ID	I14601	Puffers
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Dr. Chenery Henry,   b. 29 Dec 1804, Sudbury, MA d. 6 Mar 1877, Shelburne Falls, MA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	ALDEN, Lucy Thomas,   b. 23 Aug 1810, Ashfield, MA d. 31 Dec 1892, Shelburne Falls, MA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1834	Ashfield, MA   [4]
  Family ID	F8511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	POWELL, Mary Catherine,   b. 6 Dec 1841, Winchester, IL d. 1939, Winchester, IL (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1866	Winchester, IL   [5]
  Residence	1905	Rochester, NY   [6]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Baby Boy,   b. 2 Jan 1840, Winchester, IL d. 2 Jan 1840, Winchester, IL (Age 0 years)   2. PUFFER, Starkey Powell,   b. 10 Jul 1874, Winchester, IL d. 25 Apr 1959, Rochester, NY (Age 84 years)   3. PUFFER, Chenery Willis,   b. 31 Mar 1878, Winchester, IL d. 4 May 1924, Pittsburgh, PA (Age 46 years)   4. PUFFER, Willis,   b. 29 Jan 1880, Winchester, IL d. 2 Jul 1880, Winchester, IL (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F7768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  He prepared for college in Franklin Academy at Shelburne Falls, MA and was graduated from Rochester University in 1860. He engaged in educational work in the autumn following as principal of the public schools at Winchester, IL, and for many years was superintendent of schools of Scott County, IL. He read law and was admitted to the bar in IL in 1863. He was a student in the offices of Major N.M. Knapp and Henry Case. But instead of following his profession, he engaged in business and for many years was a prominent dealer in lumber. In 1888 he disposed of his business in IL and in 1891 bought a controlling interest in the Champion Drill Co. of Rochester, NY. Afterward he was interested in the Columbian Separator Co. and during the last years of his life he was connected with the Pfaudler Co. In religion he was a Baptist. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America; Yonnondio Lodge, Free Masons; Hamilton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Monroe Commandery, Knights Templar, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. At Winchester he was Master of Winchester Lodge, Free Masons. He was president of the Winchester board of education. A Winchester paper said of him at the time of his death: "Here *** he was always one of the leading citizens, active in everything to promote the general good of the community and commanding the highest respect. * ** He was a quiet kindly man, little give to display in speech or manner, but he was thoroughly well informed and a pleasant conversationalist . *** He was a good man and he and his wife belonged to our best society, the family were all loved and respected while they were among us and the sincerest sympathy of all their old friends in Winchester goes out to the bereaved."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 150, 233-234. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 151, 233. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Recorder, Greenfield, MA, 08 Jun 1912, Page 6. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 151. [S478] Illinois State Archives. [S687] New York State Census, 1905.