PUFFER, Dr. Chenery Henry^{[1, 2]}

1804 - 1877  (72 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Chenery Henry
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	29 Dec 1804	Sudbury, MA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	Address: 73652469
  	FindAGrave Memorial 73652469
  Ref#	165  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	6 Mar 1877	Shelburne Falls, MA   [4]
  Burial	Shelburne, MA
  	Address: Arms Cemetery
  Person ID	I14602	Puffers
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Capt. John,   b. 3 Jul 1765, Sudbury, MA d. Bef Apr 1832, MA (Age < 66 years)
  Mother	WILLIS, Ruth,   b. 18 Jun 1769, Sudbury, MA d. 12 Jun 1836, Charlemont, MA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1786	Sudbury, MA   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F8593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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   [7]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Henry Marvin Esq.,   b. 1 Jan 1835, Colrain, MA d. 25 Jan 1905, Shelburne Falls, MA (Age 70 years)   2. PUFFER, Samuel Willis,   b. 8 Jan 1837, Colrain, MA d. 30 May 1912, Rochester, NY (Age 75 years)   3. PUFFER, Charles Chenery,   b. 15 Jun 1841, Colrain, MA d. 2 Dec 1915, Avon, NY (Age 74 years)   4. PUFFER, Lucy Maria,   b. 5 Dec 1842, Colrain, MA d. 10 Feb 1846, Colrain, MA (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F8511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Dr. Puffer attended the common schools in his youth at Dummerston, VT. H e learned the trade of clothier and at the age of 21 went to Three Rive rs, NY to teach school. He decided to study medicine and began under D r. Knapp of Dummerston. He then went to Harvard Medical School. He fi nally began the practice of his profession at Coleraine, MA. After som e years there, he located to Shelburne Falls, MA, where he practiced to t he time of his death in 1877, enjoying a large and lucrative practice a nd achieving great distinction in his work. He was a member of the Mas sachusetts Medical Society and president of the Franklin County Distric t Medical Society. He served on the school committee of the town many y ears and represented his district in the General Court in 1863. In pol itics he was a Whig in early life; later a Republican. He was a member o f the Baptist Church, one of the founders. He was universally respected and beloved in the community he served so f aithfully. Genial, considerate, generous, tactful, he served all class es equally well. He was tall, commanding in figure, attractive in face a nd features.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 97, 150-151. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 97, 150. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page114. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 150. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 253. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 97. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 151.