PUFFER, Clinton^{[1, 2]}

1813 - 1893  (79 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Clinton
  Birth	19 Mar 1813	Westminster, MA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	19 Mar 1817	Westminster, MA   [2, 3]
  	Nutt says 1813
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 49155933
  Ref#	146  [2]
  Residence	1869	Woonsocket, RI   [4]
  	and is listed as a Notary Public
  _COLOR	11
  Death	28 Jan 1893	Westminster, MA   [5]
  Burial	7 Feb 1893	Woonsocket, RI   [6]
  Person ID	I14705	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Asahel,   b. 20 Dec 1781, Westminster, MA d. 20 Mar 1835, Westminster, MA (Age 53 years)
  Mother	RAND, Jerusha Flint,   b. 14 May 1787, Westminster, MA d. 18 Nov 1866, Woonsocket, RI (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1807	Woonsocket, RI   [3, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F8735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BROWN, Phebe Palmer,   b. 20 May 1824, Bristol, RI d. 11 Dec 1909, Woonsocket, RI (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	20 Aug 1848	Cumberland, RI   [5, 10]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Frederic Clinton,   b. 14 Nov 1861, Woonsocket, RI d. 8 Nov 1936, Woonsocket, RI (Age 74 years)   2. PUFFER, Walter,   b. Abt 1865, RI d. Bef 1880, RI (Age < 14 years)   3. PUFFER, Hattie Houdon,   b. 25 Mar 1867, Woonsocket, RI d. Bef 1967 (Age < 99 years)
  Family ID	F8776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  clinton puffer gs.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Puffer gives a pen picture of the Josiah Puffer homestead in Westminster: "Situated on a rising ground, separated from a lofty eminence only by a valley that modern engineering might bridge and in distinct view the bold Wachusett reared its lofty head; often hid in the clouds, the wind roaring it is forests, the precursor of the coming storm; or, when milder weather prevailed, far up its green slopes might be seen flocks and herds peacefully grazing upon its sides, the first light of morning gilding it and the party rays of sunset playing upon its summit; from whose top could be seen rivers and lakes, mountains and meadows giddy heights and gloomy hollows; villages and valleys, field and forests, farms and firesides; towns built for purposes of trade, and temples erected to t he worship of the Most High. Also in full view and at the foot of Wachusett could be seen a placid lake of the same name, better known, perhaps, as Foskett's 'Pork Barrel.' This was stocked with fish of various kinds, horn pouts predominating. These as you know are induced to come in schools to the shore by building fires near the water, and thus become easy prey to the angler. Here on fish forever fresh, near groves forever green, lived Daniel Foskett, and he was a good man and a Baptist, or as he expressed it, 'a burning and shining light in that part of the town, a candle of the Lord'. An unregenerate neighbor of his who lived on the opposite side of the lake said of him in connection with his burning and striking light, that he was so in pout-time, and as to his being a candle of the Lord: 'I suppose that he might be called a dipt candle.'" Clinton Puffer was furniture dealer and undertaker in Woonsocket, RI.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 90, 133. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 90, 132. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 132. [S659] Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950. [S324] Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850. [S169] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633 -1850 [database on-line]. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 89. [S61] Rhode Island Marriages from 1744 to 1850.