1836 - 1904 (68 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, William Hosea |
Birth |
2 Feb 1836 |
Saco, ME [4] |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave |
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Military |
18 Apr 1861 [3] |
Ref# |
295 [4] |
_COLOR |
11 |
Death |
4 Nov 1904 |
Emporia, KS [5] |
Burial |
Bridgeport, MI [6] |
Address: Pine Grove Cemetery |
Person ID |
I14998 |
Puffer 062124 |
Last Modified |
20 Feb 2022 |
Father |
PUFFER, Amos, b. Jul 1809, Sudbury, MA d. 23 Feb 1838, Saco, ME (Age 28 years) |
Mother |
SABINS, Lovina Jane, b. 21 May 1812, Amherst, MA d. 25 Aug 1863, Southborough, MA (Age 51 years) |
Marriage |
8 Mar 1835 |
Waltham, MA [7, 8] |
Family ID |
F8472 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
CUTHBERTSON, Susan\ Sarah J., b. CA 1838 d. Bef 1881 (Age < 42 years) |
Marriage |
31 Dec 1861 |
Kane County, IL [5, 9] |
Children |
| 1. PUFFER, Lavina Jane, b. Jun 1864, IL d. 1954, Lawrence, KS (Age 89 years) |
| 2. PUFFER, Charles, b. 1863, Aurora, IL d. 24 Dec 1868, Aurora, IL (Age 5 years) |
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Family ID |
F2107 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Jun 2024 |
Family 2 |
BRADY, Hannah Virginia, b. 3 Jun 1851, Winchester, VA d. 2 Jun 1930, CA (Age 78 years) |
Marriage |
8 Sep 1881 |
Emporia, KS [5] |
Children |
| 1. PUFFER, William Bryden, b. 31 Dec 1882, Florence, KS d. 27 Jan 1960, San Bernardino, CA (Age 77 years) |
| 2. PUFFER, Frederick Graham, b. 31 Jul 1888, Emporia, KS d. 6 Aug 1950, Los Angeles, CA (Age 62 years) |
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Family ID |
F2106 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Jun 2024 |
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Photos
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2 Photos |
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Notes |
- He enlisted in Co. C, 7th IL at Springfield, IL, and served through the Civil War. When a lad of ten when he began railroading. He was a locomotive engineer for more than thirty years, and in 1886 lost his left arm in the service of the Santa Fe Railroad Co., at Florence, near Winfield, KS, in a head-on collision. As part of the damages allowed him by the company he was given a concession for a cigar and confectionery stand in the railroad station. Afterward he had a cigar store in Emporia until he died.
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 193, 248-249.
- [S471] Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.
- [S340] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 163, 248.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 249.
- [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War.
- [S177] Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 163.
- [S478] Illinois State Archives.
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