PUFFER, Frederick Graham^{[1, 2, 3]}

1888 - 1950  (62 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Frederick Graham
  Nickname	Fred
  Birth	31 Jul 1888	Emporia, KS   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 120733608
  Residence	1918	Kansas City, MO   [3]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	6 Aug 1950	Los Angeles, CA   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Ontario, CA   [4]
  	Address: Bellevue Cemetery
  Person ID	I15002	Puffers
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, William Hosea,   b. 2 Feb 1836, Saco, ME d. 4 Nov 1904, Emporia, KS (Age 68 years)
  Mother	BRADY, Hannah Virginia,   b. 3 Jun 1851, Winchester, VA d. 2 Jun 1930, CA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1881	Emporia, KS   [1]
  Family ID	F2106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAYES, Miriam Marie,   b. 15 May 1902, Emporia, KS d. 17 Oct 1959, Sawtelle, CA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1923
  Residence	1930	Los Angeles, CA   [7]
  Residence	1940	Cucamonga, CA   [8]
  Residence	1950	San Bernardino, CA   [9]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Joyce Bernice,   b. 24 Jan 1924, Los Angeles County, CA d. 22 Jul 2012, Forest Grove, OR (Age 88 years)   2. PUFFER, Marilyn Rosamond,   b. 22 Aug 1925, Los Angeles, CA d. 19 May 1976, San Diego, CA (Age 50 years)   3. PUFFER, Frederick Arthur,   b. 14 Feb 1933, Los Angeles County, CA d. 7 Jun 2022, CA (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F8059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Vice Secretary of the Kansas City Poultry Club, the largest poultry association in the west; fancier of thoroughbred poultry and well known by poultry men throughout the country. He learned the trade of engraver and followed it ten years. Since then he has been representing the Prudential Life Ins. Co. of America. Resided in Kansas City since 1904. He was a turkey rancher in Ontario, CA. in 1939 WWI Veteran, Cpl with Battery A, 120th F. A.; also Sgt with Battery B, 15th BN, F.A.R.D. According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card, he was a traveling salesman for the H. V. Johns-Mansworth Co. in Kansas City, MO. In Sep 1939 he was involved in a shooting when twice confronted by would-be raiders of his turkey farm. He discharged his shotgun when the 2nd set of raiders wouldn't halt. No one was injured. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Secretary of the Kansas City Poultry Club, the largest poultry association in the west; fancier of thoroughbred poultry and well known by poultry men throughout the country. He learned the trade of engraver and followed it ten years. Since then he has been representing the Prudential Life Ins. Co. of America. Resided in Kansas City since 1904. He was a turkey rancher in Ontario, CA. in 1939. A Cpl with Battery A, 120th F. A.; also Sgt with Battery B, 15th BN, F.A.R.D. According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card, he was a traveling salesman for the H. V. Johns-Mansworth Co. in Kansas City, MO. In Sep 1939 he was involved in a shooting when twice confronted by would-be raiders of his turkey farm. He discharged his shotgun when the 2nd set of raiders wouldn't halt. No one was injured.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 249. [S235] California Death Index, 1940-1997, Database online. Place: Los Angeles; Date: 6 Aug 1950; Social Security: 0. Record for Fred Graham Puffer [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Jackson County, Missouri; Roll: ; Draft Board: . Birth date: 31 Jul 1888 Birth place: Kansas,United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=30746069&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S595] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963. [S807] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Pomona Progress Bulletin, Pomona, CA, 9 Aug 1950, page 13. [S382] _1930 United States Federal Census. [S437] _1940 United States Federal Census. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.