1819 - 1912 (93 years)
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Photos
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2 Photos |
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Name |
PUFFER, Milton Gardner |
Birth |
14 Jun 1819 |
Brimfield, MA [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave |
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Ref# |
340 [1] |
_COLOR |
11 |
_FSFTID |
LH7Y-VCF |
Death |
18 Jul 1912 |
Willamantic, CT [3, 4] |
Burial |
Stafford, CT [2] |
Person ID |
I15147 |
Puffer 062124 |
Last Modified |
12 Aug 2021 |
Father |
PUFFER, George, b. 27 Apr 1791, Medway, MA d. 30 May 1882, Monson, MA (Age 91 years) |
Mother |
GARDNER, Sarah, b. 1794, Monson, MA d. 6 Sep 1830, Brimfield, MA (Age 36 years) |
Marriage |
1817 [5] |
Family ID |
F3600 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
CORPE, Nancy A., b. 1826, Stafford, CT d. 12 Mar 1894, Boston, MA (Age 68 years) |
Marriage |
4 Jul 1842 |
Stafford, CT [6] |
Family ID |
F5916 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Jun 2024 |
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Notes |
- He learned the trade of carriage-making at Belchertown and later became a pattern maker and mechanic.
He invented and patented, in 1854, the first machine for making envelopes to be built and operated in this country. It was operated by his wife at Rockville, CT and would turn out about 12,000 envelopes in a day. He sold his patent to Cyrus White and Lewis A. Corbin, who afterward admitted to partnership with William H. Prescott, and, under the firm name of White Corbin & Co., they became one of the largest concerns making envelops in this country. The firm became a part of the United States Envelope Co., when consolidation took place, and the factory still continues to do a large business.
For 25 years Mr. Puffer was superintendent of this factory. In 1873 he retired from active business and went to Stafford Springs, CT to live. In 1892 he and his wife removed to Willamantic, CT where they spent their last years in the home of their daughter.
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 181, 279.
- [S334] Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 279.
- [S747] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 181.
- [S239] Barbour Collection, Stafford Vital Records 1719-1850.
- [S210] Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910.
- [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.
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