PUFFER, Milton Gardner^[1]

1819 - 1912  (93 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Milton Gardner
  Birth	14 Jun 1819	Brimfield, MA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 86081546
  Ref#	340  [1]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	18 Jul 1912	Willamantic, CT   [3, 4]
  Burial	Stafford, CT   [2]
  Person ID	I15147	Puffers
  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	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	ROGERS, Mercy Babbit,   b. 18 Sep 1824, Dana, MA d. 1 Sep 1894, Willamantic, CT (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1853	Monson, MA   [3, 7, 8]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Jane Jemine Rogers,   b. 26 Dec 1857, Monson, MA d. Aft 1930, CT (Age > 74 years)
  Family ID	F5917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 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.

  
  

• 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.