PUFFER, Morgan Depuy

1846 - 1923  (76 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Morgan Depuy
  Birth	26 Dec 1846	Helt, IN   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 71636829
  _COLOR	11
  Death	24 Oct 1923	Helt, IN   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	26 Oct 1923	Bono, IN   [2, 3]
  	Address: Bono Cemetery
  Person ID	I15683	Puffers
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Reuben Morse,   b. 5 Apr 1825, MA d. 23 May 1909, Vermillion County, IN (Age 84 years)
  Mother	DEPUY, Harriet,   b. 14 Dec 1827, IN d. 1 Nov 1897, Vermillion County, IN (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1846	Vermillion County, IN   [4]
  Family ID	F7810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WHELAN, Susan Emily,   b. 29 Sep 1852, Paris, IL d. 11 Jan 1940, Paris, IL (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1875	Edgar County, IL   [5]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Ernest W.,   b. 13 Apr 1877, IN d. 30 Jan 1900, Helt, IN (Age 22 years)   2. PUFFER, Mabel,   b. 4 Apr 1883, IN d. 12 Mar 1951, IN (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F5393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Morgan Depuy Puffer owned one of the largest gun collections in private hands in the US in 1924. One was used in the Battle of Lexington (1775). He also has the patent awarded to Elisha Mack, his great-grandfather, for a water-wheel used in milling. President John Madison signed it.

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Death Certificate. [S866] Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017. [S1535] Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011. [S370] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. [S478] Illinois State Archives.