Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Dr. Frank Lee

PUFFER, Dr. Frank Lee[1, 2]

Male 1852 - 1931  (79 years)

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  • Name PUFFER, Frank Lee 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 29 Apr 1852  Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Birth England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FindaGrave
    Ref# 313  [2
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 22 May 1931  Renville, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Burial Renville, MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Bird Island City Cemetery 
    Person ID I16282  Puffers
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2022 

    Father PUFFER, Lafayette Washington,   b. 13 Nov 1825, Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1902, Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother RICE, Rosamond Babbitt,   b. 12 Jul 1825, Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1919, Adams, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1846  Louisville, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1870  Oswegatchie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F5176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 ELLISON, Anna Louisa,   b. 1 Jan 1853, Marine, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1911, Bird Island, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 2 Apr 1879  Marine, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Florence Ellison,   b. 7 Apr 1880, Bird Island, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1973, Minneapolis, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. PUFFER, Howard Albert,   b. 7 Apr 1884, Bird Island, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1959, Bird Island, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F3771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 JULSON, Ida,   b. 20 Aug 1886, Winfield, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1975, White Bear Lake, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 27 Feb 1913  Renville County, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10
    Family ID F3772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • He was educated at St. Lawrence University and Columbia Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1877 (M.D.) Since graduating he has practiced his profession at Bird Island, Minnesota. He is president and director of the State Bank of Bird Island. He is a Republican in politics; Methodist in religion. He is a member of the Minnesota Medical Society, the American Medical Association; the Masonic Lodge; the Minneapolis and Athletic and Commercial clubs. He has been a member and officer of the Methodist church for twenty years.

      Dr. F. L. Puffer was born in 1852 in St. Lawrence county, New York. He attended the St. Lawrence University and in 1872 graduated from Columbia College: the next year he entered the university at Ann Arbor. Soon after graduating in 1877, from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of New York city, he began practice at Taylor's Falls. Minnesota, with Dr. A. J. Murdock. From 1878 till 1881 he was at Beaver Falls, then came to Bird Island. He has been coroner of Renville county since 1878 and was county physician two years, Dr. Puffer married Anna L. Ellison in 1879. Florence E. is their only child.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 170, 262-263.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 170, 262.

    3. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 170, 263.

    4. [S633] Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1900.

    5. [S243] Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017, Database online.
      Record for Frank L Puffer

    6. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 170.

    7. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census.

    8. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 262.

    9. [S478] Illinois State Archives.

    10. [S1300] Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019.