PUFFER, Jacob Jr.^[1]

1801 - 1880  (78 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Jacob
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	2 Nov 1801	Ashby, MA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 28231797
  Ref#	147  [1]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	16 Apr 1880	Leominster, MA   [3, 4]
  	of pneumonia
  Burial	Leominster, MA
  	Address: Pine Grove Cemetery
  Person ID	I16441	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Jacob,   b. 22 Nov 1770, Ashby, MA d. 24 Jul 1850, Leominster, MA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	HAYNES, Hannah,   b. 5 Jan 1773, Worcester, MA d. 12 Jul 1825, Ashby, MA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1790	Princeton, MA   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F2662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GIBSON, Dorothy,   b. 1 Feb 1804, Ashby, MA d. 3 Apr 1836, Leominster, MA (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1822	Ashby, MA   [2, 4]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Hannah,   b. 5 Sep 1825, Ashby, MA d. 22 Feb 1883, Holliston, MA (Age 57 years)   2. PUFFER, Sarah Louisa,   b. 14 Apr 1827, Leominster, MA d. 7 Nov 1919, Chicago, IL (Age 92 years)   3. PUFFER, Adelia Maria,   b. 9 Mar 1832, Leominster, MA d. 27 Feb 1901, Leominster, MA (Age 68 years)   4. PUFFER, Charles,   b. 7 Dec 1833, Leominster, MA d. 30 Oct 1896, Leominster, MA (Age 62 years)   5. PUFFER, Harriet T.,   b. 13 Jun 1835, Leominster, MA d. 7 Aug 1872, Leominster, MA (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F5129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	PRESCOTT, Martha Tryphosia,   b. 25 May 1810, Westford, MA d. 13 Jan 1910, Clinton, MA (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1836	Leominster, MA   [4]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Mary Ellen,   b. 1 Jan 1838, Leominster, MA d. 20 Feb 1888, Clinton, MA (Age 50 years)   2. PUFFER, Martha Ann,   b. 16 Mar 1840, Leominster, MA d. 7 Oct 1907, Leominster, MA (Age 67 years)   3. PUFFER, Dorathy,   b. 28 Jan 1843, Leominster, MA d. 14 Jul 1906, Boston, MA (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F5130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He removed to Leominster when a young man and served an apprenticeship under Bezaleel Gibson, and afterward engaged in business as a comb manufacturer at the old tavern stand on the corner of Exchange and West streets. Afterward he was in the wholesale peddling business. Subsequently he was a traveling salesman for various Boston firms. He returned to Leominster and in partnership with his son, under the firm name of J. Puffer & Co., was in business for a number of years, dealing in horn used by comb manufacturers. He was a staunch temperance advocate and a strong anti-slavery man. He and wife Dorothy deeded land to Gibson in 1832; he and wife Martha deeded land to Jacob, Jr., Bezaleel Gibson and Jacob, Jr., 1836-7 (W.D. 325-365; 339-351).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 91, 134. [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 269. [S407] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 134. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 91.