Puffer Genealogy
PUFFER, Stephen Haynes[1]
1806 - 1889 (82 years)-
Name PUFFER, Stephen Haynes Birth 6 Jun 1806 Ashby, MA [1, 2] Gender Male FindaGrave Ref# 474 Residence 1830 Chenango, NY [3] Residence 14 Sep 1850 McDonough, NY [4] Residence 1860 Oxford, NY [5] Residence 1870 Oxford, NY [6] Residence 1875 Oxford, NY [7] Residence 1880 Oxford, NY [8] Residence 3 May 1888 Oxford, NY [9] _COLOR 11 _FSFTID G854-BXH Death 1 Feb 1889 Oxford, NY [10] Burial Oxford, NY Address:
Riverview CemeteryPerson ID I17299 Puffer 062124 Last Modified 6 Sep 2023
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 [1, 11] Family ID F2662 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HAYNES, Susan, b. 11 Mar 1813, NH d. 22 Sep 1894, NY (Age 81 years) Marriage CA 1830 - They are first cousins
Children 1. PUFFER, Elhanaan, b. 1831, NY d. 13 Jan 1862, NY (Age 31 years) 2. PUFFER, Edmund H., b. CA 1837, NY d. Bef 1937, IA (Age < 99 years) 3. PUFFER, Alan J., b. Nov 1836, NY d. 5 Sep 1902, Walla Walla, WA (Age 65 years) 4. PUFFER, Frances A., b. CA 1839, NY d. 1884, NY (Age 45 years) 5. PUFFER, Stephen, b. 1847, NY d. 2 Feb 1849, McDonough, NY (Age 2 years) 6. PUFFER, Susan Amelia, b. 31 Oct 1848, McDonough, NY d. 25 May 1912, NY (Age 63 years) Family ID F5125 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2024
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Notes - A carpenter, Utica, N.Y.
Recommended to be appointed a "Plank Road Inspector" 12 Nov 1874, Chenango County, NY Source: The Chenango American, Greene, NY, Nov 26, 1874
Won a contract from the highway commission to build a bridge "across the river at Tillotson's Mills". Source: The Chenango American, Greene, NY, 27 Jun 1861.
Called to sit on the grand jury in Oxford, NY, on 2 Apr 1868. Source: The Chenango American, Greene, NY, 2 Apr 1868.
Granted a patent on a vehicle wheel. Source: The Chenango American, Greene, NY, 3 May 1888.
Granted a patent, #39,245 along with Andrew J. Sands for improvements in Water Elevators. Source: Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Patents, US Patents Office, Vol 1, page 541
He sued Jacob Bearer for assault and battery and won a $55 judgment. Source: Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, 17 Oct 1855, page 2.
He was elected Commissioner of Highway in 1872 for the town of Oxford. Source: Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, 28 Feb 1872, page 3.
- A carpenter, Utica, N.Y.
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Sources - [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 91.
- [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 270.
- [S766] _1830 United Stated Federal Census.
- [S164] _1850 United States Federal Census.
- [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.
- [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census.
- [S662] New York State Census, 1875.
- [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census.
- [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Chenango American, Greene, NY, 27 Jun 1861.
- [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Chenango American, Greene, New York, Thursday, 7 Feb 1889, page 2.
- [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 269.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 91.