Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Stephen Haynes[1]

Male 1806 - 1889  (82 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Stephen Haynes 
    Birth 6 Jun 1806  Ashby, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1830  Chenango, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 14 Sep 1850  McDonough, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1860  Oxford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1870  Oxford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1875  Oxford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1880  Oxford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 3 May 1888  Oxford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 1 Feb 1889  Oxford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Burial Oxford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Riverview Cemetery 
    Person ID I17299  Puffers
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2023 

    Father PUFFER, Jacob,   b. 22 Nov 1770, Ashby, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1850, Leominster, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother HAYNES, Hannah,   b. 5 Jan 1773, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1825, Ashby, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1790  Princeton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
    Family ID F2662  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HAYNES, Susan,   b. 11 Mar 1813, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1894, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage CA 1830 
    • They are first cousins
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Elhanaan,   b. 1831, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1862, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     2. PUFFER, Edmund H.,   b. CA 1837, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1937, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 99 years)
     3. PUFFER, Alan J.,   b. Nov 1836, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1902, Walla Walla, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     4. PUFFER, Frances A.,   b. CA 1839, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     5. PUFFER, Stephen,   b. 1847, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1849, McDonough, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     6. PUFFER, Susan Amelia,   b. 31 Oct 1848, McDonough, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1912, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F5125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 91.

    2. [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 270.

    3. [S766] _1830 United Stated Federal Census.

    4. [S164] _1850 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.

    6. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census.

    7. [S662] New York State Census, 1875.

    8. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census.

    9. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Chenango American, Greene, NY, 27 Jun 1861.

    10. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Chenango American, Greene, New York, Thursday, 7 Feb 1889, page 2.

    11. [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 269.