PUFFER, Reuben^{[1, 2]}

1810 - 1898  (88 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Reuben
  Birth	14 Aug 1810	Ashby, MA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	Address: 166412847
  	FindAGrave Memorial 166412847
  Ref#	148  [1]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	28 Dec 1898	Chicago, IL   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	1 Jan 1899	Ashburnham, MA
  	Address: New Cemetery
  Person ID	I17300	Puffers
  Last Modified	20 Dec 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   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F2662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	PIPER, Martha,   b. 26 Sep 1811, Richmond, NH d. 13 Nov 1848, Ashburnham, MA (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1834	Richmond, NH   [2, 7]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Sgt. Charles Henry,   b. 1 Jan 1836, Ashburnham or Gardiner, MA d. 21 May 1864, Fredericksburg, VA (Age 28 years)   2. PUFFER, Sgt. George Francis,   b. 24 Mar 1838, Gardner, MA d. 22 Oct 1866, Lynn, MA (Age 28 years)   3. PUFFER, Cpl. Eugene Augustus,   b. 26 Jan 1840, Ashburnham, MA d. 31 Jan 1890, Ashburnham, MA (Age 50 years)   4. PUFFER, Helen M.,   b. 17 May 1842, Ashby, MA d. 16 Dec 1891, Ashburnham, MA (Age 49 years)   5. PUFFER, Sarah E.,   b. 25 Jul 1844, Ashburnham, MA d. 3 Sep 1882, Fitchburg, MA (Age 38 years)   6. PUFFER, Abbie Maria,   b. 26 Apr 1846, Ashby, MA d. 7 Apr 1904, Worcester, MA (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F5126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	ALDRICH, Esther,   b. 1 Aug 1825, Richmond, NH d. 6 Dec 1883, Ashburnham, MA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1849  [2, 7]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Reuben Aldrich,   b. 11 Sep 1851, South Ashburnham, MA d. 16 May 1915, Worcester, MA (Age 63 years)   2. PUFFER, Martha A.,   b. 24 Apr 1854, Ashburnham, MA d. 2 Jan 1927, Chicago, IL (Age 72 years)   3. PUFFER, Franklin E.,   b. 15 Sep 1857, Ashburnham, MA d. 2 Sep 1858, Ashburnham, MA (Age 0 years)   4. PUFFER, Lillie Frances,   b. 7 Jun 1861, Ashburnham, MA d. 14 Sep 1862, Ashburnham, MA (Age 1 year)   5. PUFFER, Waldo Orlando,   b. 11 Jun 1865, Ashburnham, MA d. 24 Jan 1949, MA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	SHENO, Louisa R.,   b. 29 Oct 1828, Baldwin, ME d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1885  [2, 7]
  Family ID	F5127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  reuben puffer 1810.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  He resided at Ashby, Gardner, and for more than fifty years at Ashburnham. He was a carpenter, contractor and builder. He built many houses in Ashburnham, Gardner, Winchendon, Ashby and Leominster, the Congregational Church at Gardner and the Methodist Church at Ashburnham. He was active in the Methodist Church at Ashburnham and a leader in the raising of the building fund. He sold land in Gardner in 1838 to Walter Fairbanks (W.D. 337-282). He was for many years a manufacturer of sash and blinds.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 91, 135. [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 270. [S350] Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922. [S548] Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950. [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 269. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 135.