Puffer Genealogy

DAVIS, PVT Leander

DAVIS, PVT Leander[1]

Male 1830 - 1862  (32 years)

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  • Name DAVIS, Leander 
    Prefix PVT 
    Birth 1830  Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Address:
    103664315 
    Residence 1860  Montpelier, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Milit-Beg 19 Dec 1861  Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 1 Nov 1862  Camp Carrollton, LA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Camp Carrollton, LA is known as Greenville Encampment in the village of Greenville, LA, now a part of New Orleans, LA near the Carrollton area. It was captured early in the war and made into a training facility for cavalry troops. 2,641 cavalrymen were in the camp on Jun 1864.
    Burial 1 Nov 1862  Chalmette, LA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Chalmette National Cemetery 
    Person ID I1750  Puffers
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2023 

    Father DAVIS, Cyrus M.,   b. 14 May 1797, St. Armand, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1875, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother MILLER, Martha P.,   b. 28 May 1802, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1871, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 19 Sep 1822 
    Family ID F3277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 DALTON, Caroline M.,   b. 1828, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1916, Newport, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage CA 1850  VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. DAVIS, Abigail,   b. 1851, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F23499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 DAVIS, Sarah Ann,   b. 1834, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1859  Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. DAVIS, Laura A.,   b. May 1859, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. DAVIS, John Wesly,   b. 3 Sep 1861, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1865, Richford, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    Family ID F2543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

  • Photos 2 Photos

  • Notes 
    • Civil War Veteran, Pvt, Co. F, Vermont 7th Inf. Reg. on 12 Feb 1862. Mustered out (KIA) on 1 Nov 1862 in New Orleans, LA.

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

    2. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S453] American Civil War Soldiers.

    4. [S807] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.