PUFFER, George Deleraine^[1]

1853 - 1928  (74 years)

• Name	PUFFER, George Deleraine
  Birth	5 Jun 1853	Spring Prairie, WI   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Ref#	284  [1]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	20 Mar 1928	Waukesha County, WI   [2]
  Burial	Waukesha County, WI   [2]
  Person ID	I17514	Puffers
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Josiah Osgood,   b. 22 Oct 1814, Sunderland, MA d. 16 Mar 1895, Spring Prairie, WI (Age 80 years)
  Mother	WHITMORE, Hannah Montague Gunn,   b. 22 Mar 1820, MA d. 11 Feb 1862, Spring Prairie, WI (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1839	Sunderland, MA   [3]
  Family ID	F9295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HEMPSTED, Eva Virginia,   b. 26 Oct 1855, Spring Prairie, WI d. 11 Feb 1910, Waukesha County, WI (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1876	Spring Prairie, WI   [4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Edna,   b. Nov 1872, WI d. Bef 1874, WI (Age < 1 years)   2. PUFFER, Florence,   b. 14 Aug 1878, Spring Prairie, WI d. 18 Aug 1878, Walworth County, WI (Age 0 years)   3. PUFFER, Edith Alene,   b. 13 Nov 1879, Spring Prairie, WI d. 16 Aug 1969, WI (Age 89 years)   4. PUFFER, Winifred Edna,   b. 21 Nov 1882, Spring Prairie, WI d. 24 Oct 1967, Waukesha County, WI (Age 84 years)   5. PUFFER, Maida D.,   b. 4 Mar 1885, Walworth County, WI d. Jan 1904, Leavenworth, KS (Age 18 years)   6. PUFFER, Georgia Hempstead,   b. 2 Jan 1892, Waukesha County, WI d. 18 Dec 1975, Pompano Beach, FL (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F8949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He attended the public schools of his native town and the select high school. He opened a general store at Spring Prairie Jan 1, 1876, and conducted it until 1891, when he left the mercantile business and engaged in the manufacture of butter and cheese, continuing in that line to the present time. He is treasurer of the Wisconsin Butter and Cheese Company, a Wisconsin corporation. He is also vice-president of the Puffer-Hubbard Manufacturing Co., of Minneapolis, MN. He was a town treasurer for Warkworth, WI. He is a member of the Waukesha Commandery, Knights Templar. Resided at Waukesha, WI.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 153, 240. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Burlington Free Press, Burlington, WI, 22 Mar 1928, Page 9. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 153. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 240. [S215] Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. [S877] Wisconsin Marriage Records,, 1820-2004.