1847 - 1912 (65 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, Norman Martin |
Title |
Col. |
Birth |
4 May 1847 |
Bennington, VT [3, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave |
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Ref# |
293 [2] |
_COLOR |
11 |
_FSFTID |
KCKW-1HR |
Death |
16 Sep 1912 |
Bennington, VT [4, 5] |
Burial |
Bennington, VT [6] |
Person ID |
I18112 |
Puffer 062124 |
Last Modified |
22 Sep 2019 |
Father |
PUFFER, Capt. Martin Luther, b. 2 May 1802, Sudbury, MA d. 18 Aug 1854, Bennington, VT (Age 52 years) |
Mother |
FOLLETT, Mary Ann, b. 1810, Pawtucket, RI d. 1892, Bennington, VT (Age 82 years) |
Marriage |
13 Apr 1830 |
Bennington, VT [7, 8] |
Family ID |
F8471 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
BLACKMER, Olive Francesca, b. 19 Nov 1850, Bennington, VT d. 20 Jun 1941, Bennington, VT (Age 90 years) |
Marriage |
27 Nov 1873 |
Bennington, VT [9] |
Children |
| 1. PUFFER, Florence, b. 15 Apr 1875, Bennington, VT d. 11 Sep 1875, Bennington, VT (Age 0 years) |
| 2. PUFFER, Warren Blackmer, b. 25 Oct 1876, Bennington, VT d. 13 Dec 1883, Bennington, VT (Age 7 years) |
| 3. PUFFER, Prof. Louis Blackmer, b. 24 Jul 1886, Bennington, VT d. 11 Oct 1951, Burlington, VT (Age 65 years) |
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Family ID |
F5522 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Jun 2024 |
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Photos
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2 Photos |
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Notes |
- He attended district schools. On Jun 20 1861 he enlisted as drummer boy (@14) in the Company Band, Second Vermont infantry regiment. In 1862 he re-enlisted in Company E, 10th Regt. and served to the end of the war. He was discharged on 19 Dec 1861. He was at Ford's Theater the night Lincoln was assassinated. After the war he entered the employ of A.B. Valentine and about 1889 he organized the Bennington Knitting Company and was treasurer of this company until about eight years before he died. At the time of his death he was connected with the Bennington Wax Paper Company and a director of the Bennington County National Bank.
He was prominent in the Grand Army, past commander of the Vermont Department. He was quartermaster of Custer Post, for ten years. He was a member of Mt. Anthony Lodge; Free Masons; Mt Anthony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Taft Commandery, Knights Templar, and Walloomsac Lodge, N.E.O.P. He was a gifted musician, both instrumental and vocal, and had charge of the music in various churches in Bennington for many years. He was one of the most prominent citizens of Bennington.
"Mr Puffer has always shown an interest in the welfare of Bennington and was one of the most highly respected citizens of the community. *** Colonel Puffer was one of the best read and thoroughly posted members of the Grand Army in the state. Only recently he compiled and published in the Banner a complete roster of the Bennington troops in the Civil War. He was much interested in the raising of a fund for the building of a memorial hall to commemorate the service of the Bennington soldiers in the great struggle." (Obituary in Bennington Banner.)
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 160, 246-247.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 160, 246.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 160.
- [S305] Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 246.
- [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 159.
- [S538] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 247.
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