PUFFER, Col. Norman Martin^{[1, 2]}

1847 - 1912  (65 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Norman Martin
  Title	Col.
  Birth	4 May 1847	Bennington, VT   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 79627954
  Ref#	293  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	16 Sep 1912	Bennington, VT   [4, 5]
  Burial	Bennington, VT   [6]
  Person ID	I18112	Puffers
  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)
  Family ID	F5522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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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.)

  
  

• 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.