Puffer Genealogy

HASTINGS, Thomas[1]

Male 1818 - 1862  (44 years)


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  • Name HASTINGS, Thomas 
    Birth 24 Jan 1818  Berlin, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
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    Milit-Beg 1861  Berlin, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military 17 Sep 1862 
    wounded in the thigh 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 23 Sep 1862  Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Philadelphia National Cemetery 
    Person ID I18301  Puffers
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2017 

    Father HASTINGS, Reuben,   b. 2 Aug 1781, Berlin, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1873, Berlin, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother PUFFER, Hannah,   b. 31 Oct 1785, Berlin, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1870, Berlin, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1804  [1, 2
    Family ID F9218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HOUGHTON, Elizabeth T.,   b. 1822   d. 26 May 1860, Bolton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1849  Lancaster, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. HASTINGS, Alonzo Thomas,   b. 10 Jan 1850, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1891, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 40 years)
     2. HASTINGS, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 21 Sep 1852, Bolton, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1927, Wrentham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F9664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • A shoemaker. He enlisted in Co. C, 15 th Regt., Mass. Vols. He went through the Peninsular campaign, and was through the battle of Antietam, from which only fifteen of the company came out. A ball passing through both his legs above the knee, he was left upon the field. He succeeded in reaching an old barn with others, where they remained four days, helping each other as they could, when they were removed to Campbell Hospital, Philadelphia. Chronic diarrhoea having set in, he died October 23rd, 1862 , at forty-four years of age.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 55.

    2. [S630] Vital Records of Berlin, MA to the year 1899.