PUFFER, Jonathan^[1]

1825 - 1902  (77 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Jonathan
  Birth	4 Mar 1825	Leominster, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 78404859
  Milit-Beg	20 Aug 1862  [2]
  Milit-End	30 Jul 1863  [2]
  Ref#	190  [1]
  _COLOR	11
  _FSFTID	KXVY-KNB
  Death	29 Apr 1902	Brockton, MA   [3, 4]
  Burial	Brockton, MA   [4, 5]
  	Address: Melrose Cemetery
  	Site 1510
  Person ID	I19120	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Simon,   b. 30 Apr 1777, Stow, MA d. 30 Jun 1826 (Age 49 years)
  Mother	RICE, Abigail,   b. 1781   d. 4 May 1825, Sudbury, MA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1823	Sudbury, MA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F8988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SHERMAN, Susan,   b. 5 Jul 1831, Foxboro, MA d. 5 Jan 1861, Holliston, MA (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1848	Holliston, MA   [8, 9]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Rosella Nancy,   b. 4 May 1850, MA d. 7 Dec 1868, MA (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F8267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	BATCHELDER, Laura Ann,   b. 30 Dec 1830, MA d. 28 Sep 1877, MA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1864	Boston, MA   [9]
  Family ID	F8266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 3	BICKFORD, Hattie B.,   b. 8 Sep 1832, Gardner, MA d. 10 May 1902, Wakefield, MA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1878	Milford, MA   [3, 9]
  Family ID	F8268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 4	ADAMS, Emma Jane,   b. Jun 1844, CT d. 24 Nov 1901, Long Island, MA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1896
  Family ID	F8265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Civil War Veteran, private in the MA 43rd Regt. Infantry, U.S.Army.; also in the 57th Infantry for three years. He was a shoemaker by trade and lived for a time in Milford, MA. For many years after the war he was a traveling salesman for the B.T. Babbitt soap company. Described as having a dark complexion, grey eyes with dark hair. He was 5 feet 6 inches tall. Residence: Holliston, MA Occupation: Mechanic Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 August 1862 at the age of 39 Enlisted in Company K, 43rd Infantry Regiment MA on 20 August 1862. Mustered out Company K, 43rd Infantry Regiment MA on 30 July 1863 Enlisted in Company H, 57th Infantry Regiment MA on 11 January 1864. Captured on 06 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA and was a POW at Andersonville Prison. Exchanged on 27 November 1864 (Absent until discharged) Received a disability discharge Company H, 57th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 17 June 1865 According to the US Adjutant General Military Records, he was killed on Mar 10, 1863. We know he was a POW so he may have been mistakenly listed as KIA. His headstone was provided by Lee Marble Works, Lee, MA contracted on Aug 25, 1902

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 102, 167. [S1382] Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, Vols I-VIII. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 167. [S274] Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903. [S1323] US Veteran's Gravesites, 1775-2019. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 253. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 102. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.