Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Frank Sumner[1, 2, 3]

Male 1856 - 1924  (68 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Frank Sumner 
    Birth 1 Feb 1856  Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1860  Lisle, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Arrival 1885  Calhoun County, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1915  Jefferson, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
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    Death 9 Sep 1924  Jefferson, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial Jefferson, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Address:
    Jefferson Cemetery 
    Person ID I19187  Puffers
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2023 

    Father PUFFER, Reuben Wilson,   b. 28 Jan 1823, Oxford, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1877, Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother KENYON, Rozella Sandusky,   b. 10 Apr 1822, Petersburg, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1914, Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1843  [7
    Residence 1860  Lisle, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F3207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WOOD, Cora N. Herrick,   b. 1861, Geneseo, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1938, Jefferson County, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 12 Oct 1882  Alden, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Florence Sumner,   b. 1 Jan 1884, Lisle, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1963, Longview, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. PUFFER, Henry Wood,   b. 5 Apr 1886, Lake City, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1961, Jefferson, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. PUFFER, Grace Alice,   b. 12 Mar 1888, Lake City, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1968, Greene, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. PUFFER, Dr. John Wilson,   b. 12 Aug 1890, Lake City, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1963, Dade County, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     5. PUFFER, Marjorie Frank,   b. 29 Mar 1893, Elm Grove, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1995, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 101 years)
     6. PUFFER, Harold Reuben,   b. 17 Feb 1897, Lake City, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1960, Lansing, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     7. PUFFER, Dr. Claude Emigh,   b. 13 Feb 1905, Calhoun County, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1976, Buffalo, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F9586  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

  • Photos 2 Photos

  • Notes 
    • Moved to Lake City, IA in 1895, where he had a 300 acre farm in Section 9, Elm Grove Twp and has been very successful; graduate of Downers Grove High School, 1879; teacher in that school two years; elder in the Presbyterian Church; moved to Jefferson, IA in March 1913.

      US Navy, during WWII, USS LSM-30

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 144-5.

    2. [S366] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
      Birth date: abt 1857 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1915 Residence place: Jefferson

    3. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 144.

    4. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S903] Iowa County Death Records, 1880-1992.

    6. [S322] Iowa Cemetery Records.

    7. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 143.

    8. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 145.