PUFFER, George Wilson^[1]

1850 - 1864  (13 years)

• Name	PUFFER, George Wilson
  Birth	20 Nov 1850	Downers Grove, IL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Lisle, IL   [2]
  Death	18 Aug 1864	Columbus, KY   [3, 4]
  Death	19 Aug 1864	Columbus, KY   [5]
  	Cause: kia in the battle of Globe Tavern
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 123592878 sec C-3168-6
  _COLOR	11
  Burial	Mound City, IL   [5, 6]
  	Address: Mound City National Cemetery
  Person ID	I19188	Puffers
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Reuben Wilson,   b. 28 Jan 1823, Oxford, MA d. 15 Jul 1877, Downers Grove, IL (Age 54 years)
  Mother	KENYON, Rozella Sandusky,   b. 10 Apr 1822, Petersburg, NY d. 19 Dec 1914, Downers Grove, IL (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1843  [7]
  Residence	1860	Lisle, IL   [2]
  Family ID	F3207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	2 Photos
  	Camp Kane, IL
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• Notes

  Served three months in Co. H., 141st Ill. Regt. in the Civil War and died of chronic diarrhea, unmarried, in the military hospital at Columbus, KY. He was mustered in at Camp Kane, St. Charles, IL and at 4'9" he was small but he had lied about his age and said he was 15. Civil War soldier, Pvt, Co. H, 141st IL Inf. Regt.. the "Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865" show his death at Columbus, KY from 'chronic diarrhea'. He was disinterred at Columbus, KY and reinterred at Mound City National Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 144. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, page 144. [S593] U.S. Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army, 1860-1889. [S897] Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974. [S475] U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 143.