PUFFER, Samuel R.^[1]

1858 - 1929  (71 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Samuel R.
  Birth	19 May 1858	Mount Palatine, IL   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 90072267
  _COLOR	11
  Death	20 Aug 1929	Pontiac, IL   [3]
  Burial	Chatsworth, IL   [2]
  	Address: Chatsworth-Charlotte Cemetery
  Person ID	I19449	Puffers
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Deacon Samuel S.,   b. 20 Dec 1811, North Sunderland, MA d. 9 Jan 1897, Chatsworth, IL (Age 85 years)
  Mother	BELDEN, Sally B.,   b. 9 Oct 1818, Montgomery, MA d. 6 Apr 1894, Chatsworth, IL (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1836	Sunderland, MA   [1]
  Family ID	F4118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PEARSON, Alice Leona,   b. 16 Nov 1861, Brimfield, IL d. 3 Nov 1911, Chatsworth, IL (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1881	Chatsworth, IL   [4]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Carrie,   b. 9 Dec 1881, Chatsworth, IL d. 25 Mar 1964, Fairbury, IL (Age 82 years)   2. PUFFER, Louis Lester,   b. Abt 1883   d. Dec 1965, Chatsworth, IL (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F8159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  A retired farmer, he burned up $53,000 of his fortune in a single year. His family hired a lawyer/conservator to look over his financial affairs in 1925.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 152. [S345] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. [S548] Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950. [S478] Illinois State Archives.