PUFFER, Robert Elmer^[1]

1883 - 1912  (28 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Robert Elmer
  Birth	31 Dec 1883	Donners Grove, IL   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	31 Dec 1883	IL   [1]
  Death	29 Apr 1912	Chicago, IL   [1, 3]
  	Cause: killed in an autombile/train accident
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 16731723
  _COLOR	11
  Death	29 Apr 1912	Chicago, IL   [1, 3, 4]
  	Cause: killed in an autombile/train accident
  	His father was the executor of his estate
  Burial	2 May 1912	Downers Grove, IL
  	Address: Oak Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I20436	Puffers
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Henry Elmer,   b. 1 May 1855, Downers Grove, IL d. 10 Jul 1920, Downers Grove, IL (Age 65 years)
  Mother	HASKINS, Mary Adelaide,   b. 1 Apr 1854, Canada d. 18 Aug 1920, Chicago, IL (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1875	Cook County, IL   [5]
  Married	1 Dec 1875	Chicago, IL   [1, 6]
  Family ID	F5179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PINKERTON, Jessie Pearl,   b. 15 Mar 1885, Buffalo, NY d. 29 Apr 1912, Downers Grove, IL (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1906	Bradford, NY   [7]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Helen Adelaide,   b. 10 Oct 1907, Chicago, IL d. 2 Jan 1972, Sonoma County, CA (Age 64 years)   2. PUFFER, Ruth,   b. 12 Apr 1910, Downers Grove, IL d. Nov 1975, Largo, FL (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F5968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Both he and his wife lost their lives in a railroad accident. The car they were riding in was stuck by the engine of a passenger train. His father was also injured. Watertown Daily Times, Apr 29, 1912 "Chicago. April 29.-Three persons were instantly killed and two others probably fatally hurt when an automobile and an IL Central train, both traveling at top speed, collided at North Riverside. The dead are: Robert E. Puffer, Mrs. C. M. Streibe, and Mrs. Puffer. The injured; H. E. (Helen-DMC) Puffer and W. V. Logan. The dead and injured are all Chicagoans. They were rushing to the city from the Puffers' country place near Downer's Grove. The automobile was running parallel to the IL Central tracks. The driver turned to cross the tracks without noticing a passenger train traveling in the same direction. The train caught the automobile across the tonneau, throwing the occupants high in the air. The Frankfort News Journal, Frankfort Ky, Tuesday, April 30, 1912" -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Both he and his wife lost their lives in a railroad accident. The car they were driving was stuck by the engine of a passenger train. His father was also injured. Watertown Daily Times, Apr 29, 1912 "Chicago. April 29.-Three persons were instantly killed and two others probably fatally hurt when an automobile and an IL Central train, both traveling at top speed, collided at North Riverside. The dead are: Robert E. Puffer, Mrs. C. M. Streibe, and Mrs. Puffer. The injured; H. E. (Helen-DMC) Puffer and W. V. Logan. The dead and injured are all Chicagoans. They were rushing to the city from the Puffers' country place near Downer's Grove. The automobile was running parallel to the IL Central tracks. The driver turned to cross the tracks without noticing a passenger train traveling in the same direction. The train caught the automobile across the tonneau, throwing the occupants high in the air. The Frankfort News Journal, Frankfort Ky, Tuesday, April 30, 1912"

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 144. [S996] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1968. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point, WI, 30 Apr 1912,, page 2. [S1374] Illinois Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999. [S906] Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920. [S478] Illinois State Archives. [S661] Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950.