Puffer Genealogy

SPROAT, Arthur Henry[1]

Male 1842 - 1909  (66 years)


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  • Name SPROAT, Arthur Henry 
    Birth 30 Sep 1842  Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Military 21 Aug 1861- CIVIL WAR 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 10 Sep 1909  Pueblo, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 10 Sep 1909  Pueblo, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    Roselawn Cemetery 
    Person ID I20504  Puffers
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2019 

    Father SPROAT, Henry,   b. 10 Jan 1802, Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1877, Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother SMITH, Priscilla Tisdale,   b. Abt 1802, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1892, Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1826  Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F7867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family FRENCH, Helen Marie,   b. 9 Nov 1851, Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1932, Pueblo, CO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1881  Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F4015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
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    arthur h sproat gs.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Enlisted in the Civil War Aug 21, 1861, discharged May 18,1865 in the 3 9th Mass. Regt.; was wounded June 18, 1864; took part in the Battles of t he Wilderness, Mile Run and Spottsylvania. He sang leading tenor in the Winslow Church at Taunton, and, from 1879 t ill he died, in the Church of the Ascension at Pueblo. He was a claim a gent of the Denver and Rio Grande RR for 15 years, later with the Color ado Fuel and Iron Co. He was also a Mayflower descendant from Henry Sa mpson.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 41.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, page 41.

    3. [S324] Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850.

    4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 40.

    5. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.