LIVINGSTON, Margaret Charlotte^[1]

1832 - 1909  (76 years)

• Name	LIVINGSTON, Margaret Charlotte
  Birth	6 Oct 1832	Geneva, NY   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Fairgrove, MI
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 61124292
  _COLOR	11
  Death	5 May 1909	Fairgrove, MI   [2]
  Burial	8 May 1909	Fairgrove, MI   [2]
  	Address: Brookside Cemetery
  Person ID	I2068	Puffers
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	LIVINGSTON, Aaron,   b. 20 Jan 1793, Guilderland, NY d. 1 Apr 1872, Guilderland, NY (Age 79 years)
  Mother	HALLENBECK, Hannah Nancy,   b. 2 Aug 1793, NY d. 1876, NY (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F22108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PUFFER, Charles F.,   b. 6 Sep 1831, Oswego, NY d. 8 Mar 1919, Flint, MI (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1852  [3]
  	Obituary says the marriage year was 1854.
  Residence	1860	Flowerfield, MI   [4]
  Residence	1870	Fairgrove, MI
  Children	1. PUFFER, Chancellor Livingston,   b. 25 Apr 1852, Clyde, NY d. 3 Jan 1924, Plainfield, MI (Age 71 years)   2. PUFFER, Charles Henry,   b. 28 Mar 1856, Fabias Township, MI d. 17 Aug 1939, Caro, MI (Age 83 years)   3. PUFFER, Sarah Alice,   b. 28 Oct 1857, South Boardman, MI d. 2 Sep 1872, Fairgrove, MI (Age 14 years)   4. PUFFER, Margaret,   b. Oct 1859, MI d. Bef 1870, MI (Age < 10 years)   5. PUFFER, Ida May,   b. Mar 1860, MI d. 6 Apr 1897, MI (Age 37 years)   6. PUFFER, Michael,   b. Abt 1862, NY d. Bef 1900 (Age < 37 years)   7. PUFFER, James Erle,   b. 1862, South Boardman, MI d. 21 Jan 1896, MI (Age 34 years)   8. PUFFER, Edward,   b. Abt 1864, NY d. Bef 1900 (Age < 35 years)   9. PUFFER, John D.,   b. Jun 1865, South Boardman, MI d. 19 Jun 1929, South Boardman, MI (Age 64 years)   10. PUFFER, Hubert,   b. Abt 1867, NY d. Bef 1900 (Age < 32 years)   11. PUFFER, Lillian Ann,   b. 16 Aug 1867, Fairgrove, MI d. 18 Apr 1924, Detroit, MI (Age 56 years)   12. PUFFER, Annie,   b. Abt 1869, NY d. Bef 1900 (Age < 30 years)   13. PUFFER, Warren Burton,   b. 5 Sep 1871, Fairgrove, MI d. 16 May 1911, Bay City, MI (Age 39 years)   14. PUFFER, Mary Alice,   b. Abt 1873, NY d. Bef 1915 (Age < 41 years)   15. PUFFER, Florence Irene,   b. 4 Oct 1873, Fairgrove, MI d. 22 Dec 1945, Flint, MI (Age 72 years)   16. PUFFER, Peter,   b. Abt 1876, NY d. Bef 1900 (Age < 23 years)   17. PUFFER, Lena E.,   b. CA 1878, NY d. Bef 1900 (Age < 21 years)
  Family ID	F1563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Appears on one face of the Elon G. Parsons monument. Connections? "Food and all provisions for the family had to be carried from Watrousville, MI, a journey of 18 miles. While Charles was at war, Margaret had to walk to Watrousville and back carrying on her back what she had purchased. Much of the trail was through swamps. In places she had to walk on logs to get through. Those who remembered her as Grandma Margaret Puffer remember that she walked with a stiff knee. This was the result of a trip one November when she had to spend the night in the woods." : Chauncey, eight, and Charles, six years old, were in charge of the younger brothers and sisters while their Mother was gone. When it came hingh time they would light a candle and put it on a bench in the center of the room and all hover around whiles Charles would tell them stories or they would sing songs to lessen their fears of the wild animals around the cabin. One night they got so scared theyw ent upstairs and called ou the window, "Fire, Murder, Help." Margaret was coming down the trail as fast as she could, and hastened even faster when she heard the children yelling, because she thought the Indians were molesting them." Ruth La Bounty Puffer

  
  

• Sources

  [S1040] Puffer/Warren Family Histories, 1998. [S112] Death Certificate. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 341. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.