Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Ruel H.[1, 2, 3]

Male 1814 - 1849  (35 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Ruel H. 
    Birth 10 May 1814  Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
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    _COLOR 11 
    Death 7 Oct 1849  Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    • of typhus fever
    Burial Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    North Sunderland Cemetery 
    Person ID I20860  Puffers
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2022 

    Father PUFFER, Abraham,   b. 1 Jun 1774, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1853, Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother PUFFER, Lucy,   b. 20 Dec 1778, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1848, North Sunderland, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1799  Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Family ID F9287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GRAVES, Eunice Williams,   b. 18 Feb 1822, Chesterfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1912, Earlville, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 20 May 1843  Chesterfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9
    Family ID F9284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
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    ruel h puffer gs.jpg

  • Notes 
    • According to the US Army, Register of Enlistments he was 26 at the time of enlistment, was 5'81/2" tall, had grey eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion. He was a painter. He was rejected(?) no reason given. Another report says he was discharged on surgeon's certificate of disablilty.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 99.

    2. [S512] 1673-1899: History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, page 488.

    3. [S407] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Database online.
      Record for Reuel H Puffer

    4. [S3] Grave stone.

    5. [S407] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885.

    6. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 253.

    7. [S512] 1673-1899: History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, page 487.

    8. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 59.

    9. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Database online.
      Record for Ruel H Puffer