1824 - 1847 (22 years)
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| Name |
PUFFER, Ransley |
| Birth |
20 Dec 1824 |
Jamaica, VT  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Milit-Beg |
24 Mar 1842 |
Boston, MA [2] |
- At enlistment he had blue eyes, blonde hair, a ruddy complexion, stood 5' 5 3/4" and was from VT. He was a farmer. He enlisted for a term of 5 years in the Dragoons, 4th Artl., Co., B.
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| Milit-End |
27 Feb 1847 [2] |
| _COLOR |
2 |
| Death |
27 Feb 1847 |
Buena Vista, Mexico [1, 2] |
| Cause: of wounds suffered in the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, |
| Person ID |
I22438 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Father |
PUFFER, Amos, b. 1 Aug 1798, Townshend, VT d. 21 May 1889, Grafton, VT (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
BAKER, Cena, b. 6 Sep 1801 d. 4 Apr 1832 (Age 30 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Dec 1823 |
Jamaica, VT [1, 3] |
| Family ID |
F5349 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- US Army, Pvt, died unmarried from wounds received at the Battle of Buena Vista, Feb 2-3, 1847. (Ed. Note - the Mexican American War)
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| Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 119.
- [S1297] United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914.
- [S538] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908.
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Puffer Genealogy
