PUFFER, Ethan Holbrook^{[1, 2]}

1803 - 1876  (72 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Ethan Holbrook
  Alt. Birth	1787	VT
  Birth	15 May 1803	Townshend, VT   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	Address: 33764407
  	GRID=33764407
  Milit-Beg	28 Feb 1862	VT
  Military	13 May 1862
  	promoted to Corporal
  Milit-End	19 Aug 1862	New Orleans, LA
  _COLOR	11
  _UID	55493D6C876E4D90A39BC6AF00324B3E8757
  Death	2 Jan 1876	VT   [2, 3]
  	Enlisted in Company I, Vermont 7th Infantry Regiment on 28 Feb 1862 Promoted to Full Corporal on 13 May 1862 Mustered out on 19 Aug 1862. Died in New Orleans hospital from wounds received in the Battle of New Orleans. There are some problems with these records. According to the Vermont Vital Records he has a son Royal R Puffer on 31 Jul 1870 with his 3rd wife Ann Eliza Wilder. Ethan couldn't have died in 1862 of wounds and have a son in 1870. More research needs to be done
  Burial	East Clarendon, VT   [3]
  	Address: East Clarendon Cemetery
  Person ID	I23764	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Amos,   b. 30 Mar 1757, Wrentham, MA d. 6 Aug 1832, Jamaica, VT (Age 75 years)
  Mother	HOLBROOK, Esther,   b. 14 Feb 1761, Wrentham, MA d. 17 Apr 1845, Jamaica, VT (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1785	Townshend, VT   [2]
  Family ID	F5458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	PRATT, Harriet E.,   b. 1791, VT d. 17 Feb 1855, Clarendon, VT (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1834	Woodstock, VT   [3]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Esther Maria,   b. 1832, VT d. 20 Jun 1885, Bennington, VT (Age 53 years)   2. PUFFER, Eliza Ann,   b. 1835, VT d. 28 Aug 1896, Clarendon, VT (Age 61 years)   3. PUFFER, George T.,   b. 6 Jul 1836, Clarendon, VT d. 18 Aug 1862, New Orleans, LA (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F10394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 2	BINGHAM, Clarissa Alvira,   b. 2 Jun 1824, Ticonderoga, NY d. 2 Dec 1850, Clarendon, VT (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1858	Rutland, VT   [3]
  	Address: Congregational Church
  Family ID	F13912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 3	WILDER, Ann Eliza,   b. 1845, Plymouth, VT d. Bef 1880, VT (Age < 34 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1862	Rutland, VT   [3]
  Children	1. PUFFER, George T.,   b. 6 Jul 1863, Clarendon, VT d. Sep 1885, Rutland, VT (Age 22 years)   2. PUFFER, Mary Jane,   b. 5 Jul 1867, Clarendon, VT d. Bef 1967 (Age < 99 years)   3. PUFFER, Roy Rolland,   b. 31 Jul 1870, Clarendon, VT d. 11 Feb 1917, Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F13496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

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• Notes

  The birth/death dates on his stone don't add up correctly. The stone shows his death date as Jan 2, 1872 and the age at death clearly shows 85 yrs. That would make his birth year 1787, not 1803 as Vermont Vital Records record. Some more research needs to be done on this memorial.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 79. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 78. [S543] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908.