Puffer Genealogy
PUFFER, Pvt. Asahel B.
1830 - 1918 (87 years)-
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Name PUFFER, Asahel B. Prefix Pvt. Birth 11 Sep 1830 Enosburg, VT [1, 2] Gender Male FindaGrave Residence 1850 Bakersfield, VT [3] Milit-Beg Jan 1863 Montgomery, VT [4] Milit-End 25 Jul 1865 [4] Ref# 608 Name Abel Puffer [3] _COLOR 11 Death 19 Jan 1918 Burlington, VT [1, 2] Burial Jericho, VT [5] Person ID I23866 Puffers Last Modified 29 May 2023
Father PUFFER, Daniel Raymond, b. 3 Jul 1805, Townshend, VT d. 26 Aug 1882, Sheldon, VT (Age 77 years) Mother Catharine, b. Abt 1806, VT d. Aft 1850 (Age > 45 years) Marriage CA 1828 VT [3] Residence 1850 Bakersfield, VT [3] Family ID F5948 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 SMITH, Hannah P., b. 8 Sep 1826, Bolton, VT d. 12 Jul 1892, Jericho, VT (Age 65 years) Marriage 3 Jan 1860 Chittenden, VT [6] - Vermont Vita Records 1720-1908 shows her name as Hannah P. Wade
Children 1. PUFFER, Bertha Maude, b. 13 May 1866, West Bolton, VT d. 2 Dec 1944, Jericho, VT (Age 78 years) 2. PUFFER, Ray L., b. 2 Jan 1880, Jericho, VT d. 24 Dec 1919, Barre, VT (Age 39 years) Family ID F5637 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jun 2024
Family 2 CILLEY, Julia E., b. 22 Mar 1843, Jericho, VT d. 7 Oct 1910, Burlington, VT (Age 67 years) Marriage 18 Dec 1894 Jericho, VT Family ID F5636 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jun 2024
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Notes - A Pvt in Co. F, 9th VT Inf. during the Civil War, also Co. A, 5th VT Inf.. Participated in the battles of Gettysburg and the Wilderness and remained in the service till the end of the war.
Asahel B. Puffer was b. in Enosburg in 1830. Two brothers, one of whom, Daniel, was grandfather of Asahel, came from England and settled in Connecticut, and later in Franklin, Vt. Daniel m. Susie Farr. His son, Daniel, m. a woman of the same name, Susie Farr. He d. at the age of 99 and she in 1884 at 98. There were six sons and three daughters, of whom Merrill is living in St. Albans, Isabel probably is living in Belvidere, and Asahel is in this town. The others have passed away.
Asahel lived in Enosburg till he was seven years old, then while in Bakersfield he was with Fay Brigham fourteen years, in Boston a year with Bent Brigham, in the West a year, again in Bakersfield two years, on the Erie Canal two years. Then he bought a farm in Montgomery and married.
In 1863 he enlisted from Burlington in Co. A, 5th Vt. Vols., participated in the
battles of Gettysburg and the Wilderness and remained in service till the close of the war. Then he lived on a farm in Bolton and in 1868 or 1869 came to Jericho. He built the house in which he now resides. His first wife d. here in 1892. He m. in 1894 Mrs. Julia (Cilley) Nichols, who had m. 1 John D. Nichols. She d. in 1910, aged 66
- A Pvt in Co. F, 9th VT Inf. during the Civil War, also Co. A, 5th VT Inf.. Participated in the battles of Gettysburg and the Wilderness and remained in the service till the end of the war.
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