PUFFER, George Washington^{[1, 2, 3]}

1835 - 1875  (40 years)

• Name	PUFFER, George Washington
  Birth	1835	Simsbury, CT   [4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	GRID= 69734088 Sect B lot 553
  _COLOR	11
  _FSFTID	GDXN-HHK
  Death	18 Aug 1875	Richmond, VA   [4, 5]
  	Address: Libby Prison
  Burial	Hartford, CT   [4, 5, 6]
  	Address: Old North Cemetery
  Person ID	I24429	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Windsor,   b. 13 Jan 1804, Sudbury, MA d. Aft 1874 (Age > 71 years)
  Mother	STRICKLAND, Faith M.,   b. 1812, CT d. Bef 1912 (Age < 99 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1829	Simsbury, CT   [7, 8]
  Residence	1850	Hartford, CT   [9]
  Family ID	F8470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant,   b. 1841, Bolton, CT d. 27 Jun 1892, White Plains, NY (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1855	Hartford, CT   [8]
  	Address: Christian Secretary Newspaper
  Divorce	1858	Hartford, CT
  Family ID	F16955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	TIBBALS, Emogene Lavinia,   b. Oct 1851, CT d. Aft 1930 (Age > 80 years)
  Marriage	CA 1867
  Children	1. PUFFER, George Marshall,   b. 17 Oct 1870, Hartford, CT d. 19 Jan 1952, Guilford, CT (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  In 1854 he appears as a crewman aboard The Eben Dodge, Master Cdr. Osborn bound for the Atlantic Ocean. He is 23 years old, 5'4.5" tall, light complexion and brown hair. A soldier in the Civil War in Company C of the 16th Regiment from CT, and said to have died in Libby Prison. One son, married. Resided in New Haven, CT. GGS says he survived Andersonville Prison. National Archives says he was a Pvt. in Co. F. 16th Reg. Ct. Inf. His headstone was supplied by D. W. Whitney on Nov 28, 1879 Enlisted August 9, 1862; Mustered August 24, 1862; Captured at Fort Comfort, Plymouth, NC, April 20, 1864 during the Battle of Plymouth (Apr 17-20, 1864); Paroled February 28, 1865; Discharged June 10, 1865.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 160. [S222] Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 161. [S334] Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934. [S274] Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903. [S546] Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions, Vol 20A, page 248. [S651] Connecticut Marriages, 1729-1867. [S747] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930. [S164] _1850 United States Federal Census.