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PUFFER, George Washington[1, 2, 3]

Male 1835 - 1875  (40 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, George Washington 
    Birth 1835  Simsbury, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
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    • GRID= 69734088 Sect B lot 553
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 18 Aug 1875  Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Address:
    Libby Prison 
    Burial Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Address:
    Old North Cemetery 
    Person ID I24429  Puffers
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2022 

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

    Family 1 COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant,   b. 1841, Bolton, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1892, White Plains, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jun 1855  Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Address:
    Christian Secretary Newspaper 
    Divorce 1858  Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F16955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 TIBBALS, Emogene Lavinia,   b. Oct 1851, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1930 (Age > 80 years) 
    Marriage CA 1867 
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, George Marshall,   b. 17 Oct 1870, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1952, Guilford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F5874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Photos 3 Photos

  • 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 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 160.

    2. [S222] Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA.

    3. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 161.

    4. [S334] Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934.

    5. [S274] Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903.

    6. [S546] Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions, Vol 20A, page 248.

    7. [S651] Connecticut Marriages, 1729-1867.

    8. [S747] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930.

    9. [S164] _1850 United States Federal Census.


 

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