Pvt. Asahel B. Puffer

1830 - 1918  (87 years)

• Name	Asahel B. Puffer
  Prefix	Pvt.
  Born	11 Sep 1830	Enosburg, VT   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Jan 1918	Burlington, VT   [1, 2]
  Buried	Jericho, VT
  	Jericho Center Cemetery
  Person ID	I26030	Puffers
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Daniel Raymond Puffer,   b. 3 Jul 1805, Townshend, VT ,   d. 26 Aug 1882, Sheldon, VT  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Catharine,   b. Abt 1806, VT ,   d. Aft 1852  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	Bef 1828	VT   [3]
  Family ID	F5998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah P. Smith,   b. 8 Sep 1826, Bolton, VT ,   d. 12 Jul 1892, Jericho, VT  (Age 65 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1860	Chittenden, VT   [4]
  	Vermont Vita Records 1720-1908 shows her name as Hannah P. Wade
  Children	1. Bertha Maude Puffer,   b. 13 May 1866, West Bolton, VT ,   d. 2 Dec 1944, Jericho, VT  (Age 78 years)   2. Ray L. Puffer,   b. 2 Jan 1880, Jericho, VT ,   d. 24 Dec 1919, Barre, VT  (Age 39 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F5678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Julia E. Cilley,   b. 22 Mar 1843, Jericho, VT ,   d. 7 Oct 1910, Burlington, VT  (Age 67 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1894	Jericho, VT
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F5677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  asahel b puffer marr cert.jpg

  
  

  Headstones

  asahel b puffer gs.jpg

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S310] Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008. [S114] Death Certificate. [S167] _1850 United States Federal Census. [S546] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908.