1841 - 1863 (22 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, James Edward |
Prefix |
Pvt. |
Birth |
20 Mar 1841 |
Westminster, MA |
Gender |
Male |
Burial |
Westminster, MA |
Address: Whitmanville Cemetery |
FindaGrave |
Address: 122640029 |
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_COLOR |
11 |
_FSFTID |
KCY2-NRL |
Death |
2 Jul 1863 |
Gettysburg, PA [2] |
Burial |
Gettysburg, PA [3] |
Person ID |
I34516 |
Puffer 062124 |
Last Modified |
18 Dec 2023 |
Father |
PUFFER, James, b. 9 Jan 1798, Westminster, MA d. 17 Mar 1885, Westminster, MA (Age 87 years) |
Mother |
JONES, Lucy, b. 12 Aug 1795, MA d. 20 Mar 1885, Westminster, MA (Age 89 years) |
Marriage |
7 Apr 1823 |
Westminster, MA [4, 5] |
Family ID |
F8785 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos
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2 Photos |
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Notes |
- Civil War soldier, 32nd Mass. Inf., killed while climbing a wall at Gettysburg, PA. Pvt J Puffer was buried in an orchard, in front of a field hospital at York Pike. His remains should have been re-interred at Gettysburg National Cemetery.
When he was killed his sister's husband, Daniel Curtis Miles, traveled to Gettysburg and recovered the body. Daniel dug the grave himself and had the body placed in a box and loaded in a freight car. The box served as Daniel's bed at night. James was laid to rest in his hometown of Westminster, MA.
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, page 122.
- [S281] New York-EASy.
- [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War.
- [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Marriage date: 22 Mar 1823 Marriage place: Lunenburg, Massachusetts
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 122.
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