Alfred Eugene PUFFER^{[1, 2, 3]}

1868 - 1934  (66 years)

• Name	Alfred Eugene PUFFER
  Born	18 Apr 1868	Bennington, VT   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 66535783
  Ref#	397  [1]
  Residence	1881	IA
  	He and his sister, Eudora, stayed with their uncle Alfred and family after their mother died in 1881.
  Residence	1885	Des Moines, IA
  Residence	1900	Minneapolis, MN   [5]
  Residence	1910	Minneapolis, MN   [6]
  Residence	1920	Minneapolis, MN   [7]
  Residence	1930	Minneapolis, MN   [8]
  Died	16 May 1934	Minneapolis, MN   [9]
  Buried	19 May 1934	Minneapolis, MN
  	Address: Lakewood Cemetery
  	Monument Lot, Section 4 Lot 234 Grave 1
  Person ID	I34673	Puffers
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Wales Warren PUFFER,   b. 9 Oct 1837, Bennington, VT ,   d. 16 Feb 1886, Bennington, VT  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Mary LINCOLN,   b. Dec 1839, New York, NY ,   d. 21 Apr 1881, Indianola, IA  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1857	Bennington, VT   [4, 10]
  Family ID	F9358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maud E. STEENSTRA,   b. May 1870, NY
  Married	27 Jun 1888	Saint Paul, MN   [11, 12]
  Residence	1901	Spokane, WA   [13]
  Divorced	Aft Nov 1901	Spokane, WA
  Children	1. Harlan Eugene PUFFER,   b. 6 Nov 1890, Minneapolis, MN ,   d. 1 Feb 1966, Los Angeles, CA  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F13678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eva Maude PIERCE,   b. 11 Feb 1879, Reedsburg, WI ,   d. 2 Feb 1942, Minneapolis, MN  (Age 62 years)
  Married	5 May 1896	Eau Claire County, WI   [11, 14, 15]
  Children	1. Eugene Alfred PUFFER,   b. 13 Dec 1896, Minneapolis, MN ,   d. 19 Jul 1962, Rosamond, CA  (Age 65 years)   2. Norma PUFFER,   b. 19 Nov 1900, Minneapolis, MN ,   d. 9 Mar 1901, Minneapolis, MN  (Age 0 years)   3. Martha PUFFER,   b. 19 Nov 1900, Minneapolis, MN ,   d. 31 Mar 1901, Minneapolis, MN  (Age 0 years)   4. Claude Fred PUFFER,   b. 11 Aug 1903, Minneapolis, MN ,   d. 15 Jan 1984, Minneapolis, MN  (Age 80 years)   5. Aileen Martha PUFFER,   b. 24 Mar 1906, Minneapolis, MN ,   d. Bef 2006  (Age < 99 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F9760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  His mother died when he was 13 years old, his father when he was fifteen. He worked on the farm during the fall when but 11 years old and nine months of each of the two following years. He then went to live in the family of Dr. Robert A. Patchin, Des Moines, IA, where he remained until 19 years old. He became a railroad switchman at Minneapolis. In an accident May 14, 1894, he lost a thumb. He started again as common laborer in the Threshing Machine Co.'s branch office, and worked his way upward as assistant shipper, shipper, repair helper, assistant bookkeeper, bookkeeper, traveling salesman, collector, assistant manager. For seven years he was assistant manager of a branch house and six years manager. When three threshing machine concerns united, he became manager and secretary of the Automatic Carbonator Co., in a position he held three years. He is now manager of the branch house of the Holt Manufacturing Co., at Omaha, NE. He is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, Modern Samaritans, and United Commerical Travelers. He is very musical, first tenor of the Masonic Quartette, and his children are gifted musically. The Federal Census of 1900 for Brainard, MN, Crow Wing, shows him as an 'inmate' at the "Northern Pacific R.R. Sanitarium" on 18 Jun 1900. The Wisconsin Historical Society shows him married to Eva M Pierce on May 28, 1896

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 246, 315. [S369] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925. [S382] Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980, Database online. Record for Harlan Eugene Puffer [S543] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908. [S307] _1900 United States Federal Census. [S447] _1910 United States Federal Census. [S309] _1920 United States Federal Census. [S385] _1930 United States Federal Census. [S196] Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 246. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 314. [S390] Minnesota Marriages Index, 1849-1950. [S378] _US City Directories, 1821-1995. [S261] Minnesota-EASy. [S216] Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907.