1833 - 1905 (71 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, Richard Rush |
Birth |
23 Dec 1833 |
Sunderland, MA [2] |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave |
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Ref# |
278 [2] |
_COLOR |
11 |
_FSFTID |
KF5D-WVB |
Death |
5 Dec 1905 |
Odell, IL [3, 4, 5] |
Burial |
Odell, IL [6, 7] |
Address: Union Cemetery |
Person ID |
I35157 |
Puffer 062124 |
Last Modified |
21 May 2022 |
Father |
PUFFER, Capt. Lewis, b. 7 Nov 1798, Sunderland, MA d. 3 May 1886, Mount Palatine, IL (Age 87 years) |
Mother |
GRAVES, Emily C., b. 28 Jan 1805, Sunderland, MA d. 29 Jan 1885, Mt. Palatine, IL (Age 80 years) |
Marriage |
3 May 1826 |
Sunderland, MA [8, 9] |
Residence |
21 Sep 1855 |
Sunderland, MA [10] |
Residence |
19 Jul 1860 |
Magnolia, IL [11] |
Residence |
13 Aug 1870 |
Magnolia, IL [12] |
Family ID |
F9289 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
CALDWELL, Paulina Jane, b. 16 Jun 1840, PA d. 1 Nov 1919, Odell, IL (Age 79 years) |
Marriage |
11 Mar 1869 |
Crawford, OH [3, 13] |
Children |
| 1. PUFFER, Pearl Emily, b. 19 Feb 1870, Odell, IL d. 1963, Odell, IL (Age 92 years) |
| 2. PUFFER, Rollin R., b. 21 Apr 1871, Odell, IL d. 26 Dec 1872, Odell, IL (Age 1 year) |
| 3. PUFFER, George Irving, b. 16 Sep 1873, Odell, IL d. 9 Sep 1890, Odell, IL (Age 16 years) |
| 4. PUFFER, Wilfred Edward, b. 22 Jul 1876, Odell, IL d. 1954, Corwith, IL (Age 77 years) |
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Family ID |
F9276 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Jun 2024 |
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Photos
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6 Photos |
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Notes |
- Civil War Veteran, enlisted in Company E of the Eighth IL Inf. Regt. Vols. and served from July 18 1861, to July 1865. He fought at the Battle of Shiloh.
His Bible was returned to his mother by a Confederate Soldier who found it on the Battleground at Shiloh. He mustered out on 30 Jul 1864.
He was appointed Postmaster for Odell, Illinois by President McKinley. There is an archive of letters between him and his sister Ann Adelaide from the Civil War that were mentioned in a book in the Chicago Historical Society.
He was a joiner by trade.
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 152, 237.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 151, 237.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 237.
- [S897] Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974.
- [S213] US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, , 1861-1865.
- [S478] Illinois State Archives.
- [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War.
- [S512] 1673-1899: History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, Page 486.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 151.
- [S206] Massachusetts State Census, 1855.
- [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.
- [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census.
- [S946] Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993.
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