Puffer Genealogy
LEIGHTON, Alphonso Green Hill
1834 - 1899 (65 years)-
Name LEIGHTON, Alphonso Green Hill Nickname Fonze Birth 18 Sep 1834 Columbia, ME 
Gender Male FindaGrave _COLOR 11 Death 3 Oct 1899 ME Burial Columbia, ME Address:
Columbia CemeteryPerson ID I36746 Puffers Last Modified 27 Dec 2022
Father LEIGHTON, Daniel R., b. 18 Aug 1799, Columbia, ME d. 16 Dec 1871, Addison, ME (Age 72 years) Mother INGERSOLL, Abigail Wass, b. 28 Jan 1805, Columbia, ME d. 15 May 1842, Columbia, ME (Age 37 years) Marriage 10 May 1823 Columbia, ME Family ID F10683 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WORCESTER, Genetta Allison, b. 27 Jun 1848, Columbia, ME d. 4 Jul 1913, Columbia, ME (Age 65 years) Children 1. LEIGHTON, Wentworth Aphonso, b. 14 Mar 1870, Columbia, ME d. 23 Jul 1942, Machias, ME (Age 72 years)2. LEIGHTON, Etta Clyde, b. 27 Mar 1872, Columbia, ME d. 8 Dec 1922, Machias, ME (Age 50 years)3. LEIGHTON, Roy Orson, b. 20 Nov 1874, Columbia, ME d. 1944, Columbia, ME (Age 69 years)4. LEIGHTON, Eathiel Worcester, b. 1877, Columbia, ME d. 1917, ME (Age 40 years)5. LEIGHTON, Ronie Diadem, b. 24 Nov 1878, Columbia, ME d. 24 Feb 1934, Washington County, ME (Age 55 years)6. LEIGHTON, Alton Ray, b. 3 Apr 1885, Columbia, ME d. 10 Aug 1959, West Grafton, MA (Age 74 years)7. LEIGHTON, Bessie Rena, b. 31 Dec 1887, Columbia, ME d. 23 Jan 1990, Milbridge, ME (Age 102 years)Family ID F10598 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2024
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Notes - Residence Columbia ME, 26 years old.
Civil War Veteran, enlisted on 7/15/1861 at Columbia, ME as a Corporal.
On 7/15/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. ME 6th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/15/1864 at Portland, ME
He was listed as: Wounded 11/7/1863 Rappahannock Station, VA
He saw action during the Penisular Campaign in Virginia, Antietam, Fredericksburg, the charge at Marye's Heights, Gettysburg, and Funkstown. Fonze Leighton's luck changed on November 7, 1863. The Sixth Maine was about to lead an assault on rebel fortifications at Rappahannock Station, Virginia. As the sun went down, and the charge commenced, Leighton was struck in the neck by gunfire. He would be taken to a large house 2 miles from the battlefield, then transported by ambulance to Warrenton Junction, Virginia the following day.
From there, he was placed on a train to Armory Square Hospital in Washington, DC. Once there, Leighton's doctors found a mini-ball in his shoulder/back area and removed it. He was discharged for disability and returned to civilian life. The bullet's path had caused damage to his lung and rendered his left arm useless
- Residence Columbia ME, 26 years old.
