PUFFER, John Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1825 - 1910  (84 years)

• Name	PUFFER, John
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	29 Jul 1825	Frankfort, ME   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 20079827
  Ref#	335  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	25 Feb 1910	Columbia, ME   [3]
  Burial	Columbia, ME
  Person ID	I36846	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, John Sr.,   b. 29 Nov 1793, Canton, MA d. 28 Jun 1877, Columbia, ME (Age 83 years)
  Mother	STANWOOD, Catherine Redman,   b. 6 May 1797, Gloucester, MA d. 25 Jun 1886, Columbia, ME (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1816	Boston, MA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F10604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	TIBBETTS, Mary Ann,   b. 17 Nov 1829, Columbia, ME d. 30 Nov 1860, Columbia, ME (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1853	Columbia, ME   [7, 8]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Ida Emeline,   b. 14 Nov 1854, Columbia, ME d. 18 Oct 1891, Columbia, ME (Age 36 years)   2. PUFFER, Priscilla Charlotte,   b. 23 Feb 1858, Columbia, ME d. 14 Jun 1920, Bangor, ME (Age 62 years)   3. PUFFER, George H.,   b. 22 Nov 1860, Columbia, ME d. 24 Nov 1860, Columbia, ME (Age 0 years)   4. PUFFER, Charles G.,   b. 22 Nov 1860, Columbia, ME d. 5 Dec 1860, Columbia, ME (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F10721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	MERRITT, Sarah Ann,   b. May 1843, Columbia, ME d. 4 Jun 1923, Columbia, ME (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1863	Columbia, ME   [3, 7, 9]
  Residence	1870	Columbia, ME   [6]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Edward Brackett,   b. 11 Aug 1865, Columbia, ME d. 24 Sep 1928, Columbia, ME (Age 63 years)   2. PUFFER, Wilbur Merritt,   b. 6 Oct 1867, Columbia, ME d. 7 Mar 1893, Columbia, ME (Age 25 years)   3. PUFFER, John Howard,   b. 22 Mar 1872, Columbia, ME d. 8 Jul 1947, Columbia, ME (Age 75 years)   4. PUFFER, Charles Loring Sweeny,   b. 30 Nov 1878, Columbia, ME d. 13 Oct 1954, Mishawaka, IN (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F10722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  He was a lumberman at Columbia, ME. He was member and helped build the M.E. Church (Little River Church) at Columbia, ME. ED NOTE: "John Jr. was born on the way from Mass. to Me. in 1824. They chartered a vessel and pulled it to Frankfort below Bangor on the Penobscot R. for this big event John's birth. They bought 3 girls with them when they came from Boston to Me." "Settled at Little River Corner and went into the lumbering and mill business." Roberta Puffer

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] From handwritten notes, in ink, sent to Charles K. Worcester French (co usin) Jan 23, 1967. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 179, 276. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 476, 477. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, pages 149, 150. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 178. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 276. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 476, 477, 535. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 375.