Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Henry Smythe

PUFFER, Henry Smythe[1]

Male 1835 - 1909  (74 years)

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  • Name PUFFER, Henry Smythe 
    Nickname Harry 
    Birth 14 Jan 1835  Stamford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
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    Military 18 Aug 1862  Stamford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Ref# 566 
    Residence 1865  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 5 Jun 1909  Trout Creek, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Walton, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Walton Cemetery 
    Person ID I4867  Puffers
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2023 

    Father PUFFER, Benjamin,   b. 25 Dec 1791, Claverack, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1847, Stamford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother BEERS, Sabra Redfield,   b. 13 Mar 1797, Ballston, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1877, Delaware County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1819  NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10060  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MARVIN, Maria A.,   b. 20 May 1844, Stamford, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 12 Mar 1909, Walton, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 64 years) 
    Marriage 28 Dec 1865  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, William Frederick,   b. 30 Aug 1866, Loomis, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1939, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. PUFFER, Mary Eliza,   b. 8 Nov 1866, Hobart, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1949, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. PUFFER, Charles Foote,   b. 24 Jan 1870, Stamford, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1943, Bainbridge, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     4. PUFFER, Emma M.,   b. 1873, Tompkins, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1895, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     5. PUFFER, Edward Marvin,   b. 2 Apr 1873, Tompkins, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1920, Walton, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     6. PUFFER, Henry Smythe Jr.,   b. 28 Aug 1875, Stamford, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1951, Trout Creek, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F8396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Photos 2 Photos

  • Notes 
    • A Civil War Veteran, Pvt, 144th NY Infantry Regt., a clerk. Promoted to Corporal in 1862.

      He was slightly wounded in the battle of Honey Hill, SC, carrying the colors of his Regiment.

      His headstone was supplied by Stockbridge Marble Co, Stockbridge, MA in 1900

  • Sources 
    1. [S456] New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865, Database online.
      Record for Henry Puffer

    2. [S735] New York State Census, 1865.

    3. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York ยท December 28, 1951, page 2.

    4. [S631] US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.