PUFFER, Rev. Joseph Adams^{[1, 2]}

1872 - 1958  (86 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Joseph Adams
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	CA 1872	ME   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	13 Feb 1872	Harrington, ME   [1, 4, 5]
  Residence	1880	Harrington, ME   [1, 3]
  Degree	1896	Middletown, CT
  	B.A.
  	Address: Wesleyan University
  Degree	1900	Boston, MA
  	B.S.T.
  	Address: Boston University
  Death	29 Jul 1958	Berlin, MA   [5, 6]
  Death	Bef 1972	ME
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 94083843
  Ref#	416  [2]
  Name	Joseph Puffer
  _COLOR	11
  Burial	Berlin, MA
  Person ID	I5727	Puffers
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, William Henry,   b. 1832, Columbia, ME d. 17 Dec 1912, Harrington, ME (Age 80 years)
  Mother	COFFIN, Susanna Wood,   b. 10 Oct 1842, Columbia, ME d. 27 Jul 1897, Columbia, ME (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1868	ME   [7]
  Residence	1880	Harrington, ME   [1]
  Family ID	F10629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	RICE, Emily Hope,   b. 5 Jan 1874, Berlin, MA d. 17 Nov 1962, Washington, DC (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1903	Boston, MA   [5, 8]
  Residence	1950	Berlin, MA   [9]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Evelyn Hope,   b. 30 Oct 1905, Berlin, MA d. 31 Dec 2011, Medford, NJ (Age 106 years)   2. PUFFER, Dr. Ruth Rice,   b. 20 Aug 1907, Berlin, MA d. 2 Sep 2002, McMinnville, OR (Age 95 years)   3. PUFFER, Stanwood Adams,   b. 9 Aug 1909, Needham, MA d. 23 Sep 1991, MA (Age 82 years)   4. PUFFER, Marjorie,   b. 30 Aug 1912, Needham, MA d. 28 Oct 1999, McMinnville, OR (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F10808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  He entered Wesleyan University in 1892 and graduated in 1896 (A.B.); graduated from Boston University in 1900 (S.T.B.) and was a student at Clark University 1905-7. From 1902-06 he was principal of the Lyman School for Boys, a state institution at Westborough, MA. He was ordained pastor of the Unitarian Church of Gardner, MA in 1905 and remained there three years. From 1908 to 1912 he was pastor of the First Church of Needham, MA. From 1910 to the present time he has been director of the Beacon Vocational Bureau of Boston, 8 Beacon Street. He resides at Needham, MA. He's widely known as a lecturer on sociology. He is the author of "The Boy and His Gang" (1912); "Vocational Guidance" (1913). In 1915 he was appointed Lecturer for the University of IL. Teacher, Harrington, Maine, 1888-1889. Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Biddeford Pool, Maine, 1900-1901. Principal high school, Richmond, Maine, 1902. Principal Massachusetts Industrial School for Boys, Westboro, Massachusetts, 1902-1905. Pastor First Unitarian Church, Gardner, Massachusetts, 1905-1908, First Parish Church, Needham, Massachusetts, 1908-1911. Probation officer Boston Juvenile Court, 1907-1910. Director Beacon Vocation Bureau, Boston, 1910-1918. Instructor teachers’ institute, 1910-1913. Lecturer in farmers’ institute, University of Illinois, 1913-1914. Lecturer on vocational problems, normal schools and colls., 1914-1918. Field secretary, National Public Welfare League, Kansas City, Missouri, 1918-1920. Associate editor of Public Welfare, 1918-1920. Lecturer and vocational secretary Army Young Men’s Christian Association, Eastern, Central and Southern departments, 1918-1919. Field secretary National Child Welfare Association, New York, 1920-1921, of National Public Welfare League, Kansas City, Missouri, 1921-1923. Field director Co-operative Club International, Kansas City, Missouri Dir Beacon Boys’ Bureau, Boston. Author: The Boy and His Gang, 1912. Vocational Guidance, 1914. Editor of Vocational Guidance Series, 1915.

  
  

• Sources

  [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrington, Washington, Maine; Roll: 490; Family History Film: 1254490; Page: 429B; Enumeration District: 192; Image: 0440. Record for Susan Puffer [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 277, 324. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 277, 325. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 478. [S734] Massachusetts Death Index 1901-1980. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 98. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 325. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.