Capt. Alfred Edson Puffer^[1]

1839 - 1918  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Alfred Edson Puffer
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	Aug 1839	Bennington, VT   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jul 1918	Fall River County, SD   [3]
  	Cause: of chronic myocarditis
  	GRID=Battle Mountain Sanitarium
  Buried	23 Jul 1918	Hot Springs, SD
  	GRID=Hot Springs National Cemetery
  Person ID	I6353	Puffers
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Capt. Martin Luther Puffer,   b. 2 May 1802, Sudbury, MA ,   d. 18 Aug 1854, Bennington, VT  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Follett,   b. CA 1810, Pawtucket, RI ,   d. 1892, Bennington, VT  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Married	13 Apr 1830	Bennington, VT   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F8531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henrietta Sturdevant Colburn,   b. 1841, Bolton, CT ,   d. 27 Jun 1892, White Plains, NY  (Age 51 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1859	Pittsfield, MA   [1, 6]
  Divorced	1861	Washington, DC
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F6011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Laura Virginia Howard,   b. 1849, Washington, DC ,   d. 7 Mar 1889, Hennepin County, MN  (Age 40 years)
  Married	1864
  Children	1. Edson Alfred Puffer,   b. 29 Mar 1865, Washington, DC ,   d. 28 Jul 1932, Potter, PA  (Age 67 years)   2. Cora V. Puffer,   b. 1868, DC ,   d. 28 Jan 1890, Hennepin County, MN  (Age 22 years)   3. Ada E. Puffer,   b. Mar 1869, DC ,   d. Bef 1969  (Age ~ 99 years)   4. William Henry Puffer,   b. 16 Jun 1872, Des Moines, IA ,   d. 23 May 1936, Saint Paul, MN  (Age 63 years)   5. Harry Wilson Puffer,   b. 22 Apr 1874, IA ,   d. 14 Jun 1919, Polk County, IA  (Age 45 years)   6. William Clarence Puffer,   b. 27 Jun 1879, Des Moines, IA ,   d. 4 Sep 1953, Havre, MT  (Age 74 years)   7. Lottie Puffer,   b. Aug 1880, IA ,   d. Bef 1982  (Age ~ 101 years)   8. Frances M. Puffer,   b. Mar 1883, Des Moines, IA ,   d. 21 May 1928, Chicago, IL  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F6012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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  Headstones

  alfred edson puffer sr gs.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Civil War, US Navy Veteran, Captain in the Civil War; enlisted Oct 10 1862, Philadelphia, PA resigned March 18 1865. Admitted to the Battle Mountain Sanitarium, US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Hot Springs, SD in 1912 with asthma and chronic constipation. A silversmith and burnisher, lived in Des Moines, IA; hotel proprietor A bartender in the Georgetown district of Washington, D.C. in 1870; a bartender in Des Moines, IA in 1880

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-1915, 160. [S371] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925. [S363] South Dakota Death Index, 1879-1955. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-1915, 159. [S546] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908. [S549] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.