PUFFER, Frank Allen^[1]

1881 - 1945  (63 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Frank Allen
  Birth	23 Jan 1881	Portland, MI   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 78000486
  Ref#	403  [1]
  Residence	1920	Hill, NM   [6]
  	Widowed, owns a dairy farm in Hill, NM.
  Residence	1940	Mesilla Park, NM   [7]
  	His usual occupation on the Census form is Justice of the Peace
  _COLOR	11
  Death	5 Jan 1945	Chattanooga, TN   [3, 4, 8]
  	Cause: suddenly of a coronary thrombosis
  Burial	7 Jan 1945	Chattanooga, TN   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I6423	Puffers
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Harrison Amos,   b. 21 Feb 1853, Freedom, OH d. 24 Mar 1927, East Las Vegas, NM (Age 74 years)
  Mother	WILSON, Mary Alice,   b. 25 Dec 1862, Belmore, OH d. 25 Oct 1906, TN (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1878	Hope, MI   [9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F5215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	ATKINS, Ethel Jane,   b. 17 Sep 1882, Riceville, TN d. 24 Feb 1918, Hill, NM (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1905	Chattanooga, TN   [12, 13, 14]
  Residence	1910	Chattanooga, TN   [15]
  Residence	1917	Mesilla, NM   [5]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Alyce Jean,   b. 1 Sep 1906, Hudson, MI d. 19 Jun 1909, Chattanooga, TN (Age 2 years)   2. PUFFER, Franklin Atkins,   b. 3 May 1910, Chattanooga, TN d. 8 Jun 1983, TN (Age 73 years)   3. PUFFER, James Lawrence,   b. 6 Dec 1912, Chattanooga, TN d. 30 Dec 2000, Lake Stevens, WA (Age 88 years)   4. PUFFER, Harold J.,   b. 4 Jul 1913, TN d. Bef 1940, NM (Age < 26 years)   5. PUFFER, Ethel May,   b. 17 Jan 1918, Las Cruces, NM d. 11 Jan 2002, Chattanooga, TN (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F11187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	FREEMAN, Edith Elizabeth,   b. 1870, Shelby County, IL d. 21 Aug 1966, Las Cruces, NM (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	CA 1924  [16]
  Family ID	F22090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He graduated from the Grammar School at Ridgedale, TN, May, 1895, and attended Grant University at Athens, TN, in 1896-8. He is in the employ of the Chattanooga Railway and Light Co. Resided at 8161/2 Georgia Ave, Chattanooga, TN. He is a member of Hamilton Lodge, No. 243, I.O.O.F. He and his wife are members of the M.E. Church. In 1940 he was living in Dona Ana, NM and was a justice of the peace. He was a mail messenger in 1945 at the time of his death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 259, 318. [S256] Michigan Vital Records. [S591] Tennessee Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955. [S596] Tennesee Death Records, 1908-1958. [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. [S306] _1920 United States Federal Census. [S437] _1940 United States Federal Census. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Chattanooga Daily Times, Chattanooga, TN, 7 Jan 1945, page 17. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 259. [S753] Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952. [S558] Obituary. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 318. [S476] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Chattanooga Daily Times, Chatanooga, TN, 23 Oct 1905, page 6. [S444] _1910 United States Federal Census. [S382] _1930 United States Federal Census.