PUFFER, Henry Samuel Sr.

1844 - 1896  (52 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Henry Samuel
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1844	Buffalo, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 63469290
  Residence	1850	Black Rock, NY   [2]
  Residence	1855	Buffalo, NY   [3]
  Residence	1860	Hamburg, NY   [4]
  Milit-Beg	16 Sep 1862	OH   [5]
  	Enlisted in Co. E., 103rd Inf. Regt., Ohio. Promoted to full Corporal on 1 Dec 1864. Mustered out at Raleigh, NC on 12 Jun 1865.
  Residence	1865	Hamburg, NY   [6]
  Milit-End	12 Jun 1865	Raleigh, NC   [5]
  Residence	Jun 1870	Finley, MO   [7]
  	His occupation is "school teacher" but it also shows he can't read/write?
  Residence	1880	Fannin County, TX   [1]
  Residence	1880	Fannin, TX   [1]
  Mil Pen	6 Mar 1891  [8]
  	IL
  	Application # 1.001.651 as an "invalid". Was he wounded during the Civil War?
  Name	Henry Samuel Puffer
  _COLOR	11
  Death	6 Apr 1896	Anna, IL   [9, 10]
  	of pneumonia
  Burial	Anna, IL   [9, 11]
  	Address: Anna Cemetery
  Person ID	I6652	Puffers
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Simon,   b. 1800, Ludlow, VT d. 1866, Hamburg, NY (Age 66 years)
  Mother	DICKINSON, Adeline G.,   b. 1 Jul 1812, Black Rock, NY d. 8 May 1889, Weyauwega, WI (Age 76 years)
  Residence	1850	Black Rock, NY   [2]
  	A brick maker/layer in 1850
  Residence	1860	Hamburg, NY   [4]
  Family ID	F9853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HOLLIS\HARLESS, Sarah\Sally F.,   b. Abt 1845, GA or TX d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	CA Apr 1870	MO   [7]
  	This is the year of the federal census for 1870 and they are shown as man and wife. Their first child was b. 1873.
  Children	1. PUFFER, Henry Samuel Jr.,   b. 5 Dec 1874, St. Louis, MO d. Aft 1940, LA (Age > 67 years)   2. PUFFER, Jabez,   b. 1875, TX d. 17 Jul 1897, TX (Age 22 years)   3. PUFFER, John Dickenson Sr.,   b. 12 Mar 1877, Waco, TX d. 14 Apr 1914, Heber Springs, AR (Age 37 years)   4. PUFFER, Robert H.,   b. 1879, LA d. Yes, date unknown   5. PUFFER, A.,   b. Oct 1879, TX d. Bef 1900, TX (Age < 20 years)   6. PUFFER, Catherine W.,   b. 1883, LA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	JONES, Almeda,   b. Mar 1843, TN d. 1928, Jonesboro, IL (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1890	Cairo, IL   [12]
  Family ID	F17793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  A Civil War Veteran, enlisted in Company E, 103rd Regt. OH Volunteer Infantry in Cleveland, OH, Aug. 12, 1862; mustered out June 12, 1865. Applied for invalid pension, Mar. 6, 1891 in IL but it was not issued. Cemetery records were burned up in a fire in the early 1970s but he has a military headstone in a plot with 20 other vets in Section H. His name is on Panel #14 in the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Public Square, Cleveland, OH. His headstone was provided by the Stockbridge Marble Co, Stockbridge, MA on May 29, 1900 A school teacher at the time of his marriage to Sarah F. Hollis

  
  

• Sources

  [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census. [S164] _1850 United States Federal Census. [S691] New York State Census, 1855. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census. [S213] US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, , 1861-1865. [S735] New York State Census, 1865. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census. [S686] US Civil War Pension Index, 1861-1934. [S274] Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903. [S558] Obituary, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgssi/Jonesboro/obit_1896-1897.html. [S478] Illinois State Archives. [S1096] Illinois County Marriages, 1800-1940.