PUFFER, Simon Edgar

Puffer Genealogy

1847 - 1917 (70 years)

Generation: 1

PUFFER, Simon Edgar was born on 4 Apr 1847 in North Haverhill, NH; died on 28 Oct 1917 in Boston, MA; was buried in Lynn, MA.

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67748568
Ref#: 300
_COLOR: 11
Milit-Beg: 26 Sep 1864, NH
Milit-End: 10 Jun 1865, NH
Residence: 1890, Athol, MA
Residence: 1910, Athol, MA

Notes:

"He was for many years engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He is now (1915) living at Athol, MA, retired." (Nutt)

He was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisting in Company E, 18th N.H. Vols. at the age of 17 years, and served to the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. His regiment fought a battle at Fort Stedman, VA on 25 + 29 Mar 1865; then Petersburg, VA on 2-3 Apr 1865.

According to the 1910 Census he was an inspector in a shoe factory. The "Lynn Directory" (1875-1880) shows him in partnership with Alvah H. Hill as a 'boot and shoe manufs. 14 State Street, House 24, Prospect'. (see page 459)." The 1916 Athol, MA street guide has him living at 119 Liberty Street.

(Ed Note: DMC has the Bible that he carried with him during the Civil War).

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Simon married MAC EWEN, Elizabeth Ann on 6 Jun 1866 in Lynn, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of MAC EWEN, Barnabas and HAMILTON, Ann) was born on 14 Jan 1843 in Merigomish, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Jan 1936 in MA; was buried in Lynn, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. PUFFER, Eva May was born on 21 Sep 1867 in North Haverhill, NH; died on 6 Jan 1869 in North Haverhill, NH.
3. PUFFER, Lina May was born on 13 Oct 1873 in Saugus, MA; died on 24 Jan 1875 in Saugus, MA.
4. PUFFER, Albert Leroy was born on 20 Aug 1876 in Saugus, MA; died in Feb 1963 in MA; was buried in Lynn, MA.
5. PUFFER, Baby Girl was born after 1880; died in Aug 1925 in MA; was buried in Lynn, MA.

Generation: 2

2. PUFFER, Eva May (1.Simon¹) was born on 21 Sep 1867 in North Haverhill, NH; died on 6 Jan 1869 in North Haverhill, NH.
3. PUFFER, Lina May (1.Simon¹) was born on 13 Oct 1873 in Saugus, MA; died on 24 Jan 1875 in Saugus, MA.

PUFFER, Albert Leroy

(1.Simon¹) was born on 20 Aug 1876 in Saugus, MA; died in Feb 1963 in MA; was buried in Lynn, MA.

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Ref#: 399
_COLOR: 11
Residence: 1918, Arlington, MA

Notes:

He graduated from Athol High School, 1894, at the age of 17. He has been a student of music to the present time. He is a commercial salesman, starting to travel at the age of 22. He is a member of Athol Lodge, Free Masons; Union Chapter, R.A.M.; Athol Commandery, K.T.; Pequoig Club of Athol; National Shoe Travelers Association.

According to his WWI Draft Registration Card he was a traveling salesman for the Smaltz Goodwin Co. in Philadelphia, PA. (1918)

According to the 1910 Federal Census 23rd April, 1910 he was living in a boarding house in Omaha, NE, and was a traveling shoe salesman. On the 29 April, 1910 he appears again at his fathers home in Worcester, MA.

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Albert married BUGBEE, Katherine Clarissa on 18 Jan 1912 in Peterborough, NH. Katherine (daughter of BUGBEE, Rev. Rolla George and BARRETT, Susan Imogene) was born on 13 Mar 1879 in West Hartland, CT; died in 1951 in NH; was buried in Peterborough, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married GAMMONS, Elizabeth Emma in 1925 in Philadelphia, PA. Elizabeth (daughter of GAMMONS, Warren Shipley and BOOTH, Emma) was born on 30 Oct 1881 in Talcottville, CT; died in 1965 in Newton, MA; was buried in Talcottville, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.
PUFFER, Baby Girl (1.Simon¹) was born after 1880; died in Aug 1925 in MA; was buried in Lynn, MA.
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_COLOR: 11

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