PRAY, Theodora

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• Residence: 12 Aug 1850, Boston, MA; Age 53MA
• Residence: 21 Jun 1860, Cambridge, MA; Age 62MA
• Residence: 15 Jun 1870, Cambridge, MA; Age 72Enum/Gustavus; No employment; Mass

Theodora married PUFFER, Aaron on 24 Aug 1823 in Quincy, MA. Aaron (son of PUFFER, Deacon Samuel T. Jr. and EAMES, Joanna) was born on 26 Nov 1788 in Sudbury, MA; died on 18 Mar 1865 in Cambridge, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 26 Nov 1826, Cambridge, MA
• Residence: 12 Aug 1850, Boston, MA; Age 23Ma
• Residence: 15 Jun 1870, Cambridge, MA; Age 40Enum/Gustavus; No employment; Mass
• Residence: 12 Jun 1900, New York, NY; Age 72Mother Law/Kirk; Nov 1827; Wd; 3/1 ch liv; MA/MA/MA; Brooklyn

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Charlotte married DYER, Leighton William on 14 Apr 1851. Leighton (son of DYER, William and REED, Sarah R.) was born in 1828 in Springfield, VT; died on 8 Apr 1864 in LA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A clerk according to the 1850 Federal Census
A brush manufacturer according to the 1870 Federal Census

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Gustavus married KING, Caroline A. on 25 Apr 1860 in Boston, MA. Caroline (daughter of KING, James Hooper and TILESTON, Nancy) was born in 1833 in MA; died on 3 Jan 1890 in Hopkinton, MA; was buried in Milford, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following account of his life was read at a special communication of Prince of Orange Lodge, No. 16, F. & A.M. in the Masonic Temple, NYC, July 9 1875 by the Wor. Bro. Stephen M. Wright:

"Brother Puffer was born in Boston, MA, February 26, 1837, where he received a liberal education at the High School, and at an early age developed a love for literary pursuits.
"In 1856, at the age of nineteen, he came to New York, where he soon engaged in mercantile life, traveling extensively through the Southern States as a representative of the dry goods and silk trade of this city; during this time he found opportunities to indulge in his literary labors, contributing articles of interest to many popular periodicals, those to the Atlantic Monthly being the most frequent.
"In the early part of 1862 he received an appointment from the New York Herald as War Correspondent, and was assigned to accompany General Butler's expedition to New Orleans. His abilities and gentlemanly deportment so attracted the attention of the General that he invited him to accept a position on his personal staff, first with the rank of Lieutenant, and afterwards as Captain, and thus he continued with the General till the close of the war, occupying many positions of confidence and trust. He then engaged in business at Mobile, but the commercial interests of that city not reviving as he had anticipated his venture proved unsuccessful. Returning to New York, he was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for the 32 District, which position he held until 1870, when he received an appointment as entry clerk in the Custom House, and in October, 1873, he was selected by Collector Chester A. Arthur as one of his deputies.
"Brother Puffer connected himself with the Masonic Fraternity in 1867, being initiated March 7, passed June 7, and raised June 20 of that year, in this lodge. His abilities were soon recognized; he was elected Senior Deacon in 1869, and Junior Warden in 1870. In 1872 and the two succeeding years he was elected Secretary, he declined a re-election this year as his public duties were of such a character as to prevent his accepting the position for another term. The Lodge records for those years are referred to with satisfaction as elegant in style and complete in character.
"In conclusion, I desire to add my tribute to his worth, and I know that I feebly reflect your own thoughts in saying that I cannot but feel that his record was pure and untarnished; that he was a courteous gentle man, ever affable and genial, noble minded, generous and forgiving -- a lways faithful to life's duties; he was an honest man, a good Mason, and as such we deplore his loss, not only to our Lodge and the Fraternity, the business and social community in which he moved."
The lodge adopted the following:
"Resolved, That in his death this Lodge has lost one of its foremost and most valued members, whose skill and untiring energies were devoted to its welfare and prosperity, and whose deportment and character gave dignity to our professions and marked a "perfect ashlar" in our Masonic edifice."

He left military service in 1865 to work for the Internal Revenue. At the time of his death he worked at the New York Custom House. In that capacity he corresponded with Susan B. Anthony over a small amount of tax she owed on the sale of pamphlets of suffrage she printed. She paid the tax under protest and scolded Mr. Puffer and the IRS for taxing her without the benefit of her being represented in Congress.

He left a widow and two children.

Alfred married BUTTRICK, Ella on 6 Sep 1870 in New York, NY. Ella (daughter of BUTTRICK, Silas H. and BRADBURY, Harriet) was born in Jun 1851 in New York, NY; died on 8 Nov 1934 in Monaroneck, NY; was buried on 12 Jul 1938 in Brooklyn, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married BUTTRICK, Ella on 31 Aug 1870 in Manhattan, NY. Ella (daughter of BUTTRICK, Silas H. and BRADBURY, Harriet) was born in Jun 1851 in New York, NY; died on 10 Jul 1938 in Brooklyn, NY; was buried on 12 Jul 1938 in Brooklyn, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Sarah R. Puffer
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• Residence: 15 Jun 1870, Cambridge, MA; Age 14 (Sarah R. Puffer/Gustavus)Att sch; VT

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Sarah married MCKINNON, George W. in 1874 in Cambridge, MA. George (son of MCKINNON, Randall and ALLEN, Mary) was born on 22 Mar 1852 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; died after 1936 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Keith C. Puffer
• Name: Kirk C. Dyer
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• Birth: 29 May 1859, Madison, WI
• Residence: 1870, Cambridge, MA
• Residence: 1870, Cambridge, MA

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He was an American track and field athlete. He was United States champion in the 120 yd hurdles in 1892 and 1893 and in the 220 yd hurdles from 1892 to 1894.
He was the US National Champion in the high hurdles in 1892.
A Spanish-American War Veteran in the 71st and 22nd Regiment. He returned from the war completely broken in health.

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He was an American track and field athlete. He was United States champion in the 120 yd hurdles in 1892 and 1893 and in the 220 yd hurdles from 1892 to 1894.
He was the US National Champion in the high hurdles in 1892.
A Spanish-American War Veteran in the 22nd Regiment

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Died:
Died at his mother's home in NYC of pneumonia

Buried:
Section 10, lot 4634

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• Residence: 1928, Greenwich, CT
• Residence: 1930, Greenwich, CT
• Residence: 1938, Pelham, NY

Theodora married ROCHE, John J. on 18 Feb 1920 in New Rochelle, NY. John (son of ROCHE, Matthew and JENNINGS, Margaret) was born on 10 Sep 1857 in Hartford, CT; died on 28 Oct 1930 in Greenwich, CT; was buried in Greenwich, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1915, New York, NY