PUFFER, Abraham

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He settled in North Sunderland. His farm there included the J. Edson Marvel place and the present No. Sunderland cemetery. He owned the covenant in the Sudbury church, Jan. 6, 1800. He married his first cousin, Lucy.

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Abraham married PUFFER, Lucy on 15 Jan 1799 in Sudbury, MA. Lucy (daughter of PUFFER, Lieut. Phineas and STRATTON, Molly) was born on 20 Dec 1778 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 21 Feb 1779; died on 6 Jan 1848 in North Sunderland, MA; was buried in Sunderland, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1855, Sunderland, MA
• Death: Feb 1870, Sunderland, MA

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Abraham married CANTRALL, Mary on 8 Jan 1823 in Deerfield, MA. Mary was born in CA 1803 in Ireland; died on 20 Aug 1877 in Deerfield, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A tin workman in 1860, he succeeded to part of his father's homestead a t North Sunderland.

Grave Inscription:
"I know not the form of my mansion fair,
I know not the name that I then shall bear,
But I know that my Saviour will welcome me there,
And that will be [Heaven for me]."

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David married CLARY, Harriet on 18 Sep 1836. Harriet (daughter of CLARY, Luther and GUNN, Laura) was born on 12 Nov 1810 in Utica, NY; died on 16 Dec 1878 in Montague, MA; was buried in Sunderland, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to the US Army, Register of Enlistments he was 26 at the time of enlistment, was 5'81/2" tall, had grey eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion. He was a painter. He was rejected(?) no reason given. Another report says he was discharged on surgeon's certificate of disablilty.

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Died:
of typhus fever

Ruel married GRAVES, Eunice Williams on 20 May 1843 in Chesterfield, MA. Eunice (daughter of GRAVES, Perez and COFFIN, Sarah) was born on 18 Feb 1822 in Chesterfield, MA; died on 28 Apr 1912 in Earlville, IA; was buried in Earlville, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Graduate of Montague High School; buried in the family plot at Sunderla nd.

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Harriet married ANDREWS, Erastus Ellsworth on 25 Mar 1858 in Sunderland, MA. Erastus (son of ANDREWS, Rev. Erastus and BARTLETT, Almira) was born on 17 May 1837 in Shelburne, MA; died in Sep 1897 in West Springfield, MA; was buried in Sunderland, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Stayed on the homestead; a respected citizen; member of the Congregational church; died with no children.

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Stillman married PIKE, Marie A. on 11 Dec 1866 in Sunderland, MA. Marie (daughter of PIKE, Aaron and PALMER\PARMER, Mary) was born on 8 Aug 1850 in Leverett, MA; died on 7 Dec 1943 in NH; was buried on 10 Dec 1943 in Concord, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Milit-Beg: 21 Jun 1861, MA

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Civil War soldier, enlisted at the age of 16 years in the 10th Regiment, Mass; taken with measles at the camp in Greenfield, MA; had not recovered when he returned to service in Washington, DC; died in Columbia hospital.

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• Burial: Andersonville, GA; Address:
  Andersonville National Cemetery
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• Milit-Beg: 30 Dec 1863, MA

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Civil War soldier and POW
Enlisted at the age of 16 years in Co. A, 34th Mass. Infantry; taken prisoner at the battle of Hanging Rock, 20 June of 1864 at Salem, VA. He probably was part of the rear guard during a retreat called for by Union Gen. David Hunter. Gen. Jubal Early, pursued Gen. Hunter and caught the rear guard with cannons. He was imprisoned, and died of starvation at Andersonville prison in Georgia.

Burial:
Section H, Site 11975

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CT After graduating from the public schools, she was for three years a member of a reading club for college work. She has lived the past few years at 16 Rosette St., New Haven, CT. She has been active in church and various charitable and reform organizations. She is an international organizer of the Sunshine Society and president of the New haven branch, the Cynthia Westover Alden branch since 1901. For one year she was first vice-president of the International Sunshine Society of CT and for ten years president of the CT division. She has been a director of the Associated Charities of New Haven for ten years. She is a member of the Social Workers, the W.C.T.U. and V.I.S. and the World's Peace Army. She joined the church in 1869; was teacher in the Sunday school fifteen years; superintendent of the junior department ten years; president of the Mission Circle for six years; member of the Prudential Committee seven years; member of the Ladies Aid and Centenary Associations for more than 25 years, taking a prominent part in local, state and national conventions. She was for ten years a member of the Woman's Auxillary of the Y.M.C.A.; for five years president of the Traveler's Aid Society; charter member of the Political Equality Club. She studied music for nearly four years at the Conservatory of Music, Springfield, MA.
She is the author of a book describing ten years of work in the Connecticut Sunshiners. She has been a regular correspondent for a New Haven newspaper for 12 years. In 24 years she has traveled 70,000 miles and written entertaining letters describing her journeys.

Resided in New Haven, CT.

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Lucy married ROSE, Truman H. on 30 Mar 1866 in Sunderland, MA. Truman (son of ROSE, Clement Belden and WOOD, Cordelia) was born on 18 May 1841 in Kingston, NY; died on 27 Feb 1904 in Gloversville, NY; was buried in Northville, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married ANDREWS, Joseph Luther on 8 Sep 1875 in Montague, NY. Joseph (son of ANDREWS, Rev. Erastus and BARTLETT, Almira) was born on 28 Nov 1846 in Sudnerland, MA; died in 1918 in Putnam County, FL; was buried in Sunderland, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1865, Sunderland, MA
• Residence: 1870, Sunderland, MA
• Residence: 1930, New Haven, CT
• Residence: 1934, New Haven, CT

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• Residence: 1865, Sunderland, MA
• Residence: 1870, Sunderland, MA
• Residence: 1910, Torrington, CT
• Residence: 1940, Torrington, CT
• Residence: 1941, Torrington, CT
• Residence: 1942, Torrington, CT

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Residence:
36 Pythian Avenue

Residence:
217 New Harwinton Road, Torrington, CT

Charles married TRUMAN, Harriet Bertha in 1884 in CT. Harriet was born on 7 Dec 1867 in Stratford, CT; died in CA 1934 in Torrington, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1934, Springfield, MA

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An engineer for New York New Haven & Hartford R.R. Co.

Elliott married ROSE, Charlotte A. on 1 Aug 1893 in West Springfield, MA. Charlotte (daughter of ROSE, Samuel D. and SPENCER, Henrietta C.) was born in Nov 1874 in Westfield, MA; died on 16 Feb 1905 in Springfield, MA; was buried in Springfield, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elliott married ADAMS, Irena M. on 17 Nov 1907 in Manhattan, NY. Irena (daughter of ADAMS, Adelaide Edna) was born in Aug 1874 in Westfield, MA; died in 1943 in Springfield, MA; was buried in Athol, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Mary Margaret. Mary was born in 1887 in CT; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]