Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Asahel Dakin[1, 2]

Male 1821 - 1901  (80 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Asahel Dakin 
    Birth 21 May 1821  Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
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    Death 19 Aug 1901  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Burial Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Lowell Cemetery 
    Person ID I23770  Puffers
    Last Modified 2 May 2017 

    Father PUFFER, James Goddard,   b. 1792/3, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1830 (Age 37 years) 
    Mother DAKIN, Abigail,   b. 10 Aug 1795, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1856, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1816  Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F8569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WATSON, Elizabeth Ann,   b. 6 Oct 1820, Nottingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1905, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1845  Epping, NH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Abby Adelaide,   b. 30 Nov 1847, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1921, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. PUFFER, Grace Helena Durell,   b. 31 Jan 1850, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1933, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. PUFFER, Frederick Arthur Asahel,   b. 23 Mar 1853, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1932, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. PUFFER, Walter Cyrus Watson,   b. 17 Sep 1854, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1875, Dartmouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F8454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
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    asahel dakin puffer gs.jpg

  • Notes 
    • A grocer and a Civil War Veteran.

      "He was an old and much respected resident of Lowell, the oldest grocer in business in that city at the time of this death, and his genial, kindly personality had endeared him to a wide circle of friends who will sincerely mourn his loss." In 1825 he went to Lowell with his parents and was educated in the public schools until he reached the age of 17, in 1836, when he found employment as clerk in the Washburn & Wilkins grocery store on Merrimac St. for three years and for Benjamin Watson, grocer, for three or four years. In 1845 he engaged in business for himself at the corner of Middlesex and Gorham streets. later he removed to Church Street and in 1855 formed a partnership with Page & Fay, under the name of Page, Fay & Puffer, conducting a grocery business on Middlesex St. for fifteen years. Then he sold out his interests in the firm and accepted the position of president of a lamp company on Devonshire St. in Boston. Two years afterward he returned to Lowell, and engaged as a wholesale dealer in flour, finally purchasing the store of Mr. Whithed at 109 Branch St., the present location of the firm of A.D. Puffer & Son. His son Fredrick A. was his partner.
      Mr. Puffer was a Republican and served a year in the common council and one term as Representative in the General Court in 1869. In Oct, 1848, he joined the fire department. For two years, 1860-61, he was chief engineer of the fire department and was elected foreman of the Veteran Fireman's association when it was formed and was later vice-president and president. He was a trustee and vice-president of the Merrimac River Savings Bank.
      He was a member of the Old Residents Association; the Grocers Association, and of Oberlin Lodge, I.O.O.F. In 1841 he was a member of the National Highlanders, a military company. He attended Eliot Congregational Church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 82, 123-124.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 82, 123.

    3. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page114.

    4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 123.

    5. [S747] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930.

    6. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 253.