JOHNSON, Benjamin Walker^[1]

1828 - 1920  (91 years)

• Name	JOHNSON, Benjamin Walker
  Birth	6 Dec 1828	Westmoreland, NH   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 108297448
  Ref#	107  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	9 Apr 1920	Hopkinton, MA   [3, 4]
  Burial	Hopkinton, MA
  	Address: Mount Auburn Cemetery
  Person ID	I13662	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	JOHNSON, Walker,   b. 4 Nov 1789, Leominster, MA d. 22 Jun 1829, Westmoreland, NH (Age 39 years)
  Mother	PUFFER, Philena,   b. 20 Aug 1797   d. 9 Jan 1881 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1815
  Family ID	F1807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	READ, Emily Bissell,   b. 1 Oct 1830, Hopkinton, MA d. 14 Oct 1895, Hopkinton, MA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1851  [1]
  Children	1. JOHNSON, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 1856, MA d. Bef 1956 (Age < 99 years)   2. JOHNSON, Aaron Leander,   b. 19 Mar 1860, Hopkinton, MA d. 1933, Orange, MA (Age 72 years)   3. JOHNSON, Ellen Bemis,   b. 15 Mar 1862   d. Bef 1962 (Age < 99 years)   4. JOHNSON, Lewis Sherman,   b. Abt 1864   d. Aug 1865 (Age 1 year)   5. JOHNSON, Charles Martin,   b. 6 May 1867, Hopkinton, MA d. 1 Mar 1937, Athol, MA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F2038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Marriage	9 Apr 1851  [1]
  Children	1. JOHNSON, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 1 Oct 1856   d. Bef 1950, Hopkinton, MA (Age < 93 years)   2. JOHNSON, Ellen Bemis,   b. 15 Mar 1862   d. 15 Apr 1948, Hopkinton, MA (Age 86 years)   3. JOHNSON, Lewis Sherman,   b. Abt 1864   d. Aug 1865 (Age 1 year)   4. JOHNSON, Charles Martin,   b. 6 May 1867, Hopkinton, MA d. 1 Mar 1937, Athol, MA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F27468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was educated there in the public schools, and during his boyhood worked on his father's farm. He came to Hopkinton, MA, in 1848, and found employment in a boot and shoe factory. He followed the trade of shoemaker there until he retired in 1900.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 108. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, Page 139. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census. [S192] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, by Willi, page 2101.