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Simon Edgar Puffer

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Simon Edgar Puffer

Birth
North Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
28 Oct 1917 (aged 70)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Elm Avenue,Section-1,Lot-1,Grave-1
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Simon Edgar Puffer 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.

The "Lynn Directory" (1875-1880) shows him in partnership with Alvah H. Hill as a "boot and shoe manufs." at 14 State Street in Lynn, MA.
He was an inspector in a shoe factory in 1910.

The Bible you see pictured is the one he carried during the Civil War and the small pictures on the inside leaf are those of his 5 sisters. The Bible is a treasured family heirloom in possession of his cousin.
Simon Edgar Puffer 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.

The "Lynn Directory" (1875-1880) shows him in partnership with Alvah H. Hill as a "boot and shoe manufs." at 14 State Street in Lynn, MA.
He was an inspector in a shoe factory in 1910.

The Bible you see pictured is the one he carried during the Civil War and the small pictures on the inside leaf are those of his 5 sisters. The Bible is a treasured family heirloom in possession of his cousin.


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