Mrs. Carrie Winslow Puffer, 89,
widow of Isaac G. Puffer and a former
resident of Lowville, died
Thursday in the House of the Good
Samaritan, Watertown, where she had
been a patient since Monday. Death
was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage,
with which she was suddenly stricken
Monday morning at tbe home of her
grandson, Robert T. Puffer, 847 Washington
street. Her left side was paralyzed
by the stroke and she had been
in a coma since Tuesday.
Prior to the time she suffered the
stroke, Mrs. Puffer enjoyed good
health for one of her age and was
able to be up and around at the
Puffer home.
Mrs. Puffer was born in Chicago.
August 23, 1847, a daughter of Willard
and Mary Chase Winslow. When she
was eight years old she moved with
her parents to Lowville. In those days
the railroad ran as far as Boonville
and the remaining distance was
covered by stage coach.
She resided at Lowville until she
removed to Watertown. She attended
the public school of this village, including
Lowville Academy, and in 1868
she became a student in the Cooperstown
Academy. She was married to
Isaac G. Puffer, who was a Civil war
veteran, in 1870.
The Puffer family went to Watertown
from Lowville in 1891, at which
time the late Isaac Puffer engaged ln
the monument business. The late
Wlllard W. Puffer, the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. Puffer, became associated
with his father ln the business, now
known as the Puffer & Company, inc.,
located ln upper Washington street.
Isaac Puffer died in Watertown
about 28 years ago. His son, Willard
W. Puffer, who was president of the
Puffer marble and monument business,
died at the age of 51 oh November
10, 1925. Mr. and Mrs. Puffer had
three other children, daughters. They
have been dead for years.
Mrs. Puffer became a member of
the Women's Relief Corps of Joe
Spratt Post, G. A. R., of Watertown;
the Ladles of the G. A. R. and the
Auxiliary of Sons of Union Veterans,
Her ancestors participated in the
Revolutionary war.
Mrs. Puffer's maternal grandfather.
Rev. Reuben Chase, was the leader of
pioneer settlers of Lewis county. He
came to this county with a colony
from Massachusetts in 1779, carried
the first mail from Utica to Sackets
Harbor on horseback over a trail
marked by trees and built the first
brick block in Lowville on State
street, on the site of the present Mereness
block.
Mrs. Puffer's brother, Cornelius W.
Winslow. served throughout the Civil
war. He was honorably discharged
from the army at the end of the war.
Eight weeks afterward he was instantly
killed by lightning at Jacksonville, Fla.
where he was buried.
Mrs. Puffer was a member of the
Presbyterian church, Lowville. While
in Watertown she attended the Stone
street Presbyterian church.
Surviving Mrs. Puffer are two
nephews Bert Stiles of Martinsburg,
and Charles Stiles, Lowville; a niece,
Mrs. M. J. Budinger, Chicago; a
granddaughter, Mrs. Raymond^ T.
Tompkins, Pittsburgh, Pa., and a
grandson, Robert T. Puffer, with
whom she made her home,
Funeral services were held at the
Puffer home Saturday morning at
10:30. Rev: Dr. Paul F. Boiler, minister
of the Stone street Presbyterian
church, officiated. Burial beside the
grave, of her husband in Brookside
cemetery.

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