COLORADO

Census Reports

1860 – 1910

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UPDATED NOVEMBER 6, 2022

 

The present state of Colorado became part of the United States in 1848, and the first town, San

Luis, was established in 1851. Colorado became a Territory in 1861 and a State in 1876. There is a census of sorts for 1850. In 1860, Colorado was a part of Kansas, lumped together as Arapahoe County Kansas. In 1870 there was a Territorial Census. From 1880 on there was a Federal Census taken for the State.

 

COLORADO 1860 CENSUS

 

In 1860, Colorado was carried as a part of Arapahoe County Kansas. These folks are also listed in my Kansas Census Report for 1860. Notice most are single guys and miners out of the East and avoiding any chances the Civil War will wend its was out here.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is from VT but no age is recorded. He is a laborer with James J. Runion. He is probably 24 VT and is the son of Franklin Putnam and Mary Reed from Cavendish, Vermont. His dad died in 1840, and in 1850 he was living with a family in Massachusetts. Kinda been all on his own his whole life.

 

D. T. PUTNAM  South Park, Arapahoe County

He is 26 NY, a miner living with Henry Dinga. He looks like David Putman, a son of Henry Putman and Elizabeth Emhoff of Theresa, Jefferson County New York. He was home there in 1850. Dutch family

 

E. PUTMAN  South Park, Arapahoe County

He is 39 MO a miner living with L. C. Cotterell. His brother W. O. Putman lives next door. Considering that the only Putmans listed in Missouri in the 1820 census were John Putman and his family, they must be part of it. If so, they are our folks as I feel that John was the one from Greenup County Kentucky and a son of Zachariah.

 

R. PUTNAM  South Park, Arapahoe County

He is 37 KY, a miner with E. Needham. He also probably is one of ours as only our folks and one New Englander, Nathan Putnam, were in KY in the 1820s.

 

SAMUEL PUTNAM  South Park, Arapahoe County

He is 45 NY and a trader living alone, probably in the woods somewhere.

 

W. O. PUTMAN  South Park, Arapahoe County

He is a miner, 37 MO living with J. O'Neal next door to the E. Putman listed earlier.

 

 

COLORADO 1870 TERRITORIAL CENSUS

 

THOMAS G. PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 32 NY and a lawyer living as a boarder. Looks like Thomas Garret Putman, a son of William Garrison Putman from Genesee County New York. He will marry an Ella who is here in 1880, and both are here in 1900. According to his cemetery index he was born January 24, 1840, but doesn’t give date of death.

 

PETER (PRUCIUS) PUTNAM  Georgetown, Clear Creek County

He is a miner, 27 ENG. He is Prucius Wallace Putnam, a son of Prucius Putnam and Emeline Rachel Hazeltine from Windsor County Vermont and then Waukesha County Wisconsin. He is listed again in 1920 as Peter. From 1880 to 1910 he is listed as Prucius W. Putnam in Weld County, Colorado. Same guy. His dad is in Weld County too in 1880 and 1885.

 

PAULINA PUTNAM  Central City, Gilpin County

She is 48 NY, Emma 15 WI, Julia 11 IL. The ages are off, but this was the family of Henry Brown Putnam of Vermont and then Wisconsin. They were in Rockford, Winnebago County Illinois in 1860. He was a son of William Barron Putnam from Vermont. I guess they split as he is back in Wisconsin near his folks and has a new wife and kids.

 

I. E. (ISAAC EDGERTON) PUTMAN  Trinidad Territory, Las Animas County

He is a physician, 32 NY, Sarah DeGuire his wife is 27 MO and Marvin E. 3 AR. Also there is a Henry Burkley 8 MO possibly from a prior marriage of Sarah’s or just a kid the adopted or something. Sarah and the kids will be in Madison County Missouri in 1880. She will be with her son Marvin in Alameda County California in 1900, in Los Angeles in 1910 and in Seattle, Washington in 1920 at age 78. Okay, interesting stuff Ed Putnam dug up. Isaac Edgerton is a son of Pliney Putnam and Flora Edgerton from Chautauqua County New York and New England before that. The family was in Winona County Minnesota in 1857 and 1860, though Isaac wasn’t there then. He then became a doctor and was in Pocahontas Arkansas in a confederate hospital. Sarah was the one who nursed him back to health. Previously she was a spy for the Confederate Army. I guess Isaac was thankful and pleased and so he married Sarah and their son Marvin was born there. They will go back to Madison County Missouri and he will die there February 5, 1877. Sarah and the kids will be in Madison County Missouri in 1880. She will be with her son Marvin in Alameda County California in 1900, in Los Angeles in 1910 and in Seattle, Washington in 1920 at age 78. Marvin will be back in Los Angeles in the 1930 census running a hotel at that point.

 

 

COLORADO 1880 CENSUS

 

This is the full census, not just the Soundex portion.

 

A. F. (ALBERT FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 38 MA, I. E. (Irene Elizabeth Place) 35 PA and Lena F. (Frances) is 6 VT. He is a son of Edwin Francis Putnam (2073) and Olivia Woodbury of Danvers, Mass. They moved to Windsor, Vermont where Lena was born and then came out here. The family will be back in Middlesex County Mass. by the 1900 census.

 

ELLA G. PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

She is 32 OH, her son Edward C. is 6 CO. She is married to Thomas Putman and they are back together in 1900, and widowed here in 1910 and 1920.

 

FANNIE PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

She is 45 MA MA MA and the sister in law of Henry Coleman and June C. Brooks. She is a daughter of Benjamin Ganson Putnam from Orange, Mass. and then Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was living with the Brooks family in Grand Rapids in 1870 and here in 1880 as well. Irene Brooks is her sister.

 

GEORGE W. (WATSON) PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 22 IL IL IL (should be IL NH MO) and a tailor living alone. He is a son of Harrison Putnam of Lake County Illinois. He was shown there in 1870. He is next found married in Salt Lake City, Utah in the 1900 through 1920 censuses and California after that.

 

JOHN (JONATHAN) PUTMAN  Denver, Arapahoe County

One of the 'Southern Putmans'. He is Jonathan J. Putman, son of William Putman of Linn County Missouri. He is 44 IN, Elizabeth Coulson 41 MO, William Lee 16 MO, Ida 13 MO, Mollie 10 MO, Sophie 8 MO.  By 1900 he will die and Elizabeth will still be here with two grandchildren, twin sons of her son William Lee and Alice Waterhouse, the first of his three wives.

 

JOSHUA H. (HOULTON) PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 45 MA MA RI, a boot and shoe salesman. He's boarding. He is number 2214, a son of Joshua Putnam (938) and Elizabeth Ashby. He was married to Henrietta Josephine Cross in 1852 and in Brookline, Mass. in 1870. He is also listed there with his new wife Electa in this 1880 census. For the past decade he listed himself as a boot salesman. Just out here drumming up business for a new line of cowboy boots. He’ll be in New Hampshire by 1900.

 

ALBERT A. PUTNAM  Custer County

He is 40 NY NY NY a carpenter, his son Frank A. is 17 CAN NY NY. He is a son of Peter and Amelia Putman. He was home in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County New York in 1850 and the whole family was in Ontario by 1860. Dutch.

 

DAN PUTMAN  Silver Cliff, Custer County

He is a carpenter 53 VT ENG SCOT. Again, his dad may have been from Canada.

 

FREDERICK A. (ADAMS) PUTNAM  Silver Cliff, Custer County

He is 33 MA MA MA, a miner. He, Walter and Thomas are brothers. They are all sons of James Pope Putnam and Abbie Upton of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Their other brother Frank will be here by 1900.

 

THOMAS F. (FARRINGTON) PUTNAM  Silver Cliff, Custer County

He is 37 MA MA MA a miner. Another son of James and Abbie. Fred and Walter are his brothers.

 

WALTER H. (HERBERT) PUTNAM  Silver Cliff, Custer County

He is 27 MA MA MA, a son of James Pope Putnam, and also a miner. All these guys are here in 1900 and live together.

 

ERNESTUS PUTMAN  Precinct 6 & 10, Douglas County

He is a son of Ernestus Putman and Nancy Becker from Schenectady, New York. Ernestus Junior is 53 OH NY IRE (born in Darke County Ohio). New York Dutch family. His wife Sarah Jane Dunn is 54 OH KY KY. His son John D. Putman is here too. He is 30 OH OH OH and working the farm with dad. They were in Iowa in 1870, Indiana in 1860 and Ohio in 1850. They were married in Preble County Ohio February 13, 1849 and were in Darke County Ohio in 1850. Ernestus was born in Darke County Ohio November 27, 1826 and will die in Teller County Colorado October 29, 1896. Sarah and their son John D. are there in the 1900. Dutch family from New York.

 

L. N. (LEWIS NAPOLEAN) PUTNAM  Colorado Springs, El Paso County

He is 28 NY NY VT and boarding. He is a son of Orrin Putnam and Sophia Huntington of Bethany, Genesee County NY. He was at home there in 1860. He will be in Wyoming in 1900.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Arkansas River Township, Fremont County

She is Elizabeth Melissa Sheek 32 NC NC NC. She is listed as the wife of L. P. Getman 45 OH OH OH. She has with her a son Jesse Putman 13 MO TN NC, Laura Putman 11 MO TN NC and Sarah Ann 8 KS TN MO. They live next to her mother Sarah Sheek 62 NC and her brother W. A Sheek 43 NC and his family. She was married to Lafayette Putman, a son of Benjamin Putman and Polly Buchanan from Rutherford County North Carolina. His dad moved to Rhea County Tennessee where Lafe was born November 6, 1832. He married Elizabeth Melissa Sheek on November 25, 1866 in Henry County Missouri. They were in Henry County Missouri in 1870, and in Howard County Kansas in 1875. He died there in November 1876.

 

PAULINA PUTMAN  Central City, Gilpin County

She and her daughters are still here. She is the widow of Henry Brown Putman from Vermont and then Wisconsin. She runs a boarding House now. She is 58 NY VT CT, Emma 25 WI and May (listed Julia in 1870) is 21 IL and a teacher. They were here in 1870. She will be here in 1885 with her daughter Emma who is married by then.

 

GEORGE A. PUTNAM  Ruby City, Gunnison County

He is a miner, 56 NY VT VT. Looks to be the son of Abraham Putnam and Sarah Gill of Windsor County Vermont and then Clinton County NY. That George never married. Another choice could be that he is the son of Abel and Lydia Putnam of Windham, Windham County VT. But that guy was born in VT as shown in the 1850 census. Not certain, but think he’s Abe’s son.

 

JOHN S. (SAGE) PUTNAM  Rio La Plata, La Plata County

He is a miner 39 MA MA MA. He is a son of Charles Fiske Putnam (2231) and Sarah Sage of Danvers, Mass. He was at home in 1860 there. He will still be here in 1885 and 1900 and still single.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  Trinidad, Las Animas County

He is a cow-herder 23 MO IL IL. Don't find him in the MO 1860 census.

 

JAMES B. PUTNAM  South Park, Park County

He is a miner 36 NY VT CT and his wife Mary Ann is 30 NY NY CT. He is a son of Rev. William Putnam from Vermont and Mary Hopkins. He was born in Herkimer, Herkimer County New York in 1845 and will die out here in 1901.

 

BENJAMIN PUTMAN  East Pueblo, Pueblo County

He is 38 AR, Jane or Josie 35 IL, James 3 mos CO. His sister Jennie 30 IA is with them as well. He is a son of James Daniel Putman and Diadema Smith. James was a son of Reding Putman. Ben was born in Washington County Arkansas, and was then with the family in Logan County Illinois in 1860. The folks briefly moved to Iowa and found the ‘Grasshopper Plague’ too much and were back in Fulton County Illinois in 1870. Looks like Ben came further up to here. He will be in Carroll County Arkansas in 1900 and 1920.

 

CALVIN PUTMAN  Animas Forks, San Juan County

One of the Southern Putman Branch. Bill and Alla's son from Washington County AR is just all over the place. In 1850 he was in Lawrence County MO, in 1860 he was in San Mateo County CA, and on the trail somewhere in Missouri in 1870. He now has a second wife and three new daughters all born in MO. He is 55 IN, Caroline 26 MO, Ida 10 MO, Naoma 8 MO and Ella 6 MO. He and Caroline will be in McDonald County MO in 1900. He'll finish his coast to coast (and worldly) travels there in the early 1900s.

 

BURTON B. (BALCH) PUTNAM  No Township, Weld County

He is 28 WI, Clara Leavens 27 WI and her mom, Hulda Leavens 63 VT is with them. He is a son of Prucius Putnam and Rachel Haseltine from Windsor, Vermont. He was born Big Bend, Waukesha County Wisconsin in 1852. He will die out here July 6, 1926 after a just to big 4th of July Gala with free booze. Clara was also born in Wisconsin in1853 and will die in Moran County Colorado June 3, 1926. His brothers Leslie and Prucius are here too. Their folks are back in Vernon, Wisconsin, but will also come out here in 1883.

 

LESLIE L. (LINCOLN) PUTNAM  None Listed, Weld County

He is 22 MA (WI actually) and boarding. He is the youngest son of Prucius Putnam. He was born in Vernon, Wisconsin June 9, 1858 and will die here March 15, 1888. He will be married here in 1885 and his widow Ada will be here in 1900.

 

PRUCIUS PUTNAM  None Listed, Weld County

Prucius Wallace Putnam was listed as Wallace with his father Prucius (from Andover, Vermont) in 1850 in Vernon, Waukesha County WI. He is now 37 WI, Asenath M. (Mary Asenath Rose) his wife 35 WI, Wesley W. 11 WI, Emma A. 9 WI, Jennie F. 7 CO. Also there is a cousin, Gilbert Lewis 16 WI.

 

WALTER J. PUTNAM  Pricinct 7, Weld County

He is a dairy farmer 21 VT NH VT. He is living with his mother Katie Woodward 45 VT who obviously has remarried. In the Vermont 1870 census, he is in Wolcott, Lamoille County with his mother Helen Putnam (age is 36 VT so same gal). The IGI states she was married to a John A. Putnam, and that Walter was born in Wolcott August 2, 1858. Problem is I don’t know who that John A. Putnam was.

 

 

COLORADO STATE CENSUS 1885

 

JOHN (JONATHAN J.) PUTMAN  Arapahoe County

He is 49 IN KY VA and his wife Eliza Coulson is 45 MO VA KY. They have Mary 16 MO and Sophie or Josie 13 MO. One of the 'Southern Putmans'. He is Jonathan J. Putman, son of William Putman of Linn County Missouri. By 1900 he will die and Elizabeth will still be here with two grandchildren, twin sons of her son William Lee and Alice Waterhouse, the first of his three wives. William Lee is in Boulder now with Annie.

 

NELLIE PUTMAN  Arapahoe County

She is 16 IL PA IL and listed as a daughter of Mary Cullen 44 IL. Okay, Mary was married to Benjamin Franklin Putman. Southern Putman family out of Brown County Illinois where Nellie was born. Franklin’s first wife Elizabeth Coppage died March 2, 1861 and he married Mary. He died September 26, 1872 from wounds he received in the Civil War. Mary then married Thomas Cullen. She and two of the kids were in Traverse, Minnesota in 1880. Nellie will marry a Westfall man, and be here in Denver.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Boulder County

William Lee Putman is 20 MO and his wife Alice E. Waterhouse 17 IA and Arthur 2/12 CO. He is a son of Jonathan Putman and Elizabeth Coulson who are in Denver now and have been since the 1870s. Alice is his first wife and they will split in the next year or two. He may marry another gal and then marry Annie Rebecca Grange in 1894 and be with her in Freemont County Colorado in 1900. He will then marry Lula Mary Shaw May 24, 1905 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Living next door or maybe with them is Drucilla Coulson 25 MO. She would be related to his mom.

 

ED E. PUTNAM  Conejos County

He is 23 IA NY MO single and boarding. He is a clerk.

 

T. F. (THOMAS FARRINGTON) PUTNAM  Custer County

He is 42 MA MA MA single and a farmer. He lives with Walter Putnam below.

 

W. H. (WALTER HERBERT) PUTNAM  Custer County

He is 32 MA MA MA and a merchant. These guys are brothers. They are sons of James Pope and Abbie Upton of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. They were here with their brother Fred in 1880 and were all miners then. Their other brother Frank will be here by 1900.

 

A. G. (ADIN GILBERT) PUTNAM  Elbert County

He is 21 MA MA MA and living with his married sister Ellen S. Clark 35 MA MA MA, her husband C. R. Clark and their two sons, Charles and Ira. He is Adin Gilbert Putnam, a son of Dexter Erastus Putnam (#2168) and Ruby Torrey of Sutton, Massachusetts. He was at home with them in 1880 in Putnam County Missouri. Dexter was a son of Abner Putnam (#920) of Sutton, Mass. Adin’s folks moved to Missouri in the 1870s. Adin moved to Colorado in the mid 1880s, and will marry Cora Louise Carver September 7, 1887. Cora died in childbirth of their only child, Cora Ethel, on July 16, 1888. Adin will then marry her sister Georgia Carver on June 29, 1891. They are here in 1900 and 1910. He will soon become the County Sheriff here in Elbert. He will die in 1917. In 1920 Georgia and her mom will still be here.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Elbert County

He is 15 NY -- -- single and boarding. He is a servant along with many others. I guess this is a hotel or something.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Gilpin County

He is 28 IL NY VT single and boarding. He is a tailor.

 

PAULINE PUTNAM  Gilpin County

She is 62 NY CT VT and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Emma Marlon 30 WI VT NY and her husband Den Marlon 36 IA who is editor of the local paper. She is the widow of Henry Brown Putman from Vermont and then Wisconsin. She was here with Emma in 1880 and ran a boarding house then.

 

DON PUTNAM  Lake County

He is 10 ME ME ME and boarding. Strange listing but no one else from Maine on the page.

 

J. D. PUTMAN  Lake County

He is 35 OH OH OH, E. D. 38 OH NY IRE, and a wife (of E. D. I think) L. J. 59 MO.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  La Plata County

He is 44 MA MA MA single and boarding. He is a merchant. He is a son of Charles Fiske Putnam (2231) and Sarah Sage of Danvers, Mass. He was at home in 1860 there. He was here in 1880 and will be still in 1900 and still single.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Ouray County

He is 60 born in England. He is a farm worker and boarding with a Lee family.

 

CALEB F. (FOWLER) PUTNAM  Park County

He is 31 NY NY NY and a ranchman. His wife Mary Elizabeth Helmer is 30 NY NY NY and they have Alfred G. 3 CO and Florence 1 CO. He is a son of William Putnam and his second wife Abigail Fowler of German Flats, Herkimer County NY. William’s folks were Alfred and Sophia Putnam from Vermont. They are in Freemont County in 1900 and in 1910. They are gone somewhere by 1920, probably San Diego as several of their kids are there then. He is listed as widowed out in San Diego in 1930.

 

J. (JAMES) B. PUTNAM  Park County

He is 40 NY VT CT and his wife Mary is 35 NY NY CT. He is a son of Rev. William Putnam from Vermont and Mary Hopkins. He was born in Herkimer, Herkimer County New York in 1845. They are in Aspen in 1900 and he will die out there in 1901.

 

E. A. PUTNAM  Pueblo County

He is a mason 30 Nova Scotia NS NS and his wife Laura 25 NS, and they have Floyd 6 NS and Mary 1 CO.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  San Juan County

He is a Superintendent single and boarding. He is 34 MA MA MA.

 

F. A. PUTMAN  San Juan County

He is an engineer 35 MA MA MA. He is single and boarding in the same listing as the above Frank Putman. May be a dual listing or he is probably a brother.

 

BURTON PUTNAM  Weld County

He is 34 WI VT VT and his wife Clara Leavens is 33 WI and they have Milton 9/12 CO. Her mother Hulda Leavens 69 VT is with them as she was in 1880. He is a son of Prucius Putnam and Rachel Haseltine from Windsor, Vermont. He was born Big Bend, Waukesha County Wisconsin in 1852. He will die out here July 6, 1926. Clara was also born in Wisconsin in1853 and will die in Moran County Colorado June 3, 1926.  They were here in 1880 and will be in 1900 and in Morgan County with his brother Prucius in 1910 and 1920.

 

L. L. (LESLIE LINCOLN) PUTMAN  Weld County

He is a farmer 27 WI and his wife Ada is 26 WI, and they have Harvest 2 CO and Gloria 5/12 CO. There is also a cousin Alice Fauton 18 WI. He was born in Vernon, Wisconsin June 9, 1858 and will die here March 15, 1888.  Don’t have Ada’s last name. She will be widowed here in 1900. Ada will then be in San Diego in 1910 with her then married daughter Beatrice. Harvest will die here in 1905 while working as a lumberjack. They will have a son Lawson in 1888 who will be in Chicago by 1920. Leslie is a brother of Burton and Prucius Putnam.

 

P. W. (PRUCIUS WALLACE) PUTMAN  Weld County

He is 42 WI VT VT. A sheep rancher and his wife Mary Asenath Rose is 40 WI, Wesley 16 WI, Emma 14 WI, and Jennie 12 CO. They were all here in 1880. He is a son of Prucius Putnam from Andover, Vermont in 1850 and then in Vernon, Waukesha County Wisconsin.

 

PRUCIUS PUTNAM  Weld County

He is 71 VT NH VT and his wife Emeline Rachel Hazeltine is 65 VT VT VT. He is a farmer. His parents are Jonathan Putnam and Abigail Burton from Wilton, New Hampshire. Jonathan is number 1845 in Eben Putnam’s book. Jonathan was born July 29, 1770 in Wilton New Hampshire, and died in Big Bend Wisconsin October 27, 1839. Abigail died there on September 19, 1845. Prucius and Emma have been in Vernon, Waukesha County Wisconsin in 1870 and 1880 and they have just come out here in 1883. Prucius was born in Andover, Windsor County Vermont September 24, 1813 and will die here in Greeley October 27, 1896. Emeline is a daughter of Orien Hazeltine and Rachel Burton and was born in Vermont October 14, 1819 and will die here in Greeley December 8, 1898.

 

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COLORADO 1900 CENSUS

 

BLANCHE PUTMAN  No Township, Arapahoe County

She is 11 CA Aug 1889, and living with Thomas Tyler. She is a daughter of Joseph Fletcher Putnam of Santa Clara, California. She is also listed back there with the family. Thomas must be kin of sorts. Her mother died very recently.

 

ABNER PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 31 and boarding. No state of birth is listed. He was born ?? in 1869.

 

CLARENCE F. (FRANCIS) PUTMAN  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 52 VT Mar 1848, Ida B. 48 RI May 1852, Edith S. 20 WY Oct 1879, George B. 19 WY Nov 1880, Mary 17 WY Oct 1883, Helen 13 WY Feb 1887. Also there is a nephew John W. (Wallace) Putman 31 VT Dec 1868. The family was in Cheyenne, Laramie County Wyoming in 1880. Clarence is a son of Mark Richardson Putnam (number 1187) and Polly Snow of Montpelier, Vermont. He was born in 1849 and will die here in 1904. See the Vermont 1850 listing for this line. John Wallace Putnam is a son of Jacob Hubbard Putnam and Letitia Spear of Ludlow, Windsor County Vermont. He will be in Jefferson County in 1910 and 1920. Clarence will die here in Denver in 1904, Ida in 1943.

 

DANIEL PUTMAN  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 45 IA Oct 1854, Mattie D. Harris 45 CAN May 1855, Mary 8 CO Jul 1892, Pearl 6 CO Jan 1894. They were married in 1889 but I am not sure where, probably here. This is Martha’s second marriage. He was born in Davis County Iowa October 28, 1953 and will die in St. Louis, Missouri July 13, 1922.  Martha was born in Canada May 23, 1856 and will also die in St. Louis on September 13, 1923. Daniel is a son of Daniel Thomas Putman and Jeanett Roundey from Davis County Iowa. His dad was a son of Elijah Putman and Elizabeth Duff from Fulton County Illinois and then Davis County Iowa. Daniel was at home in 1860 and 1870 and in Ogalalla, Nebraska with his brother Miles. He married Martha in 1889 probably in Colorado. It was her second marriage. They are in St. Louis in 1910 and Chicago in 1920. Southern Putmans.

 

ELIZABETH PUTMAN  Denver, Arapahoe County

She is Elizabeth Coulson, widow of Jonathan Putman from Linn County Missouri. The ‘Southern Line.’ They were here in 1880. She is now 60 MO Jul 1839. With her are two grandsons, William J. (Jonathan) 7 UT born April 1888 and Teller W. 2 UT born March 1893. They are her son William's kids. His first wife Alice Waterhouse has left him and he just remarried Annie Gange, and is over in Freemont County Colorado with her and a new family. Elizabeth's son, William Lee is a Mormon. These two boys will soon be given up for adoption, and their names will be changed. This is the last we will hear about them. Sad. Elizabeth will be with her daughter Mary in Wallowa County Oregon in 1910 at age 70.

 

JEANETTE PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

She is 38 IL Sep 1861 and boarding with George Birdsall.

 

JOSEPH L. PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 53 NY Feb 1847. His mother Cinderella 77 NY Jul 1822 is with him. He is Joe junior, a son of Joseph Putman and Cinderella Weaver. He was born in Ephratah, Fulton County New York. This is a Dutch Putman family. Joseph senior was a son of Peter Derrick Putman and Maria Eacher.

 

SOPHRONIA S. PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

She is 63 MA Jun 1836 and the sister in law of Henry Brooks. She is a daughter of Benjamin Ganson Putnam from Orange, Mass. and then Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was living with the Brooks family in Grand Rapids in 1870 and here in 1880 as well. Irene Brooks is her sister.

 

THOMAS G. PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 59 NY Jan 1841 (actually January 24, 1840), Ella 42 OH Mar 1858. Been here almost forever. A son of William Garrison Putman from Genesee County New York. Dutch. Ella is widowed here in 1910.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Denver, Arapahoe County

He is 59 NY NY CAN Nov 1840, Margaret 46 NY Oct 1853. There are two stepchildren from Margaret's earlier marriage: Charles Heineck 16 CO GER NY Jun 1883 and Matilda Heineck 15 CO GER NY Sep 1884. Margaret will be widowed and living with her then married daughter Matilda in Pueblo in 1920.

 

ALBERT A. PUTMAN  West Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County

He is 44 NY Jul 1855, Mary J. 49 VA Dec 1850. This is confusing as in 1910 when they are here he says he is 70 NY NY PA, so no clue as to proper age. He is a son of Peter and Amelia Putman. He was home in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County New York in 1850 and the whole family was in Ontario by 1860. He was in Custer County in 1880. Dutch.

 

HARRY PUTMAN  Salida, Chaffee County

He is 31 KS  (IA) 1869, a lodger. He is a son of Jasper Newton Putman (grandson of Elijah) from Davis County Iowa. He is married here in 1910 and 1920 and then in Denver in 1930. Southern Putman family from Fulton County Illinois.

 

THOMAS, WALTER & FRANK PUTNAM  No Township, Custer County

Thomas Farrington is 57 MA Aug 1842. Also there are two of his brothers: Walter Herbert Putnam 47 MA Aug 1852 and Frank Porter Putnam 49 MA Mar 1851. They were here in 1880 as well. They are all sons of James Pope Putnam of Fitchburg, Mass. In 1880 another brother Frederick was here, and now Frank has taken his place it seems. They are all here in 1910 too.

 

ADIN PUTMAN  Elbert, Elbert County

He is 36 MA Sep 1863, Georgia Alice Carver, his wife, 27 WI Nov 1873, Cora Ethel 11 CO Jul 1888. Also there is her mother Louisa (Foote) Carver 62 NY May 1838. He is Adin Gilbert Putnam, a son of Dexter Erastus Putnam (#2168) and Ruby Torrey of Sutton, Massachusetts. He was at home with them in 1880 in Putnam County Missouri. Dexter was a son of Abner Putnam (#920) of Sutton, Mass. Adin’s folks moved to Missouri in the 1870s. Georgia and her mother will be here in 1920, but not Adin. Now some new stuff. Adin moved to Colorado in the mid 1880s, and married Cora Louise Carver September 7, 1887. Cora died in childbirth of their only child, Cora Ethel, on July 16, 1888. Adin then married her sister Georgia on June 29, 1891. They are here in 1910. He is the County Sheriff here in Elbert. He will die in 1917. In 1920 Georgia and her mom will still be here.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Colorado Springs, El Paso County

He is 43 MS Jun 1856, Kate 39 LA May 1861. Sorry, can't find him in 1860 or later.

 

SAMUEL PUTNAM  Monument, El Paso County

He is 51 IL VT NH Nov 1848 single and lives alone. He will be here in 1910 and 1920. He is a son of Samuel Porter and Lydia Bayley Putman from Chicago, Illinois. He was home there in 1860 and 1870, and here in Colorado since the 1880s.

 

CALEB F. (FOWLER) PUTNAM  No Town Listed, Freemont County

He is 46 NY Aug 1853, Mary Helmer his wife 45 NY Jun 1854, Alfred G. 18 CO Jul 1881, Caleb F. Jr. 12 CO Dec 1887, James B. 5 CO Sep 1894. He is a son of William Putnam and his second wife Abigail Fowler of German Flats, Herkimer County NewYork. William’s folks were Alfred and Sophia Putnam from Vermont. They were here in 1885 and are here in 1910.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  No Township, Freemont County

William Lee Putman is 37 CO (wrong, it is MO) Jan 1862, Annie Rebecca Gange 27 ENG May 1873, Lee (Henry Lee) 5 UT May 1895 and Albert 1 CO Jul 1898. He is a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Putman from Denver (1880) and Linn County Missouri before that. This is his second of three wives. Kids from his first wife, Alice Waterhouse, are back with his mother in Denver. Then Annie will die October 5, 1904 in Salt Lake City. He will then marry Lulu Shaw in Utah on May 24, 1905. He's there in 1920. He is a Mormon and will have a bunch of kids before he's done.

 

JENNIE F. PUTNAM  No Township, Gunnison County

She is 26 CO Dec 1873, living with Richard Andrews. She is a daughter of Prucius Putnam and was with that family in 1880 and 1885 in Weld County.

 

E. PUTNAM  Leadville, Lake County

He is 35 OH Mar 1865 and lodging with Joe Miller.

 

J. (JOHN?) G. PUTMAN  No township, Las Animas County

He is a boarder, 26 NE Jan 1874. Possibly he is the John shown with folks Christopher Putnam and Harriet Nichols in Gibbon, Buffalo Count Nebraska in 1880.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Durango, La Plata County

John Sage Putnam is 59 MA Apr 1841, and lives alone. He was here in 1880. See that entry for his line.

 

NAHUM D. (DAN) PUTNAM  No Township, Logan County

He is 68 OH May 1832, Mary A. Spake 67 OH Jan 1830. He was in Marshall County Iowa in 1870 and 1880 and was in Iowa from about 1860 on. He is a son of Daniel Baldwin Putnam, grandson of Uzziel Putnam Jr. Massachusetts folks by way of New York. He was born in Huron County Ohio, moved to Cass County Michigan and then went to Iowa with his father. They will head back to Marshalltown, Iowa and both will die 5 days apart in February 1902.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Creede, Mineral County

He is 34 MO NY MO Nov 1865, Ida 30 KS May 1870, Jessie a daughter 10 CO June 1889 and Josie 8 CO Jun 1819. He is a miner. He is a son of Nathan and Sally Ann Putman and was born in Kansas City Missouri and was there with the family in 1870 and 1800. Nathan was a son of Johannes Arent and Diantha Matilda Putman of Montgomery County New York. New York Dutch family. Ida will be widowed with the two daughters in Conejos County in 1910. I don’t find him in 1910, but he has remarried and is in Denver in 1920.

 

H. M. (HOWARD MELANCTHON) PUTNAM  Fort Morgan, Morgan County

He is a son of Charles Marsh Putnam from Licking County Ohio, and was in Warren County Illinois in 1880. He is 53 OH Nov 1846, Josie E. (Emma Josephine Clark) 44 IL Jul 1855, Nellie C. 22 IL Nov 1877, Emily 18 IL Feb 1888, M. H. a son Merritt Howard 14 IL Feb 1886. His mother in law Emily Clark 67 OH is with them. He married Josie November 19, 1875 in Evanston, Illinois. He is/was town clerk here. Josie is widowed here with young Merritt Howard in 1910. Josie is with her son and his new wife in Chicago in 1920 and Merritt is in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1930.

 

WESLEY W. (WALLACE) PUTNAM  No Township, Morgan County

He is 31 WI Feb 1869 and has three boarders. He is a son of Prucius Wallace Putnam. He was with that family in 1880 and 1885 in Weld County.

 

OLIVER K. PUTMAN  Como, Park County

He is 49 OH Nov 1850. Also there are 4 men from Pennsylvania. He looks to be Oliver Kimball Putnam, but the age is off a lot. If he is, then he is a son of Charles Henry Putnam of Xenia, Ohio. And then that Oliver K. is presently in Westminster, California. IF the age here were 34, then it could just be a dual listing. Don’t have any other Olivers from Ohio to work with.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Aspen, Pitkin County

He is 55 NY Nov 1844, Mary 53 NY Feb 1847. He has been in Colorado a while now. He is a son of William Putnam and Mary Hopkins of Herkimer, New York. He will die here in 1901.

 

ELLA J. PUTNAM  Pueblo City, Pueblo County

She is 35 AR Nov 1864, Clyde 10 TX Nov 1889. Ella Woolsey was married to William James ‘Will’ Putman who was from Arkansas and died here in the 1890s. Ella was born in Washington County, Arkansas in 1864. He was a son of William Putman and Alla Bridges from Washington County Arkansas. She is here in 1920.

 

IRA D. (DWIGHT) PUTNAM  Pueblo City, Pueblo County

He is 20 MO MO MO May 1880, Alice Dunn 18 NE IL VA Feb 1882. He is a son of Leroy R. Putnam and Naomi Griffin who were from Huron County Ohio. Ira was born in Mercer County, Missouri May 25, 1880. He married Alice here April 16, 1900. In 1920 he has a different wife, Ellen Lillian McCurdy who he married in Iowa August 24, 1918. She was born in Utah (where he went next) and they are in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1920. They are in San Diego, California in1930 and 1940 and he will die there February 13, 1951. Ellen will die in San Diego October 15, 1974.

 

JESSE (BENJAMIN) PUTNAM  No township, Pueblo County

He is 32 MO Aug 1867, Hannah 22 MO Apr 1877, Willis 5 CO Apr 1894. He is a son of Lafayette Putman and Melissa Sheek of Henry County Missouri. Lafayette’s folks were Benjamin Putman and Mary Buchanan of Rutherford County North Carolina. Jesse was with his folks in Henry County Missouri in 1870, Howard County Kansas in 1875. His dad died in 1876 and he was with his mother remarried to L. P. Getman in Freemont County Colorado in 1880. His again widowed mother is in Pueblo County now too, listed as Elizabeth Getman 51 NC NC NC. Just to keep track of mom, she is still in Pueblo City in 1910 at age 62 NC. Same in 1920 at age 72 NC. And at age 82 in 1930. Jesse is widowed in Lincoln County Colorado in 1920 and has Willis with him.

 

EVA PUTMAN  No Township, Rio Grande County

She is 37 IA Mar 1863, Elmer 20 KS Jul 1876, Omer 18 IL Dec 1881 and Hattie 13 KS Oct 1886. She is Eva Cooley. She was first married to Isaac Underwood in Kansas. In fact the two oldest sons are named Underwood. He died and she married George Brinley Putnam (3288) in Osborne County Kansas August 24, 1885. Hattie is their child. Then he died November 2, 1897, and she moved up here after Kansas had four years of bad draught. She will marry again on April 3, 1904 to Amos Valorous Benson.

 

RUFUS PUTNAM  No Township, Rio Grande County

He is 58 MA Mar 1842. He is an 'inmate' at the Soldiers and Sailors Home. According to his cemetery record here he was born March 24, 1844. He had served in the 9th Vermont Infantry in the Civil War from 1862 till 1865 at the end. He looks like the son of Emery Putnam from Worcester County Massachusetts. He was married there in 1870 in Hubbardston to Elizabeth Smith. She was ‘widowed’ there in 1880, but I’ll bet he just split. Only guy in Mass. that fits.

 

ANNA PUTNAM  Cripple Creek, Teller County

She is 35 US ? 1865, and living alone. Anna Collister is the widow of Clarence Putnam. They were in Plymouth County, Iowa in 1880 with son John Sidney. Clarence died sometime between 1800 and 1900, where no one knows. Anna is now living alone and the son John Sidney is working in the U.S. Naval Yard in Boston, Mass. Anna will soon marry Henry O. Watson here in Cripple Creek on 18 Sep. 1901.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Cripple Creek, Teller County

He is 30 IL May 1870 and Nellie is 30 IA Jan 1870. They are in Denver in 1910. They will get divorced and Nellie is by herself in 1930. He looks to be the son of Benjamin Franklin Putman and his second wife Mary from Brown County Illinois. Southern Putmans.

 

S. J. (SARAH JANE) PUTMAN  Cripple Creek, Teller County

He is 73 OH OH OH Jan 1827, son John D. is 45 OH OH OH Jan 1855. Sarah Jane Dunn is the widow of Ernestus J. Putman. They were in Douglas County Colorado in 1880 and Henry County Iowa in 1870. I can’t find her after this. The son John D. will be in Oak Creek, Routt County Colorado in 1920, and Arapahoe County in 1930 and died there before 1940.

 

L. B. (LEVERETT BROWNELL) PUTNAM  Victor, Teller County

He is 62 NY Jan 1838, Anna 46 NY Feb 1864. He is a son of Sidney Putnam and Ruth Brownell of Madison, Madison County New York. He was born there January 23, 1838. Line came out of Massachusetts originally. He was in Syracuse New York in 1880 with another wife, Elizabeth. They were in Dodge County Nebraska in 1885. In 1910 and 1920, he and Anna will be in Pierce County Washington.

 

RODERIC PUTMAN  No Township, Teller County

John Roderick is 29 MI May 1871, Laura E. 24 CO Jan 1876, Mary R. 3 CO Aug 1896. His brother Theodore A. Putman 25 MI Jan 1875 is there too. These two guys are sons of John and Mary Putnam. They were at home in Vassar, Tuscola County Michigan in the 1880 census. Their dad is from New York State. Roderick and Laura are in Seattle, Washington in 1910. Theodore will be in Wyoming in 1910, and in Montana in 1920.

 

ADA PUTMAN  Greeley City, Weld County

She is 40 WI Jul 1860, a son Harvest 16 CO WI WI Jun 1883, Beatrice 15 CO WI WI Dec 1884 and Lawson 12 CO Jul 1887. She is the widow of Leslie Lincoln Putnam who died here in 1888. He was single here in 1880, and they were married about 1882. Don’t have her last name. Ada will be in San Diego in 1910 with her then married daughter Beatrice. Harvest will die here in 1905 while working as a lumberjack. The son Lawson will be in Chicago by the 1920. Leslie was a brother of the following Burton and Prucius Putnam.

 

BURTON B. (BALCH) PUTNAM  Greeley, Weld County

He is still here. He is now 48 WI Sep 1851, Clara H. Leavens is 47 WI Sep 1852, and Wilton L. 15 CO Sep 1884. He is a son of Prucius Putnam and Rachel Haseltine from Windsor, Vermont. He was born Big Bend, Waukesha County Wisconsin in 1852. He will die out here July 6, 1926 after a just to big 4th of July Gala with free booze. Clara was also born in Wisconsin in1853 and will die in Moran County Colorado June 3, 1926. They are in Morgan County in 1910. They are also there in 1920. His brother Prucius will be there in Morgan County in 1910 too.

 

WALLACE P. (PRUCIUS) PUTNAM  Greeley, Weld County

He is 57 WI Sep 1842, and Mary Asenath Rose is 55 WI Mar 1845. He and his brother Burton will be in Morgan County in 1910. Prucius Wallace is a son of Prucius Putnam and Emeline Rachel Hazeltine from Windsor County Vermont and then Waukesha County Wisconsin. He was in Clear Creek County, Colorado in 1870 but listed as peter and was listed again in 1920 as Peter. From 1880 to 1910 he is listed as Prucius W. Putnam. Same guy. His dad is in Weld County too in 1880 and 1885.

 

 

COLORADO 1910 CENSUS

 

ALBERT A. PUTMAN  Central Pagosa, Archuleta County

He is listed as 70 NY NY PA, Mary J. 60 VA VA VA. He is a farmer. They were here in 1900, but he then listed his age as 44 NY and Mary Jane as 49 VA. He is a son of Peter and Amelia Putman. He was home in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County New York in 1850 and the whole family was in Ontario by 1860. Dutch. Albert was born in 1839 and will die here in 1918. Mary Jane was born in 1850 and will die here in 1917.

 

HARRY E. PUTMAN  East Pagosa, Archuleta County

He is 23 KS US US, Alice May Bishard 22 KS, Nellie 4 KS, Blanche 1 4/12 CO, and Myrtle 3/12 CO. He is the son of Jacob Putman and Celestina Lawton from Bourbon County Kansas. He was home there in 1900. He married Alice in Fort Scott Kansas January 31, 1905. They are all here in 1920 and 1930. In this listing, the next family is that of Joseph Lawton 38 KS with two young kids born in Colorado, and an older one from Kansas. Looks like they came up here together from Kansas.

 

JOHN H. PUTMAN  Boulder, Boulder County

He is 46 WI OH OH, his wife Carrie is 40 WI and no kids. He is a son of Hiram D. Putman and Sarah Connet from Albany, Green County Wisconsin. His folks were from Licking County Ohio and Virginia before that. German family from Hampshire County Virginia.

 

HARRY PUTNAM  Salida, Chaffee County

He is listed as 41 IA PA IA, his wife Esther Zimmerman is 30 IA. He was single here in 1900. He is a son of Jasper Newton Putman (grandson of Elijah) from Davis County Iowa, Fulton County Illinois before that. Southern Putmans.

 

I. (IDA) N. PUTNAM  Pct. 9, Conejos County

Ida is listed as 39 KS and widowed. She has a daughter Jessie 22 CO and another daughter Josie 19 CO. She is the ex-wife of Edward Putnam from Vernon County Missouri. Ed and Ida were in Mineral County Colorado in 1900. I don’t find him now, but in 1920 he is in Denver with a new wife.

 

THOMAS , FRANK & WALTER PUTNAM  Pct. 10, Custer County

Thomas F. is listed as 67 MA, Frank P. 59 MA and Walter H. 57 MA. They were here in 1880 and 1900 as well, and Thomas and Walter are around in 1920 in Freemont County. They are all sons of James Pope Putnam of Fitchburg, Mass.

 

CHARLES J. PUTMAN  Denver, Denver County

He is 44 MO PA PA, his wife Minnie Esther Hayes is 43 IA, they have a son Ernest 18 WA and a stepdaughter Ethel 19 IL. Also here is Minnie’s father John Hayes 74 MD. He is a son of Joseph Putman and Margaret Frank from Dent County Missouri. Charles was in Dent County in 1900 and married to his first wife Lula Chapman. She is still back in Dent County and will die there March 17, 1910. She says she is still married to Charles. Maybe she is embarrassed or maybe Chuck just took off on her. Don’t know.  He married Minnie here in Denver a few years ago. This is a German family from Van Wert County Ohio, and Pennsylvania before that. They are here in 1920 and 1930.

 

CLYDE A. PUTMAN  Denver, Denver County

He is 21 PA PA PA and is a clerk. His wife Bertha is 22 NY and his brother Merle is 16 PA. They are sons of Spencer and Donna Putnam from McKean County Pennsylvania. They were home there in 1900. They are out of here before 1920. The son Merle will marry Helen Houston December 12, 1918, and they will be in Ontario. There is a record of them having a child in Toronto in 1920, but I don’t find them up there. He and Helen are in Buffalo, New York by 1930 and his dad and stepmother are there as well. He was born in Pennsylvania on October 4, 1893 and will die here in Buffalo April 30, 1970. Helen was born in Vera Cruz, Mexico October 5, 1891 and will die here in Buffalo August 27, 1973. Family was from New England originally.

 

ELIJAH PUTMAN  Denver, Denver County

He is 42 GA GA GA, his wife Ovilee Sullivan is 35 GA, William 16 TX, Jewell 11 TX and a daughter Lavator Doss 3 TX   He is a son of Abraham Pinkney Putman and Mary Ann Brooke from Cherokee County Georgia and then Young County Texas. He was home in Young County in 1880, and in 1900 they were in Blaine County Oklahoma. They live next to a Wilkins family from Texas. The wife Lou Wilkins might be his sister in law as she too was born in Georgia like Ovilee.

 

ELLA G. PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

She is 61 OH and widowed. She is in a boarding house. She was married to Thomas G. Putman, son of William Garrison Putman from Genesee County New York. Dutch family. She is here still in 1920.

 

ELLEN W. (ELLA WILLIAMS) PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

She is 54 IL and widowed. She lives with her widowed mom Mary Williams 77 CAN. She was married to Franklin S. Putnam, a son of Charles Putnam and Sarah Lancaster from Clay County Kansas. He was home there in 1880 and then he and Ellen or Ella married in Denver January 13, 1890. He was killed in a mine explosion. Ella is widowed here still in 1920 and will die here in 1926.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

He is 8 MO US US and is in an Orphanage. Also here are his brother ROBERT 7 MO and sister MATTIE 3 MO. These are children of William Hagey Putnam and Medora Hoffman. They were born in St. Louis where Medora was from. I guess either Medora died or left him and the kids. He is married to a new wife Helen in Chicago in 1920 and listed there again in 1930 although he was also here in El Paso County in a hospital in 1930. Both in 1920 and 1930 the children Robert and Mattie are with him and Helen in Chicago.

 

GEORGE E. PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

He is 43 IL IL MO, Nellie S. is 40 IA. He is a salesman for a gas company. They will get divorced and Nellie is by herself in 1930. He looks to be the son of Benjamin Franklin Putman and his second wife Mary from Brown County Illinois. Southern Putmans

 

HENRY PUTMAN  Denver, Denver County

He is 31 MI CAN MI, and lives with his sister Ethel 23 MI and her husband Paul Brown 21 MI. They are kids of Isaac Emile Putnam and his first wife Harriet Grisbie from Saginaw County Michigan.

 

IDA. R. S. PUTMAN  Denver, Denver County

She is 57 RI, Mary 27 WY. Also here are her daughter Edith Swan and her husband Albert Swan. She is the widow now of Clarence Francis Putnam. Clarence is a son of Mark Richardson Putnam (number 1187) and Polly Snow of Montpelier, Vermont. They were here in Denver in 1900. He died in 1904. She will be in Colorado Springs in 1920 with the Swan family.

 

JAMES W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

He is 37 TX GA GA, his wife Edith Line 28 IN and son Howard 1 2/12 CO. In 1920 Edith is listed as Edith Davidson and she and Howard are in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1930 Edith is listed as widowed and has Howard with her in Miami, Florida. James was born in Colorado County Texas May 13, 1882 and won’t die till July 21, 1952 in Daytona Beach Florida, so Edith isn’t really widowed. Just trying to collect Social Security death benefits I guess. His folks were Hillen and Julia Putman and were in Colorado County when he was born. Southern Putman family out of Laurens County South Carolina.

 

MARY E. PUTMAN  Denver, Denver County

She is 78 NY and widowed. She lives with her daughter Mae E. Staples 39 IL MA NY, and her husband Joseph Staples 40 MN. Mary Egerton is the widow of S. K. Putnam. She was widowed back in Chicago since the early 1900s. She was in Cicero, Illinois in 1900. Her grandson Leigh will be here in Denver by 1930. Mary will die out here January 14, 1913 and be buried with her son Albert who will die here in 1919. They are buried in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County Colorado.

 

SOPHRONIA S. PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

She is 75 MA, still single and still living with her sister Irene Brooks as she was in 1880 and 1900 here in Denver. They are daughters of Benjamin Ganson and Sylvia Putnam from Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were all there in 1870 and here by 1880.

 

WESLEY W. (WALLACE) PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

He is 40 WI WI WI, Lucia Goodykoontz his wife is 35 MO, Hamilton Wallace 4 CO and Katherine 1 CO. He is a son of Prucius Wallace Putnam and Asenath Rose from Waukesha County Wisconsin.  He was with his folks in 1880 in Weld County and by himself in Morgan County Colorado in 1900. He will be here in Denver in 1920.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Denver, Denver County

He is 75 OH NC KY, Cornelia Wilson 58 IL, Mattie 27 MO, James 26 MO, Mary 19 CO, and Edwin 15 CO. They were in Athens, Gentry County Missouri in 1880. William was a son of Elijah Putman and Matilda Kenton from Champaign County Ohio. I can’t find them in 1900 but they were here in the state. William will die in the next 2-3 years, and Cornelia will be widowed here in Denver in 1920 and die here herself in 1927.

 

WILLIAM J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM  Denver, Denver County

He is 44 IL IL IL, Alvira Dilly 41 NJ, Edna L. 16 IL and Elmer D. 15 IL. He is the son of Alfred Putman and Emily Ashworth from Fulton County Illinois. He was at home there in 1880. He and Alvira were married June 24, 1891. He was in Jacksonville, Morgan County Illinois in the 1900. They are here still in 1920.

 

ELTON PUTNAM  Colorado Springs, El Paso County

He is 39 IL OH IL, Georgia Ann Britain his wife is 34 KS, and Gladys is 16 IL. They were in Butler County Kansas in 1900. He is a son of Alfred D. Putnam and Rebecca McLane from Wabash County Illinois. His brother William is now in Denver. They are in Wichita, Kansas in 1920 and 1930.

 

EUGENE J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM  Colorado Springs, El Paso County

He is Joseph Eugene Putnam 51 MI NY NY, Grace Helen Gray 50 IN, Robert A. 17 SD, Demma C 13 SD, and Marguerite G. 10 SD. Also here are his daughter Helen 26 SD and her husband Chester Emmert 30 IA. They were in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1900. He is a son of Aaron Putnam and Catherine Cobb, and was born in Clarendon, Michigan. His wife and these kids are also listed with his son Claude in Garfield County. Eugene and Grace will be with their daughter Helen and husband Chester in Denver in 1930. He is a son of Aaron Cornelius Putnam and Catherine Cobb from Clarendon, Michigan. New England family out of New Hampshire to Genesee County New York and then Michigan. He was at home in Clarendon in 1860 and in Clay County South Dakota in 1880. He married Grace Helen Gray and they were in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1900 and in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1910. He is presently with his wife Grace in Denver, Colorado living with their married daughter Helen. He is just over here on business. Joseph was born in Clarendon December 8, 1858 and will die in Salem, Oregon April 29, 1952. Grace was born in Orland, Indiana September 13, 1859 and will die in Salem Oregon October 5, 1942.  There is a family group sheet listing kids and all at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1443874/person/-1940471710?ssrc=

 

CHESTER C. (CURTIS) PUTNAM  Colorado Springs, El Paso County

He is 37 IL OH OH and works in a lumberyard. His wife Lottie Matheny 33 IL, Luther E. 14 IL, Ralph W. 12 IL and Howard E. 9 IL. He is a son of Luther Edgerton Putnam and Sarah Jane Martin from Champaign County Illinois. He married Lottie there September 15, 1894. He was home there in 1880. They were in Montgomery County Indiana in 1900. He and Ralph are in Bell County Texas in 1920, and he is widowed then. Luther is here in 1920 and in 1930 Luther and Ralph are here. Howard is in the Army in 1920 and stationed in Coblenz Germany.

 

HANNAH PUTNAM  Colorado Springs, El Paso County

She is 47 ENG and widowed. She is a cook, and will be here in 1920 as well.

 

ABBIE B. & CLARA C. PUTNAM  Calhoun, El Paso County

Abbie is 40 IL and Clara 39 IL. They are daughters of Luther and Sarah Putnam, and were with the family in Champaign County IL in the 1880 census. They are both in Colorado Springs in 1920.

 

ZOE N. PUTNAM  East Morrilton, El Paso County

She is 28 IA ENG IA, and a ‘companion’ of Alice Coates 38 IL. She will be in Colorado Springs in 1920. She is Nora or Nona Zoe Putnam, a daughter of Willard Wallace Putnam as shown at home in Mercer County Missouri in 1900.

 

SAMUEL P. PUTNAM  Monument, El Paso County

He is 63 IL VT NH. He lives alone and is a clerk in a general store. He was in Montezuma County in 1900. And he will be here in 1920, still single. He is a son of Samuel Porter and Lydia Bayley Putman from Chicago, Illinois. He was home there in 1860 and 1870, and here in Colorado since the 1880s.

 

MARGARET PUTMAN  Pct. 10, Elbert County

She is 30 FL ME PA. She is a servant with a Beuck family. The following Herbert is her daddy. She was born in Fort Barrancas, Florida October 14, 1878. She actually has married Frederick August Beuck February 16, 1904 so this is probably his family.

 

H. S. (HERBERT SUMNER) PUTNAM  Pct. 10, Elbert County

He is 58 ME ME ME, and his daughter Anna is 11 IL ME PA. He is a son of Isaac Putnam and Elizabeth Hunt and was born in Thorndike, Maine August 20, 1854 and will die out here in Aurora, Colorado April 3, 1944. He was at home in Maine through 1860 and was with his widowed mom in Cook County, Illinois in 1880. He says he is married, but his wife Annie Laura McLaughlin is back in Lake County Illinois and will die there April 9, 1910. He is in Denver in 1920 and back out here in Elbert County by 1930.

 

ADIN G. (GILBERT) PUTNAM  Pct. 4, Elbert County

He is 46 MA MA MA, Georgia Alice Carver, his wife 37 WI. Her mother Louisa Carver 70 NY is with them. He is Adin Gilbert Putnam, a son of Dexter Erastus Putnam (#2168) and Ruby Torrey of Sutton, Massachusetts. He was at home with them in 1880 in Putnam County Missouri. They were all here in 1900. He will die in 1917, and in 1920 Georgia and her mom will still be here.

 

JAMES E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Kutch, Elbert County

He is 41 OH OH OH and widowed. Clarence is 13 KS and Leona 7 KS. He is a son of John S. Putmam and Clarissa Duey from Ross County Ohio. He was born there September 12, 1838. He was married to Myrtle Hicks in 1900 in Cowley County Kansas. He will be here in 1920. German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

CALEB F. (FOWLER) PUTNAM  Pct 36, Freemont, County

He is 22 CO NY NY and boarding in a hotel. He is a bookkeeper. He is Caleb Fowler Putnam, Jr. He was with his folks here in 1900. His folks are nearby in Fruitmere, and he is also listed there as well.

 

CALEB F. (FOWLER) PUTNAM  Fruitmere, Freemont County

He is 56 NY, Mary E. Helmer his wife 55 NY, Caleb Junior 22 CO and James B. 15 CO. He is a son of William Putnam and his second wife Abigail Fowler of German Flats, Herkimer County NY. William’s folks were Alfred and Sophia Putnam from Vermont. They were here in 1900, and are gone somewhere by 1920, probably San Diego as several of their kids are there then. He is listed as widowed in San Diego in 1930.

 

CLAUDE E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM  Cattle Creek, Garfield County

He is 28 SD MI IN and is a farmer. His wife Mary is 21 CO, Robert 2 CO. His mother, Mrs. James E. Putnam is 61 IN, his brothers Robert G. 19 SD and Orlo Burr is 21 SD, and sisters Demma 13 SD and Marguerite 10 SD. He is a son of James Eugene Putnam and Grace Helen Gray, and was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1900. James, Grace and several of the kids are also listed in Colorado Springs. Claude is in La Plata County in 1920. Robert will be married here in 1920. Orlo is I think in Missouri in 1920, but married in La Plata County in 1930.

 

DORA PUTNAM  Manhattan, Jefferson County

She is 27 MO MO WI and a patient in Fern Hill Sanitarium. This looks like Dora Hoffman the first wife of William Hagey Putnam. They were married in 1902 in Missouri. I don’t find him now, but he has a new wife Helen and is in Chicago in 1920 and 1930.

 

JOHN W. (WALLACE) PUTNAM  West Arvada, Jefferson County

He is 39 VT VT VT and works on a farm. John Wallace Putnam is a son of Jacob Hubbard Putnam and Letitia Spear of Ludlow, Windsor County Vermont. He was in Denver with his uncle/cousin Clarence Putnam in 1900. He will be married here in 1920.

 

RUFUS P. PUTMAN  Hermosa, La Plata County

He is 29 IN IN IN, Bertha E. 31 IA, and Charles A. (Arthur) 1 6/12 CO. He is a son of Edward and Mary Alice Putnam. He was at home in 1900 in Union Township, Jasper County Indiana. They are in Baker City Oregon in 1920 and 1930.

 

HARRISON PUTNAM  Fort Collins, Larimer County

He is 25 CAN CAN CAN, Margaret G. is 22 CAN and young Isabel is 2 CO. He is a delivery man for an Ice Company. He is a son of Horace W. Putnam and Sophia White from Murray, Northumberland Ontario. He was home there with his folks in 1901. Horace was a son of Philander Healey Putnam and Jane Vanserilus from Wolford, Grenville. New England Line. Harrison was born there March 21, 1884. They are here in 1930, probably 1920 too.

 

JESSE PUTNAM  Cox, Lincoln County

He is 42 MO UNK UNK, and his son Willis is 15 CO. Southern Putman Family here. Jesse Benjamin Putnam was in Pueblo County Colorado in 1900 and married to Hannah who has divorced him. He is a son of Lafayette Putman and Melissa Sheek of Henry County Missouri. Lafayette’s folks were Benjamin Putman and Mary Buchannan of Rutherford County North Carolina. He will be in Custer County in 1920 and 1930. Hannah will take Willis and go to Los Angeles, California and be there in 1920. Willis will be married by then.

 

GEORGE F. (FRANCIS) PUTMAN  Pct 5, Montrose County

He is 37 TN TN TN, Minnie Geyer his wife 32 MO, Edwin 9 MO, Francis 8 NE, Louis 3 NE and Christina 2 NE. He is a son of Jeremiah Michaels Putman and America Jane Mannis. He was born in McNairy County Tennessee and with the family in Lawrence County Arkansas in 1880 and then in Nodaway County Missouri with Minnie in 1900. He and Minnie were married November 30, 1899.  They will go to Kansas and then be in Jackson County Oregon by 1930. Southern Putman Family.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Montrose, Montrose County

She is 54 MI NY NY and lists herself as single. Also here is her widowed mother Frances Putnam 75 NY, and two nieces Ruthella Putnam 9 SD SD SD and her sister Harriet 6 SD. Frances Robbins is the widow of Bela Putnam from New York. They were in Turner County South Dakota in 1880 and Frances was widowed there in 1900. The nieces belong to her son Frank Putnam who was also in Turner County in 1900, and is nearby here in Montrose County right now. In fact they are also listed there with him now. Bela, by the way, was a son of Stephen Putnam and Lucy Francher of Genesee County New York. Frances and Mary will be here in Montrose in 1920

 

FRANK M. (MARION) PUTNAM  Riverside, Montrose County

He is 33 SD, Stella Jones 36 SD, Ruth E. (Ruth Ella) 9 SD, Harriet L. 6 SD, Corless a son 4 SD. He is here again in 1920.

 

JOSEPHINE C. PUTNAM  Fort Morgan, Morgan County

She is 54 IL and widowed. Her son Howard is 24 IL OH IL. Emma Josephine Clark is the widow now of Howard Melancthon Putnam, son of Charles Marsh Putnam from Licking County Ohio. He married Josie November 19, 1875 in Evanston, Illinois. He was Town Clerk here. They were here in 1900. She is widowed here still in 1930 and probably in 1920 though not indexed.

 

LILLIAN B PUTNAM  Fort Morgan, Morgan County

She is 33 MO KY KY and is widowed. She is a ‘Beauty Doctor.’ She is Lillian Mae Hart, and was married to Frank Emmett Putnam and was with him in Greene County Missouri in 1900. They had two daughters then, not sure where they are now.

 

BURTON B. (BALCH) PUTMAN  Orchard, Morgan County

He is 58 WI VT VT, and his wife Clara Hannah Leavens is 56 WI. They have a son Wilton L. 25 CO WI WI. He is a son of Prucius Putnam and Rachel Haseltine from Windsor, Vermont. He was born Big Bend, Waukesha County Wisconsin in 1852. He will die out here July 6, 1926 after a just to big 4th of July Gala with free booze. Clara was also born in Wisconsin in1853 and will die in Moran County Colorado June 3, 1926. They have been here since the 1870s, but were in Weld County up till now. His brother Prucius Putnam lives next door. He and Clara are here again in 1920. Wilton will be in Los Angeles in 1920 and 1930 still single.

 

PRUCIUS W. (WALLACE) PUTNAM  Orchard, Morgan County

He is 68 WI VT VT, his wife Mary Asenath Rose is now 68 WI. Prucius Wallace is a son of Prucius Putnam and Emeline Rachel Hazeltine from Windsor County Vermont and then Waukesha County Wisconsin. He was in Clear Creek County, Colorado in 1870 but listed as peter and was listed again in 1920 as Peter. From 1880 to 1910 he is listed as Prucius W. Putnam. Same guy. His dad is in Weld County too in 1880 and 1885. They had been in Weld County since the 1870s. He is single in the 1920 census. By 1930 he will have a second wife Nanny Hogue and they are in Sacramento California.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Pct. 7, Otero County

He is 34 TN AL TN, and his wife Lillie is 22 MO. He is a son of James M. Putman and Sarah Poe from Bledsoe County Tennessee. He was home there in 1880 and in 1900. They are in Cascade County Montana in 1920.

 

WILBUR A. PUTNAM  Sugar, Otero County

He is 38 MO MA VA, his wife Birdie Buckworth is 34 MO, Fred 14 MO, Violet 17 MO, Clarence 9 MO and Everett 6 KS. He is a son of Dexter Putnam Junior and was in Putnam County Missouri in 1880 and 1900. They are here in 1920, but Sugar City will be a part of Crowley County then.

 

CATHERINE PUTNAM  Ridgeway, Ouray County

She is 73 PA and widowed. She lives with her widowed sister Sarah (can’t read last name) 70 PA.

 

CATHERINE PUTMAN  Pueblo, Pueblo County                           

She is 34 IL and widowed. Her daughter Mildred 14 IL is with her. She is Catherine Elger, and was married to Henry L. Putnam in Easy Saint Louis, St. Clair County Illinois in 1900.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Pueblo, Pueblo County

He is 52 IL MA MA, his wife Carrie Van Vleck is 52 NY, Mildred 17 NE, Charles 14 NE, and Flora 10 NE. He is a steel engineer. Charles Knolton Putman is the son of Elbridge Gerry Putnam and Eunice Knolton. He was born in Kankakee County Illinois. The family was in Red Willow County Nebraska in 1900. They will be here in 1920 too.

 

ELLA PUTMAN  Pueblo, Pueblo County

She is 47 AR and is widowed. Her widowed daughter Nellie Brown 26 AR AR AR is with her. Ella Woolsey was married to William J. ‘Will’ Putman who was from Arkansas and died here in the 1890s. Ella was born in Washington County, Arkansas in 1864. No idea as to his folks, except that William Putman and Alla Bridges had a son William born in Washington County and I don’t have anything on him.

 

FRANK C. PUTNAM  Pueblo, Pueblo County

He is 29 WI IL MO and is in a hotel.

 

MAGGIE PUTNAM  Pueblo, Pueblo County

She is 56 NY and widowed. She lives with her daughter Tillie Davis 25 CO and her husband Walter Davis 36 OH. Maggie was married to William Putman in Denver in 1900. Her daughter Matilda was from her first marriage to a Heineck guy.

 

MILDRED PUTNAM  Pueblo, Pueblo County

She is 13 IL IL IL and lives with her grandmother Lena Rachel 57. She was shown at home in 1900 in Kane County Illinois with her parents Fred and Emma Putnam.

 

WILLIAM H. PUTNAM  Pueblo, Pueblo County

He is 40 MO KY MO and boarding. He is a carpenter.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Pueblo, Pueblo County

He is 36 IA IA IA and in a hotel. He is a salesman in a dry goods store.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Pueblo, Pueblo County

He is 44 US US US and boarding. He is a laborer for the City.

 

HATTIE PUTMAN  Pct 2, Rio Grande County

She is 22 KS CT IA, and lives with her mother Eva 47 IA who has married Amos Benson. They were here in 1900. Eva Cooley was first married to Isaac Underwood in Kansas. He died and she married George Brinley Putnam (3288) in Osborne County Kansas August 24, 1885. Hattie is their child. Then he died November 2, 1897, and she moved up here after Kansas had four years of bad draught. She was married again on April 3, 1904 to Amos Valorous Benson. Hattie is a music teacher.

 

CLABE (CLAYBORN SCOTT) PUTNAM  Pct 4, Sedgwick County

He is 41 IL IL IL, Minnie Hanson his second wife is 28 NE, Leslie a son 5 NE, Emma M. 3 NE and Thomas S. 1 8/12 CO. Also here is Herman 20 IL who is a son from his first marriage to Herrilda Anna Hall. Clayborn is a son of John William Putman and Mary Ann Shields from Brown County Illinois. The family had moved from Brown County to Franklin County Nebraska where John William died in 1887. They said to heck with it and came back to Brown County. His wife Anna died in 1900, and in 1902 he married Minnie Hansen. They came back to Nebraska and then here to Colorado about 1906, and then back to Franklin County Nebraska by around 1915 and will be there in 1920.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Breckenridge, Summit County

He is 32 KS NY PA and is in a hotel. He is a miner in a quartz mine. He is a son of Elias Putman and was at home with him in Abilene, Kansas in 1880. He will be single in Cleer Creek County in 1920 and 1930. Dutch family from New York State.

 

ALFRED F. PUTMAN  Victor, Teller County

He is 28 CO NY NY and a butcher. His wife Ella is 25 CO, Laura 3 CO and Alfred F. Jr. 1 5/12 CO. He is a son of Caleb Fowler Putman from Freemont County. Caleb was a son of William Putnam and his second wife Abigail Fowler of German Flats, Herkimer County New York and Vermont before that. Caleb is still in Freemont County now. They are all in San Diego in 1930 and several of his brothers are there in that County now.

 

ELMER PUTMAN  Cripple Creek, Teller County

He is 48 MD MD MD, Anna 36 IL and Edith 14 CO. He is a son of John Jacob Putman and Rebecca Shriver of Frederick County Maryland. He was married to Bashie Marshall in Oklahoma in 1890, and she was alone there in 1900. Anna is a new wife, he must have been divorced or Bashie died in the early 1900s. This is a German family. They are in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1920.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Cripple Creek, Teller County

He is 37 NY NY MN and a clerk in a liquor store. His wife Mammie is 28 KS. They have been married 3 years.

 

ELMER PUTMAN  Cripple Creek, Teller County

He is 48 MD MD MD. He has a new wife Anna 36 IL and a daughter Edith 14 CO from Anna’s first marriage. Elmer Elsworthy Putman is a son of John Jacob Putman and Rebecca Shriver from Frederick County Maryland. He was born September 15, 1861 and died in October 1941. He was at home in 1870 and 1880 and single in Sumner County Kansas in 1885. He married Bashie Marshall there. In 1890 he is in Oklahoma, first in Kingfisher and then in Tulsa. By 1900 Bashie is alone in Oklahoma

 

LEO PUTMAN  Eaton, Weld County

He is 21 --- and a roomer in a boarding house.

 

WALTER PUTMAN  South Highland, Weld County

He is 23 MO MO MO and a hired hand on a farm. He is a son of Alexander Putman and Orla May Hendricks, and was born in Dent County Missouri. German family out of Ohio. He will be married here in 1920 and in Boulder County in 1930.