KANSAS

Census Reports

1860 – 1895

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UPDATED AUGUST 20, 2021

 

The first Federal Census was taken in 1860 when Kansas was still only a Territory as it had been since 1854. In 1861 it became a state, the 34th, just in time to side with the Union cause in the Civil War. In fact, that was the reason it became a state and why it earned the name `Bloody Kansas' as it was a fighting ground between factions prior to the Civil War to decide which way it would go when Statehood came.

 

 

KANSAS 1860 CENSUS

 

I don't find any of the Southern Putmans here yet. Here are the folks living there in 1860. The present state of Colorado is included in this census as Arapahoe County Kansas.

 

L. (LEANDER) PUTMAN  Garnett, Anderson County

He is 51 VT, a farmer.  His second wife, Martha Emorette Pike, is 38 VT.  The children at home are: Ellen (Cynthia Ellen) 17 VT, Emoretta (Martha Emorette) 15 VT. George Leander 11 VT, Hattie Erdelle 4 WI, and Charles Ellsworth 10 months KS. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth and is number 1124 in Eben Putnam's books. He was born in Middlesex, Vermont. His first wife was Cynthia Stone who died in 1844. He married Martha back in Vermont in 1845. He moved here in 1856 after going to Wisconsin for two years.

 

JAMES L. PUTNAM  None listed, Bourbon County

James is listed as James L. Putner? 28 FL, a black man who is a barber by trade.  He is living by himself.

 

JAMES M. PUTMAN  Marmaton, Bourbon County

He is listed as 23 MI, a farmer.  His wife, Polly A. Markham, is 22 IN. The children are: Benjamin F. 2 IL, and Sabrena A. 5 months KS. He is a son of Ira H. Putnam and Polly or Mary Markham, and was born in Cass County Michigan. He married Polly in Howard, Michigan February 10, 1856. He and Polly are in Neosho County in August 1865 and in 1870. By1880 the kids will be all over in Neosho County Kansas.

 

BENNETT PUTNAM  Waterloo Township, Breckenridge County

Bennett is listed as 38 NH, a farmer.  His wife, Mary Maria Dunmire, is 22 PA, daughter Sarah A. is 1 KS. He is a son of Gideon Putnam and Sarah Barnes. He was born May 3, 1822 in West Nottingham, Rockingham County New Hampshire. They were married here in Elm Creek, Breckenridge County on December 24, 1857. Just couldn’t wait till Christmas to ‘open the present.’ They will bop up into Illinois in 1861 or 62 and then be back in Lyon County Kansas by 1870 and Osage County by 1880 and then Topeka by 1900.

 

SIDNEY PUTNAM  Waterloo Township, Breckenridge County

He is listed as 36 NY, a farmer.  His wife, Lucy Ann Shephardson, is 31 NY. The children are: Frank S. 6 PA, and Fred Daniel 4 NY. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Betsy Barrett from Guilford County Vermont and then to Buffalo in Erie County New York and to Warren County Pennsylvania. Sidney was born in Buffalo on March 5, 1824 and will die here in Kansas on May 23, 1908. Lucy will die shortly, and he will marry Josephine Best in the early 1870s. He is in Lyon County Kansas in 1870. Sidney’s line goes back to Daniel > Jesse (788) > Ephraim (287) > Nathaniel > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John.

 

CELIA C. PUTNAM  Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

She is listed as 28 NY, and was enumerated with B. F. Dwyer.

 

EDWIN C. PUTMAN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

Ed is listed as 52 NY, a hat merchant.  He was enumerated with Harrison Theiband 20 FRN, a bar keeper, and M. Legier? 35 FRN, a Restaurant operator. He was married in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania in 1850 and his family is there now in 1860. He’ll have his whole family out here in 1865 and 1870.

 

SILAS R. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is listed as 34 MI (VT in 1870. He was born in Chester, Vermont), a gardener (term for being unemployed), who is living by himself. He is a son of Silas Putnam and Martha Jordan of Windsor County Vermont and then Lenawee County Michigan. He was home there with is mother in 1850. He will be married here in 1870.

 

THE COLORADO ENTRIES

 

These are listed both here and in Colorado. In 1860 what is now Colorado was part of Kansas then.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Denver, Arapahoe County (Colorado)

He is listed as ?? Vermont, a laborer who is boarding with a James J. Runion?  No ages recorded.

 

D. T. PUTNAM  South Park, Arapahoe County (Colorado)

D. T. is listed as C. T. on the index, but is definitely D. T. on the actual film. He is 26 NY, a miner enumerated with Henry Dinga or Linga?

 

R. PUTNAM  South Park, Arapahoe County (Colorado)

He is listed as 37 KY, a miner who was enumerated with E. Needham.

 

SAMUEL PUTNAM  South Park, Arapahoe County (Colorado)

Samuel is listed as 45 NY, a trader who was living by himself.

 

E. PUTMAN  South Park, Arapahoe County (Colorado)

He is listed as 39 MO, a miner living with L. C. Cotterell. They are next door to W. O. Putman.

 

W. O. PUTMAN  South Park, Arapahoe County (Colorado)

He is listed as 37 MO, a miner who was enumerated with J. O'Neal.

 

 

1865 KANSAS STATE CENSUS

 

This was a very limited census, only a few folks indexed.

 

LEANDER PUTNAM  Jackson Township, Anderson County

He is listed as 56 VT, a farmer.  His wife Martha E. Pike is listed as 41 VT. The children at home are: George L. (Leander) 16 VT, Hattie 8 KS and Charles E. (Ellsworth) 5 KS.  He's been here since 1856. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth. He was born in Middlesex, Washington County, Vermont on September 17, 1807.

 

E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a merchant 54 NY. His wife Elizabeth is 50 PA. They have Orlando 28 MI (actually 18), June 15 MI and Emma 10 MI. He was here alone in 1860 and suddenly had this family in 1870. I can’t find him in New York and I can’t find these kids in Michigan. So, I searched for any Orlando born in Michigan in 1848. Bingo. They are here in Floyd County in 1860 but their name is Buck. Elizabeth was married to Enoch Buck from Ohio, and all the kids were born in Michigan. In 1860 Orlando was 13 MI, June was 11 and Emma 8. So this is his first marriage and her second.

 

P. L. PUTMAN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a bookkeeper 48 NY. He is single and boarding. If the age is really 18 NY, he would be James L. Putman who is here married in 1870. That entry shows him 23 NY and an office clerk. Fits, but not sure who he is.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a teacher 28 MA. His wife Julia Begley is 29 VT. He is a son of John Putnam and Sabrina Wiley from Massachusetts. He was in Lowell, Mass. in 1860. They are here in 1870, and in 1880 they will be way up north in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan.

 

SILAS R. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 40 VT single and boarding. He is a son of Silas Putnam and Martha Jordan of Windsor County Vermont and then Lenawee County, Michigan. He was here in 1860. He will be married to a gal here in 1870 with a bunch of her kids from an earlier marriage. They are here in 1880.

 

J. M. (JAMES MONROE) PUTNAM  Big Creek, Neosho County

He is a farmer 28 MI, his wife Alida (Polly A. Markham) is 27 IN. They have B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) 8 IL and S. (Laura) A. 5 KS. Also here is her brother J. Markham 40 OH. He is a son of Ira H. Putnam and Polly or Mary Markham, and was born in Cass County, Michigan. He married Polly in Howard, Michigan February 10, 1856. They are here in 1870.

 

 

KANSAS 1870 CENSUS

 

Kansas as well as other Mid-Western States must have sold a bunch of Land Lottery Tickets over the Internet as the population went bananas after the Civil War. Farms and National League baseball teams popped up all over the place.

So here we go.

 

BENJAMIN PUTNAM  Geneva Township, Allen County

He is 60 MA, Olive 50 NY and Amanda 15 MI. They were in Washtenaw County Michigan in 1840, and then Ingham County Michigan in 1850 and 1860. He is a son of Abner Putnam and Nancy Stearns of Butlerville, Hampden County Massachusetts. He was born there May 14, 1810. He married Olive Price in Washtenaw County on November 5, 1839. They will be here a while, but he will return to Michigan and die in Branch County in 1899.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Garnett, Anderson County

He is listed as 21 CAN, a carpenter. He is also listed in Lyon County now and is still a carpenter but born in NY. If it is NY, then he would be a son of John Putnam and Sally Young from Chautauqua County New York. He is here in 1880 and says Virginia and then in 1885 says ‘Ver’ which would be Vermont. In 1885 he is married. He might be George Leander and listed next with his folks Leander Putnam and Martha Pike. But I think this is a dual listing for John and Sally’s kid also listed in Emporia. He is also listed as a carpenter there too.

 

LEANDER PUTNAM  Jackson Township, Anderson County

Leander is listed as 60 VT, a farmer.  His wife, Martha Pike, is listed as 46 VT. The children at home are: George L. (Leander) 21 WI, a farmer, Hattie E. 14 KS, and Charles E. (Ellsworth) 11 KS.  Also in the household is J. H. Edmonson 21 CDN a Physician and surgeon. He's been here since 1856. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth. He was born in Middlesex, Washington County Vermont on September 17, 1807.

 

LEVI PUTMAN  Scott Township, Bourbon County

He is 21 VT a laborer for a Hulse family from PA. He looks to be the son of Joseph Putnam and his first wife Mary Jamison. He was born December 26, 1848 in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was there in 1850 and with his dad and stepmother in Wabash County Indiana in 1860. He will be in Cowley County Kansas in 1880 still single. He will marry Agnes Ellen Fensom (from Canada) in Missouri in about 1882 and they are in Macon County Missouri with kids in the 1900.

 

HENRY C. (CLAY) PUTNAM  Sherman Township, Clay County

He is a stone mason. He is 36 OH, Isabell 22 MO. This Henry will still be here, with a new wife in 1880. He looks to be the son of Henry D. Putnam and Harriet Clark from Cincinnati, Ohio. The elder Henry died there. In 1860 this Henry was in Union Township, Union County Indiana living on the farm of Andre and Harriet Nixon. Harriet Nixon looks like his mother who has remarried.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Davis Township, Davis County

He is 25 NY a farm laborer working for Robert Berry of PA. He is married here in 1875 and 1880.

 

PARKER PUTNAM  Lawrence, Douglas County

He is 42 NH, Hannah A. 37 IRE. He is a retail grocer. He is number 2471, a son of Ira Putnam (1114) and Susan Kimball of Charlestown, NH and then Warren, VT. In 1860, he was married to Anna or Hannah and was working in a store in Montpelier, Vermont. He has his very own store now.

 

B. F. PUTMAN  Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

Probably Benjamin Franklin, is listed as 21 OH, a soldier. 

 

EDWIN C. PUTMAN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is listed as 62 NY, a retail hat & cap dealer.  His wife, Elizabeth, is 60 PA.  The children are: Oleander 20 PA, Jennie 18 PA, and Emma 16 PA. They were married in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania in 1850. He was here alone in 1860 and the family was back there still in 1860. Then they were all here in the State 1865 Census. No idea who he is though.

 

JAMES L. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is listed as 23 NY, an office clerk.  His wife, Anna, is 23 NY.  Their son, Robert, is 11 months KS.  Also in the household is Alice Miller 24 NY, who is keeping house.  Alice's son, Peter Miller, is 5 NY. They will be here in 1875 and 1880. He looks to be the son of Philip Putman and Catherine Keller from Otsego County New York. That James was home in 1850 and 1860 and gone by 1870. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

KATE PUTMAN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

She is 27 OH.  She was enumerated with the James B. Blunt family. She would be a daughter of Ernestus Putman and Elizabeth Gray from Darke County Ohio. I believe her full name is Nancy Catherine Putman, and that she will marry James Blunt here. James was a Major General from Kansas in the Civil War.

 

ROBERT W. (WILEY) PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is listed as 33 MA, a book agent.  His wife, Julia A. Begley, is 34 VT.  The children are: Richard P. 3 KS, and Kirk M. (Mills) 3 months KS. They were here in 1865. Also in the household is Julia H. Dustin 19 MA, a teacher. In 1880 they will be way up north in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County Michigan. He is a son of John Putnam and Sabrina Wiley from Massachusetts. He was in Lowell, Mass. in 1860.

 

S. A. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

S. A. is listed as 32 MA. He is in a boarding house with H. A. Calkins, the operator.

 

SILAS R. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is listed as 47 VT, a gardener.  His wife, Sarah, is 35 IRE. Also in the household are: Jennie Hogan 11 KS, Mary Hogan 9 KS, James Hogan 7 KS, and William Hogan 5 KS.  Looks like Sarah was married to a Hogan or Hoagland before marrying Silas. Also in the household is Samuel I. Norton, 49 NY, a gardener. He will be here in 1880. He is a son of Silas Putnam and Martha Jordan of Windsor County Vermont and then Lenawee County Michigan. He was here in 1860, 1875 and will be in 1880.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

Thomas is listed as 25 OH, a molder in a foundry, who is boarding with John Vallian. He was in Grattan, Kent County Michigan in 1860. He enlisted in the 3rd Michigan Infantry on May 13, 1861 at the age of 17. He was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run on August 29, 1862 and discharged from the service suffering from consumption on November 11, 1862. Don’t find him after this.

 

NATHAN PUTNAM  Agnes City Township, Lyon County

Nathan is listed as 43 NY, a farmer.  His wife, Jane M. Titus, is 35 NY. The children are: Ermina 19 PA, Elmira 17 PA, and Emma 15 PA. He is Nathan Haley Putnam, a son of Nathan Putnam and Nancy Trull of New Hampshire and then Ontario County New York and then Amity, Erie County Pennsylvania where Nathan married Jane.

 

GEORGE W. PUTMAN  Emporia, Lyon County

He is 21 NY, a carpenter. He is enumerated with his sister Josephine and her husband Osden McEwen from Vermont. Osden is also a carpenter He is the son of John Putnam and his first wife Sally Young from Chautauqua County New York. He was at home there in 1850 and 1860 and not there now. John was a son of Jacob Putnam (#1882) and Mary Burton from New Hampshire, then Andover, Vermont. He is also listed in Anderson County now and is a carpenter there with a bunch of other carpenters.

 

BENNETT PUTNAM  Waterloo Township, Lyon County

Bennett is listed as 48 NH, a farmer.  His wife, Mary Maria Dunmire, is 35 PA. The children are: Sarah A. 11 KS, Julia E. 7 IL, Benjamin J. (Johnson) 4 IL, Clara E. 3 KS, and Effa M. 1 KS. He is a son of Gideon Putnam and Sarah Barnes of Rockingham County New Hampshire. He was born there in Nottingham on May 3, 1822. They were in Breckenridge County in 1860 then into Illinois and back here. They are in Osage County in 1880 and Topeka, Shawnee County in 1900 through 1910 when he is 87 years old and still going strong. Mary is widowed though by 1920 and is 82 then herself.

 

SIDNEY PUTNAM  Waterloo Township, Lyon County

Sidney is 46 NY, a farmer.  He was in Breckenridge County in 1860. His wife, Lucy Shepardson has recently died and is not listed.  Their two sons are both at home yet: Frank S. 15 PA, and Fred D. 13 NY.  Also in the household are: Almira A. Lyon 33 PA, keeping house, and her son, Frank Lyon 8 PA, who is at school. Almira is his sister, born while their folks were in Warren County Pennsylvania. He will marry Josephine Best in 1871 and have one more child in 1872, before Josephine died in 1874. He won’t marry again. Look back to 1850 for his life.

 

WILLIAM M. PUTNAM  Waterloo Township, Lyon County

William M. is listed as 23 NY, a farmer.  He was enumerated with the Hugh Mantooth family (sounds Indian to me). He wasn’t listed with the above Sidney in 1850. Rand found what looks like him back in Brooklyn, New York in 1900. That listing has him 53 years old which is perfect and he’s not out here after this. So that NY guy is a son of Nathaniel Putnam but is also there in Brooklyn in 1870. So….. can’t really rubber stamp this guy.

 

JAMES M. (MONROE) PUTNAM  Big Creek, Neosho County

He is a farmer 32 MI. His wife Polly Markham is 31 IN, and they have Benjamin F. 12 IL, Laura 10 KS, William 5 KS, Phillip 3 KS and Olive 5/12 KS. Also here is his widowed mother Polly Markham Putnam 72 VT. He is a son of Ira H. Putnam and Polly or Mary Markham, and was born in Cass County Michigan. He married Polly in Howard, Michigan February 10, 1856. They were here in 1865. Something happens by 1880 when Olive and her brother Marshall (born in 1871) are wards of other families in the County. Everyone else is simply missing. Wonder if it was a Plague or something.

 

UZZIEL PUTNAM  Walnut Grove, Neosho County

He is 25 MI, his wife Martha Jane Cannon is 21 IL. They have John A. 2 KS and Eva 3/12 KS. He is Uzziel Franklin Putnam, a son of Ira H. Putnam and Polly Markham of Cass County Michigan. He was born in Cass County March 11, 1844. They are in Grant Township in 1875 and in Reno County Kansas in 1880. They will be back in McDonough County Illinois in 1900. He’ll die there in 1905, Martha in 1920.

 

DOUGLAS PUTMAN  Erie, Neosho County

He is 32 OH a house carpenter. He is a son of Norman W. Putnam and Maria Douglas from Knox County Ohio. He was home there in 1840 and 1850. His brother John Henry is currently in Topeka.

 

MINA PUTMAN  Burlingame Township, Osage County

She is 18 PA with Austin Finch of CT. She is the daughter of Nathan Haley Putnam and Jane Titus. She is at home with them in Lyon County in 1875 KS. Her folks are in Lyon County now, don’t know why she is here.

 

A. D. PUTMAN  Sheridan Township, Ottawa County

He is 21 CAN, a farmer and probably a brother of M. Putnam listed next. George Putnam and Orpha Wells were New Englanders who were born up into Ontario Canada and had a bunch of kids. They had Aldridge Darius Putnam born in September 1849 and George Malcom Putnam born in December 1851. Rand and I are pretty sure these are those two kids. The folks are in Waco Texas now and Aldridge will be there shorty. Kansas is a convenient layover half way there.

 

M. PUTMAN  Sheridan Township, Ottawa County

He is 21 CAN, a farmer. This should be George Malcom Putnam brother of the above Aldbridge.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Silver Lake, Shawnee County

He is listed without a first name, but fits the John in Reno County in 1880. He is 30 PA, a grocer, Minda is 26 NY, Maud is 4 PA, Nellie 2 PA. Also there is Frank Comstalk 20 PA also a grocer. He looks like John Van Buren Putnam a son of Clark Putnam and Mary Allen from Erie County Pennsylvania. They are in Hutchinson, Reno County in 1880.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

He is 43 NY, Lillie Moore 25 CAN, Edward V. 15 IL. They run a restaurant. He is a son of Edward Putnam (1243) and Lydia Malandy. In 1860, that whole family was in Waukegan, Lake County Illinois. Lilla A. Moore is his second wife. They were married October 6, 1863 back in Lake County Illinois. He will be in Sparta, Monroe County Wisconsin with a new wife, Nancy Goddard in the 1880, and in Shelby County Illinois in 1900.

 

JOHN H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

He is 27 OH, a lawyer. He is a son of Norman W. Putnam and Maria Douglas. He was show at home in 1850 and 1860 in College Township, Knox County Ohio. John is number 3149, Norman number 1516. John was born February 16, 1846 and is unmarried here in 1875 too.

 

S. (SUSAN) D. PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

She is 52 ME and is living with E. Baker 28 ME and Sarah N. Baker 22 ME. Sarah is her daughter. Susan was widowed in Dover, Piscataquis County Maine in 1850. She was 33 ME and Sarah 2 ME. No ideas as to the husband. He might have been Daniel Putnam from there who died in the 1840s, but not sure. They are here in 1875 and both are widowed then.

 

 

1875 KANSAS STATE CENSUS

 

This is a bit better that the 1865.

 

BENJAMIN PUTNAM  Geneva, Allen County

He is a farmer 64 MA and his wife Olive Price is 55 NY. They were in Washtenaw County, Michigan in 1840, and then Ingham County, Michigan in 1850 and 1860. He is a son of Abner Putnam and Nancy Stearns of Butlerville, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He was born there May 14, 1810. He married Olive Price in Washtenaw County on November 5, 1839. They will be here through 1880, and he will return to Michigan and die in Branch County in 1899.

 

LEANDER PUTNAM  Putnam Township, Anderson County

He is 66 VT, his wife Martha E. Pike is 50 VT. They have George L. 25 VT, Charles E. 15 KS, Hattie E. 19 WI and an unnamed daughter 3/12 KS. The last daughter must be sick as she won’t make it till 1880. He's been here since 1856. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth. He was born in Middlesex, Washington County, Vermont on September 17, 1807.

 

H. (HELEN) PUTNAM  Atchison, Atchison County

She is 39 NY, and a dressmaker. Her daughter L. (Helen L.) is 12 MI. They are here in 1880. Helen Barker is the second wife and widow of Lyman Putnam. They were in Battle Creek, Calhoun County in 1860. She was widowed with her parents in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1870.

 

H. PUTNUM  Shannon, Atchison County

He is 40 OH, his wife Elizabeth 20 IL and Henry 10/12 KS. This is a Black family

 

D. PUTNAM  Fort Scott, Bourbon County

He is listed without age or place of birth. Good Luck.

 

ROSE PUTMAN  Goshen, Clay County

She is 10 IA and lives with Charles and L. C. Moore. She is a daughter of Edwin Granger Putnam and Sarah Oswalt. She is also with her widowed dad here now.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Highland, Clay County

He is a farmer 34 IN, and his wife Sarah Lancaster is 32 OH. They have Franklin 12 IN, William 11 MI, Charles 5 NE and Frederick 3 KS. He is the son of Newton Putnam from Vermont, and was in Wells County, Indiana in 1850 and 1860, where he was born. Newton was a son of Ezra and Sally Putnam, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, then moved to Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont. Then Newton moved to Indiana. Ezra by the way was Phineas Putnam' son. The whole family moved here in 1871. Charles was in Richardson County, Nebraska in 1870.

 

E. G. (EDWIN GRANGER) PUTNAM  Highland, Clay County

He is 47 VT and widowed as his second wife Sarah Oswalt has died. At home are Joseph 15 IN, Mary Jane 14 IA, Nancy 12 IA, Rosetta 10 IA and Anna 6 IA. He is another son of Newton Putnam and was born in Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont before going to Wells County, Indiana with his parents. He first married Hannah Oswalt August 20, 1848 and then she died November 16, 1856. He then married her sister Sarah Ann September 20, 1857. She died August 16, 1871. He was in Appanoose County, Iowa in 1860 and in Jasper County, Iowa in 1870. The family will move to Garfield County, Oklahoma and Edwin will die there October 29, 1899 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. His son Joseph will be there in 1900.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Jackson, Davis County

He is 35 (really is 31) NY and came to the State from Colorado. His wife Millie is 25 IL and they have two daughters Ida 2 KS and Perley 8/12 KS. He was single here in 1970 and they are here in 1880. He will be widowed in 1900 and 1910 in Geary County. Never have figured him out.

 

E. (ELIAS) G. PUTNAM  Grant Township, Dickinson County

He is 32 NY and is a merchant (runs a hardware store in 1880). His wife A. B. is 28 PA, and they have E. W. a son 2 KS, and J. A. (Jessie) a daughter 1 KS. He is in Abilene with the kids, no wife and a bunch of people from Canada in 1880. The census asks where a person came from to Kansas. Elias said from Canada. He is a son of Elijah and Harriet Putman from Steuben County, New York. He was shown at home there in 1850. This is a Dutch family originally from Montgomery County, New York.

 

P. (PARKER) PUTNAM  Lawrence, Douglas County

He is a merchant 48 NH. His wife Hannah is listed as 42 IA but it is really 42 IRE. Their daughter Marcia J. is 11 IL. He is number 2471, a son of Ira Putnam (1114) and Susan Kimball of Charlestown, NH and then Warren, VT. Marcia wasn’t with them in 1870, but it does show they were briefly in Illinois before coming over here, They are here in 1880 and it says he runs a grocery store then and most likely now.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  Empire, Ellsworth County

He is 29 MI, his wife Frances is 22 MI, and they have Claud 3 MI and Pearl 1 KS. In 1870, he and his wife Frances were just married and in Novi, Oakland County Michigan.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Empire, Ellsworth County

He is 36 CAN. His wife Martha 27 MI and they have Otis 8 MI. He lives next door to Frank, and in 1870 he was also in Novi Michigan like Frank and was married to Martha then too. He is not around in 1880.

 

L. (LAFAYETTE) PUTMAN  Sedan, Howard County

He is a farmer 41 (33) TN. His wife M. E. (Melissa Elizabeth Sheek) is 28 NC. They have a son J. B. (Jesse Benjamin) 7 MO, a daughter L. L. (Laura) 6 MO and a daughter S. A. (Sarah Ann) 4 KS. He is 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. They were in Henry County Missouri in 1870. He will die in November 1876. By 1880 Elizabeth is in Fremont County Colorado married to L. P. Getman and live next to her mother Sarah Sheek and a brother and his family. Then she is widowed in Pueblo Colorado in 1900 through 1930 when she is 82 NC. By 1930 her two daughters are widowed and living with her. The son Jesse is widowed in Lincoln County Colorado in 1902. Southern Putman Family.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Highland Township, Jewell County

He is a farmer 65 NY. His wife T. (Theodocia) is 56 PA, and they have A. (Allison James) 25 IA, William P. 21 IA, and Allison’s wife Frances Jane Beecham 20 IL and their daughter M. (Mabel Jane) 1 IA. Jacob will be here with his son in 1900 at age 90. Pretty sure the family is Dutch from New York but can’t pin the dad down.

 

E. C. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a hatter 62 NY. This would be Eri Carlton Putnam, a son of John Putnam (1741) and Elizabeth Carlton of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. His folks moved to New York in the early 1800s, and were in Washington County, and in Oneida County shortly afterwards. The rest of his family is in Monona County Iowa and he will be back there soon and stay till he dies in 1896.

 

J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 28 NY, and his wife Anna is 28 NY. They now have R. (Robert) 6 KS, A. (Anna) 4 CO. There is also a 6 year old black girl M. Younger with them. They were here in 1870 and will be in 1880. He looks to be the son of Philip Putman and Catherine Keller from Otsego County New York. That James was home in 1850 and 1860 and gone by 1870. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

S. (SILAS) R. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a Hatter 50 VT and he came here from Michigan. He is a son of Silas Putnam and Martha Jordan from Vermont and then Lenawee County, Michigan. He was single here in 1860 and 1865. In 1870 he was married to Sarah from Ireland who was married to a Logan or Hogan before marrying Silas. Anyway, Sarah is 41 IRE, Jennie Logan 17 KS, Mary Logan 15 KS, James Logan 12 KS and William Logan 10 KS. The kids are listed Logan here and Hogan in 1870. In 1895 Mary is listed Hoagland. Now they have Silas Putnam 5 KS and Martha Putnam 1 KS. In 1880 there is a John Byrnes 55 IRE living with them. He may well be Sarah’s brother.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Pleasant Township, Lincoln County

He is a farmer 52 NH MA NH, and his wife Susan Almira Nash is 52 MA VT MA, Sarah A, 17 NH, John O. 15 NH, and Flora E. 14 NH. He is a son of John Putnam (1083) and his second wife Sarah Priest Capron and was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire in 1823. They were there in 1860, in Northfield, Mass in 1870, and here in Kansas since 1872 and are here in 1880. In 1900 Susan and her son John Olen will be in Oklahoma.

 

N. H. (NATHAN HALEY) PUTNAM  Agnes City, Lyon County

He is a farmer 46 NY. His wife Jane M. Titus is 40 PA and they have Mina 23 PA still at home. They were here in 1870 and will be in 1880. He is a son of Nathan Putnam and Nancy Trull of New Hampshire and then Ontario County, New York and then Erie County, Pennsylvania where Nathan married Jane.

 

SIDNEY PUTNAM  Waterloo Township, Lyon County

Sidney is listed as 51 NY.  There is no wife listed. He married Josephine Best in 1871 and she died August 5, 1874 so never appeared in any census reports.  The children at home are: Frederick 18 NY and Theodore 2 KS. Theodore is a son of his second marriage. Also in the household are his widowed sister, Almira (Putnam) Lyon 43 PA, and her son Frank Lyon 18 PA. Sidney is a son of Daniel Putnam and Betsy Barnet of Vermont, Buffalo, New York, Warren County, Pennsylvania and now here. They are all here in 1880 and Sidney is widowed here in 1900 and he will die here March 23, 1908.

 

CLARK PUTNAM  Doyle Township, Marion County

He is 45 PA and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Weaver is 29 VA. He lists his profession as gardener, which means he is unemployed and plays in his garden at home. He is a son of Clark Putnam and Mary Allen of Northeast Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. He was born there and there up through the 1870. They are here in 1880 and he’ll have a job as a laborer then. Then they are in Shawnee County in 1885. Clark will die October 20, 1893 in Topeka, Kansas. Sarah will be in Hocking, Fairfield County Ohio in 1900 and die June 22, 1905. She will be buried in Cowlesville, Wyoming County New York.

 

S. (SOLOMON) H. PUTNAM  Peabody, Marion County

He is a hardware merchant and is 52 NH. His wife Zerriah H. Ford is 51 NH. Also here are his son William F. 21 OH, his wife Ida Kenyon 20 NY, and Solomon’s spinster sister Lavinia Putnam 61 NH. William married Ida back in Livingston County, Illinois December 25, 1872. Solomon is a son of John Adams Putnam and Sarah Heath from Hanover, New Hampshire. He married Zerriah on September 19, 1850 in Livingston County Illinois where they have been up till now. Solomon will die here March 5, 1880. William will be in Kansas through the 1900, and his widow, Ida Kenton Putnam, will be there through 1910.

 

M. C.  (MAHOLN CHAPLAIN) PUTMAN  Independence, Montgomery County

He is 45 ME, a powder maker as he was in Wisconsin in 1870 before coming here. His wife Flora H. Sweet is 42 ME. They have a son Charles A. 15 WI. Also here is A. Swett 74 ME who would be her widowed mother. Not sure which spelling is correct now. He is from Oxford County, Maine, a son of Samuel Putnam and Susan Adams, and a grandson of Samuel Putnam number 1855. They were in Grant County, Wisconsin prior to heading out here. They are in Wichita Kansas in 1900 and by 1910 Flora is widowed in Marin County California.

 

O. PUTNAM  Grant Township, Neosho County

He is 18 MI living with a Gaylord Family. He would be connected to the Cass County Michigan families that the following Uzziel belongs to. He is listed 2 families away from Uzziel’s. He might be Ira Putnam’s son Orlean but he would be closer to 16 now.

 

U. F. (UZZIEL FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Grant Township, Neosho County

He is a farmer 31 MI. His wife Martha Jane Cannon is 27 IL, and they have John A. 7 KS, Orlin M. 2 KS and his twin Orville M. 2 KS and Ada A. 1 KS. The whole entry was initials, but they were here in 1870 and are in Reno County Kansas in 1880 so I got the names straight. But he is Uzziel Franklin Putnam, a son of Ira H. Putnam and Polly Markham of Cass County, Michigan. They will be back in McDonough County, Illinois in 1900. He’ll die there in 1905, Martha in 1920.

 

B. (BENNETT) PUTNAM  Burlingame, Osage County

He is a carpenter 55 NH, his wife M. M. (Mary Maria Dunmire) is 37 PA and S. A. (Sarah Ann) is 16 KS, J. E. (Julia E.) 13 IL, B. J. (Benjamin J.) 10 IL, C. E. (Clara E.) 7 KS and E. M. (Effie M.) 6 KS. They were in Lyon County in 1870 and Breckenridge County in 1860. Obviously took a quick sojourn into Illinois in the early 1860s and then came back. He’s a son of Gideon Putnam from Rockingham County, New Hampshire. They are here in Osage County in 1880.

 

J. (JOHN) B. PUTNAM  Hutchinson, Reno County

He is a hotel clerk 35 PA. His wife Minnie is 32 NY and they have Maude A. 9 PA and Nellie R. 7 PA. They are here in 1880. He looks like John Van Buren Putnam a son of Clark Putnam and Mary Allen from Erie County Pennsylvania.

 

NANCY PUTMAN  May Day Township, Riley County

She is 12 IA and is with an Osborne (really Oswalt) Family. She is a daughter of Edwin Granger Putnam and Sarah Ann Oswalt and is also listed with them now in Highland, Clay County Kansas. This family she is with are probably her mom’s folks.

 

J. (JOHN) PUTMAN  Topeka, Shawnee County

He is a lawyer 35 OH and boarding. John Henry Putnam is a son of Norman W. Putnam and Maria Douglas. He was show at home in 1850 and 1860 in College Township, Knox County, Ohio. John is number 3149, Norman number 1516. John was born February 16, 1846 and was unmarried here in 1870 too. I don’t find him in 1880.

 

S. (SUSAN) D. PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

She is 58 ME and lives with her widowed daughter S. (Sarah) M. Baker 28 ME, and two of her young kids. They were here in 1870 and the daughter had a husband E. Baker. Susan was widowed in Dover, Piscataquis County Maine in 1850. She was 33 ME and Sarah 2 ME. No ideas as to the husband. He might have been Daniel Putnam from there who died in the 1840s, but not sure.

 

W. R. (WILLIAM RILEY) PUTNAM  Centre Township, Smith County

He is a farmer 36 NY. His wife Mary E. Humphries is a teacher 26 IL. They have Helen 6 MO, James C. 5 IA, Beulah 3 IA and Emma 9/12 KS. He is a son of Riley Putnam (3355) from Chester, Vermont. Riley Sr. was a son of Jesse Putnam and Lucy Coleman from Chester, Windsor County, Vermont. William was born in Charlotte, Chautauqua County, New York on December 3, 1838. He married Mary November 14, 1867. They were in Ringgold County Iowa in 1870 and they are here in 1880. He is missing in 1900 but here in 1910 and 1920 divorced and by himself.

 

 

KANSAS 1880 CENSUS

 

BENJAMIN PUTNAM  Geneva, Allen County

Still here and is now 70 MA MA MA, Olive Price 60 NY NY NY. The last of the kids are married off now.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Garnett Township, Anderson County

He is a liveryman 30 VA VA VA and in a boarding house. It’s not VA but is VT and he is George Leander Putnam, son of the following Leander Putnam. He was with him in 1860 and 1870 here. He will marry Dorothy A. Simonds here on January 30, 1882 and they will be here through 1910 and he will be widowed here in 1915 and in Missouri in 1920.

 

LEANDER PUTNAM  Putnam, Anderson County

He is listed as Alexander, but is the Leander here all along. He’s now 71 VT NH NH, Martha E. Pike 54 VT NH NH, Charles E. 20 KS and a married daughter Hattie E. Cottle 23 WI. Martha is widowed here in 1900 and 1910. Leander was a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth and is number 1124 in Eben Putnam's books. He was born in Middlesex, Vermont. His first wife was Cynthia Stone who died in 1844. He married Martha back in Vermont in 1845. He moved here in 1856 after going to Wisconsin for two years.

 

HELEN E. (ELIZA) PUTNAM  Atchison, Atchison County

She is 42 NY NY NY, her daughter Helen L. is 17 MI NY NY. Helen Barker was the second wife and widow of Lyman Putnam. Lyman was a son of Franklin Putnam and Phoebe Burroughs, and was born in Genesee County New York. He died in the Civil War on June 24, 1863. They were in Battle Creek, Calhoun County in 1860. She was widowed with her parents in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1870. They were here in 1875. I don’t find Helen in 1900, but she is in Detroit, Michigan in 1910 at age 75.

 

JOHNSON PUTMAN  Walnut Township, Barton County

He is a son of John Putman and Sophia Weaver from Brown County Illinois. He is 31 IL KY OH, Lydia Frye his wife is 28 IL KY KY and they have Ralph 2 and Frances (Frankie) 1 both born in Kansas. Southern Putmans. They will be in Seaview, Pacific County Washington by 1920.

 

HENRY C. (CLAY) PUTNAM  Toledo Township, Chase County

He is listed as 43 OH.  His wife, Amanda, is 30 OH.  The children at home are: Curtis P. (Palmer) 17 OH, Lydia D. 15 OH, and Letha E. (Eastwood) 8 OH. Amanda is Amanda Webster, his second wife. They were married in Ohio May 27, 1870. He had first married Elizabeth Ward Palmer in 1861 and she died in 1865. He is number 3205, a son of Lewis John Pope Putnam. They will be in Spokane, Washington next in the 1900 census.

 

HELEN PUTMAN  Weir, Cherokee County

She is 28 WI NY NY, a schoolteacher. She lives in a hotel here in town. She is a daughter of Erastus Israel Putnam and Rosella Palmer and was born in Waukesha County Wisconsin and was with the family in 1850 and 1860 and will be with her widowed dad in Cook County near Chicago in 1900 and in Chicago in 1910 and 1920. She never married.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Athelstane Township, Clay County

William Henry Putnam is listed as 40 NY (actually it is CT).  His wife, Ellen A. Hamilton, is 38 NY.  The children at home are: Harriet 17 IN, Bertha 11 IL, Anna 7 IL, Llewellyn 4 IL, William H. 2 KS, and Abby 5 months KS. He is a son of Elbridge Gerry Putnam, they were in Kankakee County Illinois in 1860. They are here in 1885, in Riley County Kansas in 1900 and 1905, and they all are in Nebraska by 1910.

 

HENRY C. (CLAY) PUTNAM  Clay Center Township, Clay County

He is listed as 45 OH.  His first wife, Isabelle, has died in the past decade. He is now married to Mary Elizabeth Clark, 22 MO. The children at home are: William H. (William Henry Putnam born September 27, 1873) 5 KS and Hattie E. (Harriet Elizabeth born April 13, 1879) 1 MO.  They were all enumerated with a William Clark, Mary Elizabeth's folks. There was another son, Charles Durant Putnam born March 4, 1877 who was not listed. Don't know if he died as an infant or was just missed. I don't find him later though. He looks to be the son of of Henry D. Putnam and Harriet Clark from Cincinnati, Ohio. The elder Henry died there. In 1860 this Henry was in Union Township, Union County Indiana living on the farm of Andre and Harriet Nixon. Harriet Nixon looked like his mother who had remarried. It looks like the Mary Clark back there in 1860 is now his new wife in 1880.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Highland Township, Clay County

He is a son of Newton Putnam from Vermont, and was in Wells County Indiana in 1850, where he was born. He is 39 IN.  His wife, Sarah Lancaster, is 36 OH.  The children are: Franklin 18 IN, William 16 MI, Frederick 8 KS, and Delmar 9 months KS. Newton was a son of Ezra and Sally Putnam, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, then moved to Cavendish, Windsor County Vermont. Then Newton moved to Indiana where Charles was born. Ezra by the way was Phineas' son. Newton is here in the County but wasn't listed. Newton will die here October 29, 1888. The whole family moved here in 1871. Charles was in Richardson County Nebraska in 1870.

 

EDWIN G. (GRANGER) PUTNAM  Highland Township, Clay County

He is another son of Newton Putnam and was born in Cavendish, Windsor County Vermont on August 30, 1827, before going to Wells County Indiana with his parents. He is 52 VT.  He was widowed here in 1875, His wife Sarah Ann Oswalt had died in the early 1870s. The children at home are: Joseph N. 21 IN, Rosette 15 IA, and Dora Ann 10 IA. There is a Christian Rasmuson 35 DNM, in the household, but his status is not recorded. He was in Appanoose County Iowa in 1860 and in Jasper County Iowa in 1870. The family will move to Garfield County Oklahoma and Edwin will die there October 29, 1899 in Enid, Garfield County Oklahoma. His son Joseph will be there in 1900.

 

LEVI PUTNAM  Winfield City, Cowley County

He is 32 NH NH NH and a laborer on the Ennis farm. He is the son of Joseph Putnam and his first wife Mary Jamison. He was born December 26, 1848 in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was there in 1850 and with his dad and stepmother in Wabash County Indiana in 1860. He was in Bourbon County Kansas in 1870. He will marry Agnes Ellen Fensom in Missouri in about 1882 and they are in Macon County Missouri with kids in the 1900.

 

OSCAR PUTNAM  Liberty Township, Crawford County

He is 24 VT VT VT and lives in a hotel.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Jefferson Township, Davis County

He is 36 NY VT VT.  His wife Armilda is 26 OH.  The children are: Ida 8 KS, A daughter Perley 6 KS, and William 3 KS. He was single here in 1970 and will be widowed in 1900 and 1910 in Geary County. In 1900 he says he is NY NY NY. A guess would be that he was the son of Lansing B. and Sarah Putman from Livingston County New York. That George was home there in 1850 at age 1. This is a New York Dutch family.

 

ELIAS G. PUTMAN  Abilene, Dickinson County

He is a son of Elijah and Harriet Putman from Steuben County New York. He was shown at home there in 1850. This is a Dutch family originally from Montgomery County New York. He is listed as 37 NY NY NY. The children at home are: Jessie 6 KS, Hattie 4 KS, and Frank 3 KS.  Also in the household are: Jennie Smith 29 CND, Raymond Smith 6 MI, Margaret Nichols 20 CND, Emma Lake 18 CND, and Nelson Harris 27 TN. He is a hardware merchant. I don’t find him in 1900, but in 1920 he is in Coffey County living with his married daughter Jessie White. Elias will be in the National Soldiers Home in Los Angeles in 1920.

 

PARKER PUTNAM  Lawrence, Douglas County

He is a retail grocer, 54 NH NH NH, Hannah 47 IRE IRE IRE, Marcia 16 IL. They were here in 1870. He is number 2471, a son of Ira Putnam (1114) and Susan Kimball of Charlestown, NH and then Warren, VT. Marcia wasn’t with them in 1870, but it does show they were briefly in Illinois before coming over here. They were here in 1875.

 

HARRY J. PUTNAM  Lawrence, Douglas County

He is 18 OH MA MA and boarding. He is a broker clerk. He should be Henry Jasper Putnam who is also shown with his parents Harrison Putnam and Henrietta Crippen who are currently in Ellsworth County. The family was from Mass then was in Warren County Ohio in the early 1860s then back to Worcester, Mass and then out here about 1878

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Lawrence, Douglas County

He is 18 NY NY NY and boarding. He is a clerk. Looks like a dual listing for Henry C. 19 NY living with his folks Charles M. Putman and Harriet Burrows now in Broome County New York.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  Empire Township, Ellsworth County

He is listed as 34 MI NY NY.  His wife, Frances, is 24 MI NY NY.  The children are: a son Claudie 9 MI, a daughter Pearley 6 KS, and a daughter Nettie 8 months KS. In 1870, he and his wife Frances were just married and in Novi, Oakland County Michigan. They were here in the 1875 State Census. He is a son of Henry Putman and Belinda Doolittle  from Canada in Dearborn, Wayne County in 1850. Henry was a son of Henry Putman and Hannah Anguish from the Niagara Area of Ontario Canada and New York State before that. Dutch Family. His wife Francis will die July 17, 1885 in Grand Traverse County Michigan and he will marry Jane Harrington on December 27, 1887 in Traverse City. His brother James will be there then and in 1900.

 

JAMES D. (DANIEL) PUTMAN  Empire Township, Ellsworth County

He is a farmer 61 KY SC NC, Diadema Smith 59 IN VA NC, Daniel 22 IL, Martha 17 IL, Charles J. 12 IL. He is a son of Reding Putman and his first wife Stacy Combs. He was born while the family was in Butler County Kentucky and then went back to Fulton County Illinois, and then to Washington County Arkansas where he grew up. He married Damie there August 15, 1840. They were back in Illinois in 1860 and 1870 and are now here. James Daniel Putman died in Kansas on September 14, 1897 and Diadema died there on July 5, 1901. The son Charles James will be in Rice County in 1900. Southern Putman line. James’ brother Reding (junior) was my great grandfather.

 

HARRISON K. (KIMBALL) PUTNAM  Empire Township, Ellsworth County

Harrison is listed as 50 MA MA MA.  His wife, Henrietta Elizabeth Crippen, is 45 ENG ENG ENG.  The children at home are: Walter K. (Kimball) 23 MA, Henry J. (Jasper) 18 OH, Florence J. (Josephine) 12 MA, John Earnest 9 MA, and Edward Rawson 5 MA.  Also in the household is a servant, H. P. Sterling, 22 OH. He is a son of Jasper Wheeler Putnam (#3105) and Mary Kimball, and was born in Grafton, Massachusetts March 22, 1830. They have been in Xenia, Ohio in the 1850s and 1860s, returned to Worcester, Mass for a spell and then came out here about 2 years ago. Henrietta is alone here with the younger kids in 1885. Harrison shows up in 1900 with his son Walter in Saline County. Not a widow, but a divorcee.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Indiana Township, Graham County

The son of Jacob D. Putman and Hannah Lewis from Cayuga County New York. He is listed as 31 NY.  His wife, Lydia E. Teague, is 27 ENG.  The children are: Nellie 11 IA, and Fred 9 IA. He was in Jackson County Iowa in 1860 and Fayette County Iowa in 1870. They are in Jackson County in 1885, Elk County in 1900 and back here from 1910 through 1930. New York Dutch family.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Walton Township, Harvey County

William Ford Putnam is listed as 27 OH NH VT.  His wife, Ida Maria Kenyon, is 26 NY.  The children are: Roy 5 KS, Ella 2 KS, and Emmett 3 months KS. He is a son of Solomon Putnam and Zerriah Ford as shown in Livingston County Illinois in the 1860. The family was out of New Hampshire originally. They will be in Butler County in 1885 and Barton County in 1900. He married Ida back in Livingston County Illinois December 25, 1872.

 

IRENA PUTMAN  Brown’s Creek, Jewell County

She is 14 IA PA IRE. She lives with her mother Margaret 40 IRE and her stepfather Edward Smith 40 ENG. Her mother Margaret Calhoun had married Melvin C. Putnam and they were in Delaware County Iowa in 1860. Melvin was a son of Simeon Walker Putnam and Rhoda Watson from Maine. Irena is here in 1885 single and a teacher.

 

ALLISON J. (JAMES) PUTMAN  Highland Township, Jewell County

The son of Jacob and Dosha Putman from New York. Jake will be with him in 1900 at age 90 and he is also here in town now. Allison is listed as 30 IA.  His wife, Fanny J. Beecham, is 25 IL.  The children are: Mabel J. 6 NE, Thomas J. 4 KS, and Edna J. 1 KS. Allison James Putman is a son of Jacob from New York. In 1850-60 they were in Scott County Iowa in 1870 in Benton County Iowa, and here from 1880 on. He is widowed here in 1920. I am pretty sure this is a New York Dutch family, but just can’t pin the dad Jacob down yet.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Highland Township, Jewell County

He is 70 NY PA PA, Theodosia 62 PA PA PA, William P. 25 IA NY PA. He’s a farmer. The family was in Scott County Iowa in 1850, Benton County Iowa in 1870. Jacob and William are here in 1885. Jacob will be here in 1900 in fact, at age 90. New York Dutch.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Oswego, Labette County

He is a stone mason 56 NY NY NY. His wife Sarah is 42 KY and they have Frank 24 MI and Georgiana 16 IL. They were in Bureau County Illinois in 1870 and here in Oswego in 1875. She is widowed here in 1895 by herself, and is here with her daughter Georgiana in 1900 and 1905.

 

EDWARD (EDWIN) C. PUTMAN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 72 NY NY NY, a hatter and lives alone. In 1860 and 1870 he was listed as Edwin C. He had a family here in 1870, but not now.

 

J. (JAMES) L. PUTMAN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is listed as 33 NY.  His wife is Anna 33 NY. The children are: Robert 11 KS, Anna C. 9 CO. They were here in 1870 and 1875. He looks to be the son of Philip Putman and Catherine Keller from Otsego County New York. That James was home in 1850 and 1860 and gone by 1870. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

S. (SILAS) R. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

Silas is listed as 55 VT.  His wife, Sarah, is 46 IRL.  The children at home are: Silas 9 KS, Martha 6 KS, and Edith 3 KS.  Also in the household are their stepdaughter, Mary Houghlan, 19 KS, and stepsons: James Houghlan 16 KS, and William Houghlan, 14 KS.  There is a servant; Jacob Basson, 48 born in Mengen or Menzen (?); and two boarders; John Byrnes 55 IRL, and John Brown 24 OH. He is a son of Silas Putnam and Martha Jordan of Windsor County Vermont and then Lenawee County Michigan. The John Byrnes here may be her brother. They are both here in 1885 and 1895. Sarah is widowed here in 1900 and 1905.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Pleasant Township, Lincoln County

He is a farmer 57 NH MA NH, Susan Almira Nash. 57 MA VT MA, Sarah A, 22 NH, John O. 20 NH, and Flora E. 19 NH. He is a son of John Putnam (1083) and his second wife Sarah Priest Capron and was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire in 1823. They were there in 1860, in Northfield, Mass in 1870, and here in Kansas since 1872. In 1900 Susan and her son John Olen will be in Oklahoma.

 

N. (NATHAN) HALEY PUTNAM  Agnes City, Lyon County

He is now 53 NY MA MA, Jane M. Titus his wife 46 PA NY NY. They were here in 1870. He is Nathan Haley Putnam, a son of Nathan Putnam and Nancy Trull of New Hampshire and then Ontario County New York and then Erie County Pennsylvania where Nathan married Jane. He will die here August 4, 1895.

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CURTIS PUTNAM  Americus, Lyon County

He is 17 OH OH OH and works on a farm. He is a son of Henry Clay Putnam (3205) of Muskingum Township, Washington County Ohio. He was home there in 1870. His folks are now here in Chase County Kansas. Curtis Palmer Putnam will marry Annie Walkup and be here in 1900 and through the 1930 at least.

 

GEORGE P. PUTMAN  Reading, Lyon County

He is 25 MD MD MD, works at a sawmill and is boarding. He is a son of Samuel Putman and Elizabeth Summers from Frederick County Maryland.

 

SIDNEY PUTNAM  Waterloo Township, Lyon County

Sidney is listed as 56 NY.  There is no wife listed. He married Josephine Best in 1871 and she died August 5, 1874 so never appeared in any census reports.  The children at home are: Fred 23 NY, and Theodore 7 KS. Theodore is a son of his second marriage. Also in the household are his sister, Almira (Putnam) Lyon, 43 PA, and his nephew, Frank Lyon 18 PA, and a roomer, James Pence, 22 VA. Sidney is a son of Daniel Putnam and Betsy Barnet of Vermont, Buffalo, New York, Warren County Pennsylvania and now here. He is widowed here in 1900, and he will die here March 23, 1908.

 

DOUGLAS PUTMAN  Center, Marion County

Bennett's son is now 28 IA IL IL, Martha Milineaux is 30 AR, Rosa 9 AR, Cora 8 AR, Lena 4 KS and Maud 2 KS. This is his first marriage. He'll soon leave this family and head west, remarry and head back to Arkansas. His folks are in Rice County now. Southern Putmans.

 

C. T. (CLARK TARRANT) PUTNAM  Doyle, Marion County

He is 49 PA MA --, Sarah Elizabeth Weaver 34 VA ENG ENG. He is a son of Clark Putnam and Mary Allen of Northeast Township, Erie County Pennsylvania. He was born there and there up through the 1870. He’s a laborer now. Guess the Pool Hall biz wasn’t that good back home. He was running one back in 1870. They were in Shawnee County Kansas in 1875 and will be in Shawnee County again in 1885. Clark will die October 20, 1893 in Topeka, Kansas. Sarah will be in Hocking, Fairfield County Ohio in 1900 and die June 22, 1905. She will be buried in Cowlesville, Wyoming County New York.

 

SARAH PUTNAM  Peabody, Marion County

She is Zerriah H. Ford, the widow of Solomon Putnam who died here March 5, 1880. She is 55 NH VT VT. She lives with her brother Sheldon Ford and his family. She and Solomon were in Livingston County Illinois before and here in 1875. Solomon was a son of John Adams Putnam of Hanover, New Hampshire.

 

GUYMAN PUTMAN  Bloomfield Township, Mitchell County

Isaiah Guyman is the brother of Jeremiah, listed next. He is 24 IL and is living with him as well.

 

JEREMIAH PUTMAN  Bloomfield Township, Mitchell County

He is a son of Daniel and Louisa Putman of Brown County Illinois. He is 28 IL OH TN and his wife Catherine Baird 27 IL KY KY, Archie 8 IL, Clara B. 6 KS, Louise 2 IL, William 1 KS. They were married in Brown County March 18, 1871. Southern Putmans. They will be in Washington State by 1900. His brother Isaiah Guyman Putman is with him and listed above.

 

M. C.  (MAHOLN CHAPLAIN) PUTMAN  Independence, Montgomery County

He is listed as 50 ME NH ME.  His wife, Flora H. Sweet, is 47 ME ME ME.  Their son, Mark Noble, is 1 KS. He is from Oxford County Maine, a son of Samuel Putnam and Susan Adams, and a grandson of Samuel Putnam number 1855. They were in Grant County Wisconsin prior to heading out here, and were here for the State 1875 Census. They are in Wichita in 1900 and by 1910 Flora is widowed in Marin County California. He is a commercial traveler.

 

MARSHAL PUTNAM  Grant Township, Neosho County

Marshall is listed as 8 KS, a boarder with Henry M. Eby. He and Alice and Olive all are orphans from one family. Alice and Olive are his sisters they are kids of James Monroe Putnam and Polly Markham. The whole family was here in 1865 and 1870. See his sister Olive for more info.

 

OLIVE E. PUTNAM  Osage Mission, Neosho County

Olive E. is listed as 10 KS, a ward of Ranson B. Rodgers. She and the above Marshal are children of James Monroe Putnam. He was in Bourbon County Kansas in 1860, Cass County Michigan in 1850. They were here in the 1870, and a descendant states he died here in 1879.

 

GEORGE P. & JAY PUTNAM  Burlingame, Osage County

George is 24 MD MD MD, Jay 17 KS VT IL. They are farm hands. George is a son of Samuel Putman and Elizabeth Summers from Frederick County Maryland. German family. Not a clue on Jay though.

 

BENNETT PUTNAM  Superior Township, Osage County

He is a carpenter 57 NH MA --, Mary Maria Dunmire is now 43 PA PA PA, Sarah A. 21 KS, Julia E. 18 IL, Benjamin J. (Johnson) 16 IL, Clara E. 12 KS, Effie M. 11 KS. They were in Lyon County in 1870 and Breckenridge County in 1860. Obviously took a quick sojourn into Illinois in the early 1860s and then came back. He is a son of Gideon Putnam and Sarah Barnes. He was born May 3, 1822 in West Nottingham, Rockingham County New Hampshire. They were married here in Elm Creek, Breckenridge County on December 24 1857. They are in Topeka by 1900 and he is still there in 1910 at age 87 and Mary is widowed there by 1920 at age 82.

 

ISRAEL P. PUTNAM  Liberty Township, Osborne County

Israel is 24 CT.  His wife, Anna B. Doty, is 15 NE.  There are no children listed. Israel had just married Anna May 20, 1880, and she is just too young to have kids anyway. They are in Rooks County in 1900 and then back here. Also in the household is his brother, George B. (Brinley) Putnam 22 CT. Also here are A. A. Crosby 27 IL, and his wife, Luella B. Crosby 22 IA, and their daughter Emma May Crosby, 3 IA. He is a son of Asa Spaulding Putnam (1635) and Sarah Elizabeth Wilbur. Israel (3286) was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut on November 29, 1855. His brother George (3288) was born there May 16, 1858. For your info, George will marry a widow Eva (Cooley) Underwood here in 1885, they will have one daughter, Hattie, and then he will die here in 1897. Eva will then move to Colorado and be there in Rio Grande County in 1900. These guys are three generations down from General Israel himself.

 

JACOB E. PUTMAN  Browns Grove, Pawnee County

He is a farmer 33 MD MD MD, Margaret Albaugh 34 MD MD MD, John D. 13 MD MD MD. Jacob Ezra Putman was a son of Samuel Putman and Elizabeth Ann Summers of Frederick County Maryland. He was born May 7, 1847, and will die here March 2, 1885. He married twice, first to Sarah M. C. Mumford on October 1, 1867. Sarah died February 20, 1872 back in Maryland. He then married Margaret and headed out here. Margaret is widowed here in 1885. German line out of Maryland.

 

JAMES W. PUTMAN  Kirwin, Phillips County

He is 27 MN WI WI, and lives in a hotel.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Phillipsburg, Phillips County

He is a farmer 24 IN OH OH, Eliza J. Cuffel 24 IN OH IN. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Linenger. He was home in Fulton County Indiana in 1860. They will be here in 1900. German family from Maryland and then Pennsylvania.

 

JOSEPH PUTMAN  Clear Creek, Pottawattamie County

He is 71 NH NH NH, a farmer, Sarah Lowe is 61 NY NY NY. He is Joseph Bailey Putnam, a son of Bailey Putnam. He was born August 14, 1808 in Charlestown, Sullivan County New Hampshire. They were in Michigan up until now.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Hutchinson, Reno County

He is 39 PA, his wife Mina 35 NY, Maud 14 PA, Nellie 12 PA. They were in Shawnee County in 1870 and here in 1875. He should be John Van Buren Putnam a son of Clark Putnam and Mary Allen from Erie County Pennsylvania. He will be widowed and in the National Home for Disabled Soldiers in Grant County Indiana in 1900 and 1910.

 

UZZIEL FRANKLIN PUTNAM  Valley Township, Reno County

He is listed as Isaiah, 35 MI. But he is Uzziel Franklin Putnam, a son of Ira H. Putnam and Polly Markham of Cass County Michigan.  His wife, Martha Jane Cannon, is 31 IL.  The children are: John A. 12 KS, Orlin I. 7 KS, Orval M. 7 KS, Ada A. 3 KS, and Cissa 2 months KS. They were in Neosho County in 1870 and 1875. He will be back in McDonough County Illinois in 1900. He was born March 11, 1844 in Jefferson, Cass County Michigan and will die December 23, 1905 in Bushnell, McDonough County Illinois. Martha is a daughter of James Cannon and Rachel Sullivan. She was born in Bardolph, McDonough County Illinois August 19, 1848 and will die in Bushnell January 9, 1920. They were married September 13, 1866. He was a Methodist minister, served in the Michigan Infantry in the Civil War. He took the family to the Osage Mission where he served. Here is some info on the kids: John Anderson, b. Jan. 4, 1868; d. Oct. 29, 1910. Eva, b. Feb. 1870; d. infancy. Orville Monroe, b. Jan. 30, 1872; d. July 1, 1950. Orlin Uzziel, b. Jan. 30, 1872. Elva, b. 1875. Ada Alma, b. Feb. 22, 1877; d. June 22, 1965. Della May, b. Apr. 16, 1880; d. Aug. 1969. James, b. 1882; d. infancy. Alice M., Oct. 12, 1884; d. Apr. 11, 1978. Flossie L., b. Aug. 1, 1886; d. Nov. 7, 1913.

 

BENNETT PUTMAN  Union Township, Rice County

After trying Iowa for a day or two in 1860, he went to Arkansas and then came here around 1879. He is 53 IL, Mattie A. (Martha Ann Burkhalter) is 42 IN, Horace 21 IA, Effa 8 AR and Alice 8 AR, twins I guess. Also there is Mattie's father Cason Burkhalter 79 SC. He's Reding and Stacy's son from Fulton County Illinois. He was born in 1825, Martha in 1835. Bennett died in 1888 and Martha in 1889. They are buried in the Iuka Township Cemetery, Iuka, Pratt County Kansas. Southern Putmans.

 

REDING PUTMAN  Union Township, Rice County

Bennett's eldest son is named after Bennett's daddy. He is 30 IN, his wife Dorothea White is 28 AR, the children all born in Arkansas are Maggie Lenora 8, Benjamin B. 7, James C. 2 and Willie Edgar 5 months old. Southern Putmans.

 

ROBERT F. PUTMAN  Union Township, Rice County

He is a son of James Daniel Putman. The above Bennett is his father’s brother. Age 26 IA KY IN.  He lives next door to a Richard family. His uncle Bennett’s daughter Fanny (22 IA) had married James Richard.

 

WILLIAM H. PUTMAN  Grant Township, Riley County

He is 27 IL, has his wife Sarah F. Miller 2? IA VA VA and Meredith 3 and Ross 2 both born in Illinois. He is a son of George Putman and Charlotte Crosthwait from Fulton County Illinois. He was there in 1870. Southern Putmans.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Jackson, Riley County

He is 19 IA and boarding. There is a Frank 18 IA living now with his widowed mother Mary in Wright, Wayne County Iowa. He is a son of William Marion Putman and Mary Jane Hayes. Rand and I think this is simply a dual listing.

 

MARK PUTNAM  Salina, Saline County

He is 20 IL NY IL, and lives with his sister Irene Radcliff 28 IL and her husband C. S. Radcliff 34 MD. He is the son of Jonathan and Frances Putnam from Sangamon County Illinois. He’ll be married here in 1885 and in Topeka in 1900 and 1910.

 

KATE PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

She is 33 OH OH OH a schoolteacher and boarding. She is here in 1895. She is Catherine Douglas Putnam a daughter of David Putnam Jr. (Eben Putnam #1573) and Hannah Munson. She was born in Harmar, Washington County Ohio August 9, 1842 and find-a-grave has her death there on January 13, 1892. But that is not her or read wrong. She is going strong in 1920 in Pennsylvania She is home there in 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880. In the Ohio 1880 she is single and 37 years old. Then she is also listed in Topeka Kansas in 1880 as a teach and is there single in 1895, 1900, 1905. Then in 1910 she is out in Sacrament, California with her widowed sister Mary Burr Putnam. Then in 1920 she is in Aspinwell, Allegheny County Pennsylvania with the widowed husband of another sister Elizabeth Perkins Putnam. This is a direct line that goes back to Israel Putnam Jr. of Ohio to his daddy General Israel Putnam of the Revolutionary War that got us out on our own as the good old USA.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

Mary is listed as 35 MO.  The children in the household are: Jennie 18 IA, Carrie 13 IA, and Ada 9 IA.  They were living in a hotel. I don't find this family in 1870 in either Iowa or here. They are all here in 1885 and she says her name is Mildred then. Then she and Ada are here in 1900 and she is listed as M. A. born in Virginia. Good luck here.

 

WILLIAM R. (RILEY) PUTNAM  Centre Township, Smith County

He is William Riley Putnam 41 NY VT VT.  His wife, Mary E. Humphries, is 31 IL.  The children are: Helen A. 11 MO, James C. 10 IA, Beulah M. A. 8 IA, Hannah E. 5 KS, and William R. 3 KS. He is a son of Riley Putnam (3355) from Chester, Vermont. Riley Sr. was a son of Jesse Putnam and Lucy Coleman from Chester, Windsor County Vermont. William was born in Charlotte, Chautauqua County New York on December 3, 1838. He married Mary November 14, 1867. They were in Ringgold County Iowa in 1870 and here in 1875. They are here in 1895

 

JUSTIN E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Houston Township, Smith County

Listed as Jester, he is 49 VT VT VT.  His wife, Mary Ann Stafford, is 49 NY ENG VT.  The children at home are: Edwin W. (Willard) 19 IL, George W. (William) 11 MN, and Cora May 2 MN. They were in Wabasha County Minnesota in 1870, Kane County Illinois before that. They will be in Smith County Kansas in 1885 and he is widowed in Osborne County in 1895. He will then have a new wife Anna Salome Prince and they are there 1900 and 1910. He is a son of Reuben Putnam and Eleanor Abbott from Vermont. He was born in Bethel, Vermont on March 25, 1831. He married Mary Ann in Woodstock, Henry County Illinois on December 15, 1859. Of the children, Edwin was born in Kane County Illinois, George William in Lake City, Minnesota. Mary Ann will die and he will marry an Anna from Iowa some 37 years younger than him. They are here through 1920 when he is 88 and she 49.

 

 

1885 KANSAS STATE CENSUS

 

This was a tricky census. Virtually every family was listed with just initials. In most cases I could figure them out and added in the correct names. It is fortunate to have censuses only 5 years apart, most families were there on one side or the other. But ones I could figure were just too hard to guess at names.

 

BEN PUTNAM  Geneva, Allen County

He is a mason 74 MA. His wife Olive Price is 66 NY. The came down from Michigan in the 1860s and have been here ever since. He is a son of Abner Putnam and Nancy Stearns of Butlerville, Hampden County Massachusetts. He was born there May 14, 1810. He married Olive Price in Washtenaw County Michigan on November 5, 1839. They will be here a while, but he will return to Michigan and die in Branch County in 1899.

 

W. J. (WILLIAM JAMES) PUTMAN  Marmaton, Allen County

He is a farmer 22 AR. His wife Ella Woolsey is 21 AR and they have Nellie 1 AR. Also here is D H. Wilson 24 AR who may be her brother with bad spelling. He is a son of James Pervine Putman and Marinda Patterson from Benton County Arkansas. James was a son of Jahu Putman from South Carolina and then Tennessee. William Putman was born June 22, 1863. He married Estella 'Ella' Woolsey on November 16, 1882. She was born in Illinois in 1862. He died in Benton County, Arkansas on February 8, 1933 and is buried in the Barrows Cemetery. I do not find him in the 1900 and 1910 census reports. I do not know where he was. In 1920, he and Estella were in Washington County, Oklahoma without any children with them. Southern Putmans.

 

GEORGE L. (LEANDER) PUTNAM  Garnett, Anderson County

He is a liveryman 37 VT. His wife Dora (Dorothy) is 41 NY. He is George Leander Putnam son of Leander Putnam and Martha Pike from Vermont. Leander is a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth. He was born in Middlesex, Washington County, Vermont on September 17, 1807. The family has been here since 1856. They are married here through the 1910.

 

J. (JACOB) PUTNAM  Scott Township, Bourbon County

He is 36 TN, and his wife Celestina Lawton is 26 IL. They have Merta 5 MO and Bennie 2 MO. He is a son of William and Sarah Foland Putnam from Jefferson County, Tennessee. They were in Vernon County, Missouri before coming to Kansas in 1885. The family will be in Fort Scott, Bourbon County through the 1930 census. Not sure who this line is. The aren’t Southern Putmans, think late arrivals going back to Jeremiah Putnam who came into Virginia in the early 1800s.

 

KATIE PUTMAN  Fort Scott, Bourbon County

She is 6 KS and is a Mulatto living with a Johnson family that are also Mulattos.

 

J. R. (JOHN RUSSELL) PUTMAN  El Dorado, Butler County

He is a land agent 37 NY. His wife Genella Lord is 37 NY and they have Anna 13 NY, Herbert 11 NY and Sam 3 NY. He is a son of Samuel Putnam (2347) and Eliza Ann Hazard of Madison, Madison County, New York. Samuel was a son of Dr. Elijah Putnam of Madison. They were there in 1880. They will be here in 1900 and 1910, and then in Arkansas in 1920 and John will be back here widowed in 1930 and living with his son Darwin who will be born here in 1888. New Englanders.

 

ELTON PUTMAN  Glencoe, Butler County

Elton is 16 IL and his brother (David) Zolley Putnam is 17 IL. They live with William and Rebecca Mendenhall. Rebecca 57 IL is Rebecca McLain who was married to Alfred D. Putnam in Wabash County Illinois in 1860 and 1870 and widowed there in 1880. Elton and Zolley are her kids. The rest of her kids are still back in Illinois. Alfred was a son of Eber Putnam and Tryposia Ballard, and was born in Wabash County September 15, 1822. Elton will be here in Butler County in 1900 married to Georgia A. Britton. They are then in Colorado Springs Colorado in 1910 and in Wichita in 1920 and 1930. They will be in Wichita Kansas up until the 1940s.

 

W. (WILLIAM) F. PUTNAM  Towanda, Butler County

He is 34 OH and his wife I. M. (Ida Kenyon) 33 NY. They have a son R. (Roy) 10 KS, daughter E. (Ella) 8 KS, son E. (Emmett) 6 KS, another son E. (Ernest) 3 KS and an infant boy (Otto) 1 month old KS. He is a son of Solomon Putnam and Zerriah Ford as shown in Livingston County, Illinois in the 1860. He married Ida back in Livingston County, Illinois December 25, 1872. The family was out of New Hampshire originally. They were in Harvey County Kansas County in 1880 and Barton County in 1900. Ida will be widowed there in 1910.

 

JENNIE PUTNAM  Sedan Township, Chautauqua County

She is 36 NY, single and boarding.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Athelstane, Clay County

He is a farmer 45 CT. His wife Ellen A. Hamilton is 43 NY. They now have Bertha 16 IL, Anna 12 IL, Llewellyn 7 IL, William Henry Jr. 7 KS, Abbie 5 KS, Eunice 2 KS and Gerry 3/12 KS. William Henry Putnam is a son of Elbridge Gerry Putnam, they were in Kankakee County, Illinois in 1860. They were here in 1880, in Clark County in 1885 and in Riley County in 1900, and they all are in Nebraska by 1910.

 

CHARLEY PUTNAM  Highland Township, Clay County

He is a hotelkeeper 44 IN and his wife Sarah Lancaster is 41 OH. They have Frank 23 IN, William 21 MI, Fred 13 KS and Dell a son 5 KS. Also here are Ulysses Jones 15 IN, Ellen 12 KS, Dora 8 KS, Carey E. 3 KS. He is a son of Newton Putnam and his first wife Elmira Baldwin. Newton was a son of Ezra and Sally Putnam, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, then moved to Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont. Then Newton moved to Wells County Indiana where Charles was born. They were in Richardson County Nebraska in 1870 and here in 1880. They are in Douglas County in 1900 and back in Clay County in 1910 and after that.

 

E. (EDWIN) G. PUTNAM  Highland Township, Clay County

He is 57 VT and widowed as he has been since Sarah Oswalt died in the early 1870s. At home are Joseph Newton 26 IN and his wife Lizzi 23 MO and their kids Edward B. 2 KS and Charles L. 5/12 KS. The family will move to Garfield County, Oklahoma and Edwin will die there October 29, 1899 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. His son Joseph will be there in 1900. Joseph will have a new wife Jennie B. a couple of years older than him from Iowa. They are They will be in Harris County, Texas in 1910 and in Story County, Iowa by the 1920 census, and then Osage, Bourbon County, Kansas by 1930. Whew!

 

JOHN D. (DOYLE) PUTNAM  Meredith Township, Cloud County

He is 25 IA single and working on a farm. He states he came down from the Dakotas. He would be a son of John Putnam and Rachel Philbrick. He was born in Clayton County Iowa and was at home in 1870. His dad died there in 1874 and his mom re-married and went up to Bon Homme County South Dakota and was there in 1880. John here wasn’t listed then but as he says he came from there he was around there someplace. In 1900 the gang is in McDonald County Missouri. John went to Missouri in the late 1880s and is married to Senora Alice Caldwell from Missouri by 1890. They are there in 1900 and later in Newton County in 1910 through 1930.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Junction City, Davis County

He is 35 NY a farmer. His wife Armelda is 28 IL and they have Ida 12 KA, Perly 12 KS (a daughter though she is listed here as a son Hurly), Willie 7 KS and George 4 KS. He was single here in 1870 and married in 1880. He will be widowed in 1900 and 1910 in Geary County. A guess would be that he was the son of Lansing B. and Sarah Putman from Livingston County New York. That George was home there in 1850 at age 1. This is a New York Dutch family.

 

BENNETT PUTNAM  Lawrence, Douglas County

He is a carpenter 63 NH and his wife Mary Maria Dunmire is 48 PA. They still have Clara 18 KS and Effie May 16 KS at home. He is a son of Gideon Putnam and Sarah Barnes. He was born May 3, 1822 in West Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. They were married here in Elm Creek on December 24 1857. They are in Topeka, Shawnee County in 1900 and 1910 at ages 87 and 72. Mary is widowed there in 1920 at age 82.

 

J. D. (JAMES DANIEL) PUTMAN  Empire, Ellsworth County

He is now 65 KY and his wife Diadema Smith is 63 IN. They have at home now Daniel 25 IN, Martha 21 IL and Charles 17 IL. . He is a son of Reding Putman and his first wife Stacy Combs. He was born while the family was in Butler County, Kentucky and then went back to Fulton County, Illinois, and then to Washington County, Arkansas where he grew up. He married Damie there August 15, 1840. They were back in Illinois in 1860 and 1870 and are now here. James Daniel Putman died in Kansas on September 14, 1897 and Diadema died there on July 5, 1901. The son Charles James will be in Rice County in 1900. Southern Putman line. James’ brother Reding (junior) was my great grandfather.

 

HENRIETTA E. PUTNAM  Garfield, Ellsworth County

She is 50 ENG. She has Florence 17 MA, John Ernest 14 MA, and Edward Rawson 10 MA. The kids were all born in Worcester Massachusetts. She is Henrietta Elizabeth Crippen now says she is the widow of Harrison Kimball Putnam from Worcester. They were here in 1880. But he is alive and well and in 1900 is with his son Walter in Saline County. He is a son of Jasper Wheeler Putnam (#3105) and Mary Kimball, and was born in Grafton, Massachusetts March 22, 1830. They have been in Xenia, Ohio in the 1850s and 1860s, returned to Worcester, Massachusetts for a spell and then came out here in 1878.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Dodge City, Ford County

He is 35 MI. His wife Lou is 20 MO, and they have a son C. L. (Clarence Lee) 3 KS. Found that Clarence was born right here December 18, 1881 and will die in Tonopah, Nevada July 9, 1952. That was in his Grave Index, don’t know anything more about him or his folks. Sorry.

 

C. E. (CHARLES ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM  Richmond, Franklin County

He is a lumberman 25 KS. His wife Ida McGee is 25 IL and they have Webster M. 2 KS. He is a son of Leander Putnam and Martha Emorette Pike from Anderson County. He was home in 1880 and they are here in 1895, 1900 and 1910. In 1920 she is alone with the kids in Douglas County. In 1930 Ida is with her son Clifford in Oklahoma.

 

L. (LEANDER) PUTNAM  Richmond, Franklin County

He is 76 VT a retired farmer. His wife Martha E. Pike is 60 VT. They have Hattie E. 28 WI still at home. His son Charles is married here in town. He's been here since 1856. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth. He was born in Middlesex, Washington County, Vermont on September 17, 1807. Leander will die here in Richmond March 19, 1886. Martha and Hattie are here in 1900.

 

ALLIE PUTMAN  Walton Township, Harvey County

She is listed as 83 SC and lives with Thomas and Lavinia Sims and their family. Lavinia 51 Ilis her daughter. Alla Bridges was married to William Putman (a brother of my Reding Putman) from Washington County Arkansas. William was a son of Daniel Putman and Prudence Skelton from South Carolina. William died in Arkansas in the later 1860s. In 1871 Alla moved to Viga County Indiana, 18 miles from Terre Haute, to live with her youngest daughter Prudence who was married to Elijah Stout, they were in Clay County, Indiana in the 1880 census. Then in 1882, she moved to Harvey County, Kansas to live with another of her daughters, Lavina and her husband Thomas Sims. Alla died here in Walton, Kansas on August 12, 1887.

 

C. F. (CHARLES FRANCIS) PUTMAN  Grant Township, Jackson County

He is 37 NY. His wife Lydia E. Teague is 27 ENG and they have Nellie 16 IA and Fred 14 IA. He is a son of Jacob David Putman and Hannah Lewis from Cayuga County New York. The family moved to Iowa in 1863. He was in Jackson County, Iowa in 1860 and Fayette County, Iowa in 1870. He married Lydia in 1870 and they were here in 1880. They are in Elk County in 1900, back here in Jackson County in 1910, 1920 and 1930 at ages 81 and 75. Dutch family originally from Montgomery County New York.

 

IRENE PUTMAN  Burr Oak, Jewell County

She is a teacher 19 IL. She is living with Harriet Peck and her family. She is a daughter of Melvin Putnam and Margaret Calhoun. Melvin died in 1866, and was with her mother and step-father Edward Smith in Delaware County Iowa in 1870 and here in Jewell County in 1880.

 

ALLISON PUTMAN  Highland Township, Jewell County

He is 35 IA and his wife Fannie Jane Beechham is 30 IL. They now have Mabel Jane 11 NE, Thomas J. 8 KS, Edna J. 6 KS, Lola A. 4 KS, Edith M. 2 KS and Ella V. 3/12 KS. Allison James is a son of the following Jacob Putman. He was married and at home in 1875 and living on his own in 1880. They are here in 1900 and Jacob then 90 is with them.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Highland Township, Jewell County

He is now 75 NY and his son William is 28 IA. Jake’s wife Theodocia has died since 1880. Jake on the other hand is still here in 1900 at age 90. He is from New York and I am pretty sure he’s Dutch, but never have been able to pin him down.

 

A. PUTMAN  White Township, Kingman County

He is 67 KY and widowed. He has a son J. P. 27 IN and daughter N. J. 32 IN. They came here from Missouri. Good Luck. The family should be in Indiana or someplace in 1860, but can’t find them.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Oswego, Labette County

He is a plasterer 63 NY. His wife Sarah T. is 45 KY and they have Georgiana 20 IL. They were in Bureau County Illinois in 1870. They are here in 1880 and Sarah is widowed by 1895.

 

A. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 32 IA, and his wife Angelina is 24 MO.

 

A. C. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is in the Army here, but no age or anything is listed.

 

BENJAMIN PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 65 IA. His son Jacob is 24 Indian Territory and his wife Winifred is 21 IN.

 

E. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a cooper (barrel maker) 25 KS, single and boarding.

 

E. (EDWIN) C. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 76 NY a hatter (not the mad type, but a retailer of hats and caps). Also here is his stepson O. (Oleander) B. Putnam a printer 45 MI, Edwin has been here since the 1850s. He was married to Elizabeth in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania in 1850 and they were all out here in 1865 and 1870. No clue to his folks.

 

NELLIE PUTMAN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

She is 42 ENG and her daughter Winifred is 16 WI. They came here from Utah. They live with T. C. and Mary Forrester. Mary is 46 ENG and may be her sister. Nellie was married to Arthur A. Putnam in Beaver County Utah in 1880 and in Waupaca Wisconsin in 1870. Arthur was a son of Erastus and Rosella Putnam from Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He was at home there in 1850, and in Waupaca County in 1860. Folks were from New York and New Hampshire before that. They were in Waupaca County married in 1870 and in Beaver County Utah in 1880. Arthur will be in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington by 1910, and he will be there in an old soldier’s home by 1920. In the meantime Nellie and their daughter Winnie are in Utica New York by 1910. A divorce it seems.

 

SAMUEL PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a carpenter 29 KS. His wife Oliveta is 26 KS, and they have Bessie 4 VT?, Joseph 2 KS and Josie 6/12 KS.

 

WILLARD PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is a barber 32 MI and his wife Sarah Heatherington is 19 KS. They have Charley 2 KS and Charlotte 7/12 KS. He is a son of James Willard Putnam from Rochester, NY. James was in Calhoun County, Michigan in the early 1850s and married Phebe Edgett there in 1852 and Willard was born there. The family moved back to Rochester, NY, and he was shown at home there with his folks in 1860. He was in the Army stationed at Corpus Christi Texas in 1880. They will have 3 more kids and he will die October 30, 1889. Sarah will then marry Jordan Denton or Dunton in 1892 and they are here in 1900.

 

J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Orange Township, Lincoln County

He is 62 NH and his wife S. A. (Susan Almira Nash) is 62 MA. They were here in 1880 with a bunch of kids that are all gone now. He is a son of John Putnam (1083) and his second wife Sarah Priest Capron and was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire in 1823. They were there in 1860, in Northfield, Mass in 1870, and here in Kansas since 1872. In 1900 Susan and her son John Olen will be in Oklahoma. The son John is in Russell County right now.

 

N. H. (NATHAN HALEY) PUTNAM  Agnes City, Lyon County

He is 57 NY and his wife J. M. (Jane M. Titus) is 50 PA. . He is Nathan Haley Putnam, a son of Nathan Putnam and Nancy Trull of New Hampshire and then Ontario County, New York and then Erie County, Pennsylvania where Nathan married Jane. They were here in 1870 and 1880. Jane is widowed here in 1900.

 

H. C. (HENRY CLAY) PUTNAM  Americus, Lyon County

He is a farmer 47 OH. His wife Amanda Webster is 35 OH, and Curtis P. 21 OH, Leatha E. 13 OH and Israel L. 4 KS. Also here is Amanda’s brother Hugh Webster 25 OH. He is number 3205, a son of Lewis John Pope Putnam from Marietta Ohio. He had first married Elizabeth Ward Palmer in 1861 and she died in 1865. Amanda Webster is his second wife. They were married in Ohio May 27, 1870. They were in Ohio in 1870. Then they were in Chase County Kansas in 1880. They will be in Spokane, Washington next in the 1900 census. He will then be back in Lyon County, Kansas in 1910 with a new wife Martha.

 

E. B. PUTNAM  Freemont, Lyon County

She is 5 IA and lives with L. Frouth and his wife C. S. 36 OH who may be her mother.

 

FRED D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  Ivy Township, Lyon County

He is 28 NY and his wife Lydia E. Brown is 24 PA and they have Charles F. 1 KS and Lucy 5/12 KS. He is a son of the following Sidney Putnam and his first wife Lucy Ann Shephardson. He was at home here with his dad in 1880. They are here in 1900 and on.

 

SIDNEY PUTNAM  Ivy Township, Lyon County

He is 61 NY. His widowed sister Almira Putnam Lyon is 48 PA. Also here is his son Theodore 12 PA. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Betsy Barrett from Guilford County, Vermont and then to Buffalo, Erie County New York and to Warren County Pennsylvania. Sidney was born in Buffalo on March 5, 1824 and will die here in Kansas on May 23, 1908.

 

THOMAS A. (AMBROSE) PUTMAN  Waterville, Marshall County

He is a farmer 53 OH and his wife Mary Bond is 49 IL. Also here are his son William 29 IL, his other son Joseph 25 IL and his wife Amanda Jane Parker 22 IL. Joseph and Amanda were married in Brown County November 23, 1880. They are in Franklin Marshall County in 1895. In 1900 they are in Glenwood Township of Gage County, Nebraska. Then they are in Dodge County Nebraska in 1910, and in Garden County Nebraska in 1920. I haven’t found William yet in 1900. Also in the same household is his now widowed daughter Martha Ann Harding 31 IL and her two children Alta 6 and Harry 4. She was married to John Harding back in Brown County on June 5, 1877. Ambrose is a son of Elijah Putman and Matilda Kenton from Brown County Illinois and Champaign County Ohio and Kentucky before that. He was born July 8, 1832 and died July 1, 1894. He married Mary Bond September 9, 1852. Mary is widowed here in 1895 with her son William still at home with her. Southern Putman Family.

 

J. (JEREMIAH) PUTMAN  Bloomfield, Mitchell County

He is a farmer 33 IL. His wife Catherine Baird is 31 IL. They now have Arthur 13 IL, Claire 11 IL, Lulie (Louise) 8 KS, William 5 KS, W. C. a son 3 KS and James 1 KS. Also here is his brother Isaiah Guyman Putman 29 IL as he was in 1880. He is a son of Daniel Putman and Louisa Perry from Brown County Illinois. He and Catherine were married in Brown County March 18, 1871. In 1900 and 1910, they are in Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington and are still in Montesano in 1920 but the county name was changed to Grays Harbor. Southern Putman family.

 

N. (NEWTON) PUTNAM  Parker, Montgomery County

He is 80 MA. His wife Mary Corrsen is 73 PA. They came here from Indiana. He is a son of Ezra and Sally Eppes Putnam from Danvers, Massachusetts via Cavendish, Vermont. He has been in Wells County Indiana since the 1830s, and they were there in 1880. His first wife Elimira Baldwin died there in 1860. Mary Corrsen is his second wife. Newton will die in Clay County Kansas February 29, 1888 and Mary in Douglas County on May 12, 1899.

 

G. L. PUTMAN  Burlingame, Osage County

He is 25 IN and his wife Ella B. is 25 IL. They came here from Colorado where they were married. No ideas on G. L., probably George but??? In the 1920 Illinois Census there is an Ella Belle Putman age 60 IL and widowed in Canton, Fulton County Illinois. The age and all fits this Ella perfectly and Canton was a home for a bunch of the Southern Putmans. But????

 

I. (ISRAEL) P. PUTNAM  Liberty, Osborne County

He is 29 CT, his wife Anna B. Doty is 19 NE. They have James P. 3 KS. Also here is his brother George Brinley Putnam 27 CT. He is a son of Asa Spaulding Putnam (1635) and Sarah Elizabeth Wilbur. Israel (3286) was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut on October 29, 1855. His brother George (3288) was born there May 16, 1858. For your info, George will marry a widow Eva (Cooley) Underwood here in 1885, they will have one daughter, Hattie, and then he will die here in 1897. Eva will then move to Colorado and be there in Rio Grande County in 1900. These guys are three generations down from General Israel himself. Israel and Anna were married here May 20, 1880 and will be in Rooks County in 1900, and then back here in 1910 through 1930 at least.

 

MARGARET PUTMAN  Brows Grove, Pawnee County

She is 39 MD and widowed. She has her stepson John Daniel Putman 17 MD and her brother Isaac Albaugh 22 MD with her. Margaret Albaugh was the second wife and now widow of Jacob Putman. They were here in 1880. Jacob Ezra Putman was a son of Samuel Putman and Elizabeth Ann Summers of Frederick County, Maryland. He was born May 7, 1847, and died here March 2, 1885. He married twice, first to Sarah M. C. Mumford on October 1, 1867. Sarah died February 20, 1872 back in Maryland. He then married Margaret and headed out here. German line out of Maryland.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Freedom Township, Phillips County

He is a farmer 29 IN and his wife Eliza Jane is 29 IN. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Linninger, and was at home in 1860 and 1870 in Fulton County, Indiana, and here in 1880. They will be here in 1900 and in Reno County, Kansas in 1910 and then in Chautauqua County, New York in 1920. German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

M. D. (MEEK DAVID) PUTNAM  Walnut Township, Phillips County

He is a teacher 24 IA and his widowed mother Mary is 68 OH. David Meek Putnam is a son of John Putnam and Mary Meek and was born October 4, 1862 in Saline, Mercer County Missouri and was with his folks in Eden, Decatur County Iowa in 1870. John and Mary split up in the 1870s. She married

 

MAUDE PUTNAM  Hutchinson, Reno County

She is 19 PA single and boarding. Think she is a teacher. She is a daughter of John and Mina Putnam and was at home here in 1875 and 1880. John was a son of Clark Putnam and Mary Allen from Erie County Pennsylvania.

 

J. A. D. PUTMAN  Atlanta, Rice County

He is 4 KS living with E. Romig 52 and M. A. Romig 40.

 

R. (ROBERT) F. PUTMAN  Union, Rice County

He is a farmer 31 IA and came from Illinois. Josiah and Mary Kidd live with him. Mary is his sister. He is a son of James Daniel Putman and Diadema Smith from Fulton County Illinois and then Washington County Arkansas. The folks were in Ellsworth County in 1880 and Robert was here then. James was a son of Reding Putman and was a brother of my Reding junior. Southern Putman Family.

 

CORA PUTMAN  Victoria, Rice County

She is 12 KS and lives with Thomas and Mary Nicholas originally from England. There were no 6-8 year old Coras here in 1880.

 

MINNIE PUTMAN  Victoria, Rice County

She is 8 KS and was born here. She lives with Peter and Elizabeth Grunden from Pennsylvania. She looks to be Maud Putman a daughter of Douglas Putman and Margaret Milineaux. Her grandparents were here in 1880 and she was with her folks in Marion County. Douglas took off or got divorced or something and she ended up here. She is still here in 1895 with another family. She will marry a Jasper and they will move to Texas. All I have on her.

 

J. C. PUTMAN  Wellington, Rice County

He is a porter for the railroad 20 OH and he came here from Illinois.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Big Timber, Rush County

He is 70 NY and came here from Iowa. John was born in Otsego County New York, and was a son of David Putman and Mary Ferguson from Madison County New York. David was a son of George Putman and Mary Ferguson of Montgomery County New York. Dutch folks. John married Mary Meek and they were in Decatur County Iowa in 1870. He and Mary split up. Mary will remarry and then be widowed back there in 1880 and kids all gone. John will die May 30, 1898 in Pawnee County Kansas and Mary will die August 9, 1899 in Douglas County Missouri.

 

J. O. (JOHN OLEN) PUTNAM  Fairview Township, Russell County

He is a farmer 25 NH. His wife D. (Dora) E. is 27 NY. He is a son of John Putnam and Susan Almira Nash. He was born in Jaffrey New Hampshire and moved with his folks to Northfield Massachusetts in 1870 and has been in Lincoln County Kansas since 1872. His dad is a son of John Putnam (1083) and his second wife Sarah Priest Capron and was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. In 1900 he and Dora and his then widowed mother are in Grant County Oklahoma. They will eventually move to Washington State, where he will die in 1948.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Gypsum, Saline County

He is 25 MA single and boarding. The age is 28 and he is Walter Kimball Putnam a son of Harrison Kimball Putnam and Henrietta Crippen, He was with them in Ellsworth County in 1880. His mother is still back in Ellsworth County. He will be in Saline County in 1900 and so will his dad

 

M. (MARK) PUTMAN  Salina, Saline County

He is a clerk 25 IL. His wife Emma Klienfeld is 23 WI and they have Edith 1 KS. Emma’s widowed mother Anna Klienfeld 62 GER is with them. He was single here in 1880. He is the son of Jonathan Putnam and Frances Browner from Sangamon County, Illinois. They are in Mitchell County in 1895 and Topeka in 1900 and 1910. New England line.

 

C. T. (CLARK TARRANT) PUTMAN  Soldier, Shawnee County

He is a painter 53 PA and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Weaver is 39 VA. He is a son of Clark Putnam and Mary Allen of Northeast Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. He was born there and there up through the 1870. They were here in 1875 and 1880 in Marion County Kansas. Clark will die October 20, 1893 in Topeka, Kansas. Sarah will be in Hocking, Fairfield County Ohio in 1900 and die June 22, 1905 and be buried in Cowlesville, Wyoming County New York.

 

MILDRED A. PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

She is 58 and widowed. At home are Virginia W. 30, Carrie 17 and Ada 14. No states of birth were given on the whole page. They were all here in 1880 and she said her name was Mary from Missouri. She and Ada are here in 1895 and it states she is from Virginia and they came over from Iowa. She and the kids were here in 1880 and she said her name was Mary from Missouri.

 

W. R. (WILLIAM RILEY) PUTMAN  Center Township, Smith County

He is a farmer 46 NY. His wife Mary Elizabeth Humphries is 36 IL. They have Helen A. 16 MO, James C. 14 IA, Beulah M. A. 12 IA, Hannah E. 10 KS and William Riley Jr. 8 KS. He is a son of Riley Putnam (3355) from Chester, Vermont. Riley Sr. was a son of Jesse Putnam and Lucy Coleman from Chester, Windsor County, Vermont. William was born in Charlotte, Chautauqua County, New York on December 3, 1838. He married Mary November 14, 1867. They were in Ringgold County Iowa in 1870 and here in 1875 and 1880.

 

E. W. (EDWIN WILLARD) PUTNAM  Gaylord, Smith County

He is a clerk 21 IL. His wife Hannah J. is 18 IA and they have a daughter Callie M. 4/12 KS. He is a son of Justin Edwin Putnam and Mary Ann Stafford listed next. He was born in Kane County Illinois and was with the folks in Wabasha County Minnesota in 1870 and here in 1880. They are here in 1895 through 1930. New Englanders.

 

J. E. (JUSTIN EDWIN) PUTNAM  Houston, Smith County

He is 54 VT. His wife Mary Ann Stafford is 49 NY. They now have George William 16 MN, Cora May 7 MN. His son Edwin lives one town away ad is married now. There are four laborers living here too. He is a son of Reuben Putnam and Eleanor Abbott from Vermont. He was born in Bethel, Vermont on March 25, 1831. He married Mary Ann in Woodstock, Henry County, Illinois on December 15, 1859. They were in Wabasha County Minnesota in 1870, Kane County Illinois before that. He is widowed here in 1895 and then will have a new young wife Anna by 1900. They will be in Osborne County, Kansas in 1900 and 1910.

 

ELMER PUTMAN  Caldwell, Sumner County

He is 21 MD single and boarding. Elmer Elsworthy Putman is a son of John Jacob Putman and Rebecca Shriver from Frederick County Maryland. He was at home in 1870 and then he and two other kids kinda split off from the folks in 1880. He was born September 15, 1861 and died in October 1941. He married Bashie Marshall. In 1890 he is in Oklahoma, first in Kingfisher and then in Tulsa. By 1900 Bashie is alone in Oklahoma. By 1910 Elmer is in Colorado with a new wife Anna. German Family.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Sumner Township, Sumner County

He is a bricklayer 39 OH. His wife Harriet Boyer is 33 OH and they have Charles 13 OH. He is a son of John Gray Putman and Mary Reeder. The family is Dutch from New York State. His grandfather was Ernestus Putman who came to Darke County Ohio years ago. He married Harriet Elizabeth Boyer in Darke County on April 22, 1866. They were in Franklin County Ohio in 1880. I don’t find them after this.

 

JAS. & T.P. PUTMAN  Wellington, Sumner County

James or Joseph (hard to read writing) is a bricklayer 22 OH and T. P. is his brother I would guess is 21 OH.

 

E. (ELIJAH) PUTMAN  Franklin, Washington County

He is a teamster 44 IL. His second wife Laura Ellen Thompson is 30 IL, and they have a son H. (Harold) 19 IA and a daughter M. (Myrtle or Minnie) 15 IA. There is also another daughter M. (Myrtle) Milcham 7 KS who would be from Laura’s first marriage I guess. Laura and a son to be born in 1887 (Omar) are alone here in 1895. Elijah is a son of Abraham Putman and Elizabeth Duff from Davis County Iowa. I don’t find him after this. By 1900, Laura and Omar are with her then married daughter Myrtle in Kay County Oklahoma.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Kansas City, Wyandotte County

He is 25 WI, but came here from Illinois. He is a laborer and is single and boarding. Looks like the son of Lafayette Putman and Melissa Phillips. There was a John age 11 WI at home with them in Scott, Sheboygan County Wisconsin in 1870. Age and all fit just fine. Rand found him so Thanks Rand.

 

 

1895 KANSAS STATE CENSUS

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Garnett Township, Anderson County

He is 48 VT and his wife Mrs. (Dorothy A.) is 54 NY. He is a son of Leander Putnam and Martha Pike from Middlesex County Vermont. Leander was a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth and is number 1124 in Eben Putnam's books. He was born in Middlesex, Vermont. His first wife was Cynthia Stone who died in 1844. He married Martha back in Vermont in 1845. He moved here in 1856 after going to Wisconsin for two years. They were married here in 1885 and are in 1900 and 1910.

 

C. H. (CHARLES HAZEAL) PUTNAM  Indian Creek, Anderson County

He is 35 IL and his wife H. L. (Lois A.) is 26 or 36 IL. They have O. C. (listed a boy now and a daughter Essie in 1900) 8 IA. He is a son of Hazeal Putman (William Putman and Alla Bridges’ son) from Fulton County, Illinois. Lois will die here in 1910, no info on Charles though. The same cemetery records show his father Hazeal died here in 1891, and his mother Lydia Miller died here in 1912. Charles was in Linn County with his folks in 1880. He and the family are in Grand Rapids Linn County in 1900 and 1910. Charles is there in 1920 with a second wife named Winifred. Southern Putman Family.

 

E. A. (ELIZABETH ANN) PUTMAN  Atchison, Atchison County

She is 60 CAN, and has John 23 CAN and Carrie 18 CAN. She will be here widowed in 1900 with the two kids. Elizabeth Ann Dunn was married to George Young Putman and they were from St. Catherine’s, Lincoln County Ontario. They were all there in the 1881 Canadian Census. I don’t know when or where he died. He was a son of Jacob Putman and Rebecca Young from Lincoln County Ontario. This is a Dutch line going back into New York State.

 

HELEN E. PUTNAM Atchison, Atchison County

She is 62 NY. She lives with Benjamin and Helen L. Hudson. Helen Barker is the second wife and widow of Lyman Putnam. Lyman was a son of Cornelius Putnam and Bridget Nevins from Hanover, NH. The family was in Clarendon, Orleans County, New York in 1840, and earlier. Lyman was born back in Grafton County, New Hampshire. They were in Battle Creek, Calhoun County in 1860. She was widowed with her parents in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1870. Helen 32 MI is her daughter. They were both here in 1885, and are all still in 1900.

 

W. (WILLIAM) F. PUTNUM  Claflin, Barton County

He is 43 OH. Ida Mae Kenyon his wife is 42 NY. They have Roy 21 KS, Ella 17 KS, Emmett 15 KS, Ernest 12 KS, William 10 KS, Otto 6 KS and Nettie (Antoinette Belle) 2 KS. He is a son of Solomon Putnam and Zerriah Ford as shown in Livingston County, Illinois in the 1860. The family was out of New Hampshire originally. They were in Harvey County in 1880 and here in Barton County in 1900. Ida will be widowed here in 1910. He married Ida back in Livingston County, Illinois December 25, 1872.

 

O. P. (ORLANDO PROCTOR) PUTMAN  Hoisington, Barton County

He is 50 IL, his wife Clara Cone is 41 IL and they have Mabel 14 IL, Vernon 8 IL and Carter 6 IL. He is Orlando Putnam son of Proctor Putnam (#2786) and Rosilla Sargent. He was born in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois and grew up there. They moved here in the early 1890s after his father died. He married Clara E. Cone in Warren, Illinois January 6, 1875. They are all here in 1900. Clara and the two sons are in Des Moines, Iowa in 1910, and she is widowed then. I don’t know where or when Orlando died, but probably here in Iowa.

 

R. K. (ROY KENYON) PUTMAN  Hoisington, Barton County

He is 21 KS single and boarding. He is a son of William F. Putnam and Ida Kenyon from Butler County. He was home there in 1885 and in Harvey County in 1880 where he was born. The family was out of New Hampshire originally. He is also listed here with his folks too. They will be in Barton County in 1900. Roy will be married in Topeka Kansas in 1900. That’s the last time I find him.

 

KATY PUTMAN  Fort Scott, Bourbon County

She is a single Black woman 16 KS.

 

JACOB PUTNAM  Marmaton, Bourbon County

He is 40 TN. His wife Tina Lawton is 35 IL. They have Myrtle 14 MO, Ben 12 MO, Harry 8 KS, Boyd 5 KS, Grace 3 KS and Iva or Ivy 1 KS. He is a son of William and Sarah Foland Putnam from Jefferson County, Tennessee. He was born in May of 1853.  His wife Celestina Lawton was born in September of 1858. They were in Vernon County, Missouri before coming to Kansas in 1885. The family will be in Fort Scott, Bourbon County through the 1930 census. This is the Southern family that was just late comers as best I can figure. I can only get them back to Virginia in the 1700s a hundred years after my Thomas Putnam came there.

 

J. R. (JOHN RUSSELL) PUTNAM  El Dorado, Butler County

He is 47 NY. His wife Genilla Lord is 47 NY and they have H. L. (Herbert Lord) 21 NY, S. A. (Samuel) 13 NY and D. H. (Darwin) 8 KS. He is a son of Samuel Putnam (2347) and Eliza Ann Hazard of Madison, Madison County, New York. Samuel was a son of Dr. Elijah Putnam of Madison. They were there in 1880 and 1885, and will be in 1900. They will then be in Arkansas in 1920, and John will be back widowed in 1930 and living with his son Darwin.

 

W. H. (WILLIAM HENRY) PUTNAM  Vesta, Clark County

He is 55 CT. His wife Ellen A. Hamilton is 52 NY. They now have Anna 21 IL, Llewellyn V. 19 IL, William Henry Jr. 17 KS, Abbie 115 KS, Eunice 2 KS and Gerry 10 KS. William Henry Putnam is a son of Elbridge Gerry Putnam, they were in Kankakee County, Illinois in 1860. They were here in Clay County in 1880 and 1885. They are in Riley County in 1900, and then they all are in Dundy County Nebraska by 1910.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Green Township, Clay County

He is 54 IN and his wife Sarah Lancaster is 51 OH. They have a son Delmar 15 KS. He is a son of Newton Putnam and his first wife Elmira Baldwin. Newton was a son of Ezra and Sally Putnam, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, then moved to Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont. Then Newton moved to Wells County Indiana where Charles was born. They were in Richardson County Nebraska in 1870 and here in 1880. They are in Douglas County in 1900 and back in Clay County in 1910 and after that.

 

JESSIE PUTNAM  Ottumwa. Coffey County

She is 20 KS and lives with Margaret Ziegler 51 PA and her two kids. She is the daughter of Elias Putman. She was at home in Dickinson County in 1875 and 1880. I don’t find her in 1900 but she would be married then to Everett White here. By 1910 her dad is here living with them in Ottumwa.

 

M. E. (MARY ELIZABETH) PUTNAM  Arkansas City, Cowley County

She is 39 TN widowed and has C. (Charles) 15 IL, M. (Maggie) 14 KS, H. (Howard) 12 KS, J. (Jesse listed a daughter, but is Jesse James a son) 10 KS, F. (Florence) 9 KS and B. (Robert Bruce) 7 KS. They are here in 1900 through 1930, but I can’t find them earlier. Mary Elizabeth Smith was married to William Boyd Putnam who died here in 1894. He was a son of James Daniel Putman and Diadema Smith from Fulton County Illinois. Southern Putmans.

 

A. D. (ANSEL DELOS) PUTNAM  Liberty, Cowley County

He is 60 NY. His wife M. (Mariah Hurst) is 65 PA. Horrible image. They have a daughter T 6 KS. They came here from South Dakota. They were in Mercer County, Missouri in 1880. They were in South Dakota from the early 1880s till the early 1890s. They are all here in Cowley County in 1900. Dutch family out of New York State originally.

 

D. T. (DAVID THOMAS) PUTNAM  Liberty, Cowley County

Handwriting was horrible. He is 37 MN. His wife Sarah Margaret Hensley is 37 IN. They have C. W. (Clarence) 15 MO, A. W. (Arthur Willard) 14 MO, F. R. (Fred) 12 SD, Esther 7 SD, Etta or Elva 6 SD and an unreadable girl (Vernie in 1900) 1 KS. He is a son of Ansel Delos Putnam and Mariah Hurst who are listed above, and was in Mercer County, Missouri in 1880. David and Sarah were married in Cainsville Harrison County Missouri in 1878. They were obviously in South Dakota from the early 1880s till the early 1890s. They are here in Cowley County in 1900. David is widowed in Cowley County in 1910 and has a new wife Laura by 1920. Dutch family out of New York State originally.

 

CLARIE (CLARISSA) PUTNAM  Richland, Cowley County

Clarissa Duey is 55 OH and she has J. E. (James Edward) 27 OH and Iva 20 OH. She is married to John S. Putman from Ross County Ohio and Maryland before that. They moved to Kansas in 1881 and to Oklahoma by 1900. Clarissa died in February 1902 in Oklahoma. John was burned in a gasoline explosion in Ralston, Oklahoma on February 26, 1904 and was taken to his daughter Sarah Ellen's home in Salem, Kansas where he died on March 22, 1904. The son James was born September 12, 1838 in Ross County. He married Myrtle Hicks and they are here in 1900. He is widowed in Elbert County Colorado in 1910 and 1920. He will die in Salida Colorado August 15, 1954. This is a German family from Maryland.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Winfield, Cowley County

He is a traveling salesman 25 IL. His wife Jennie is 25 IN and they have Fred 3 KS. He is a son of John Putman and Mary Alice Fisher. He was born in Mason County Illinois and was with them in Tazewell County Illinois in 1880. His dad was born in Indiana a son of James L. and Susan Putman from Kentucky, and was at home with them in Kent County, Indiana in 1850. They are here in 1900 and 1910. Jennie is widowed in 1920 and 1930. Southern Putman family.

 

MARY L. PUTNAM  Winfield, Cowley County

She is 62 IL. She is living with Hettie V. Hasker and her kids. She is NOT Mary Alice Fisher mother of the above Edward Putnam.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Altory, Decatur County

He is 39 IA and his wife Amanda L. is 28 IN. They have Orville 7 KS, Myrtle 4 NE and Albert 2 KS. They came here from Iowa on the railroad. He is a son of Jacob and Theodocia Putnam from Scott County Iowa and then Benton County in 1870 and in Jewell County Kansas by 1875. They are in Norton County Kansas in 1900. Not sure who Jacob is but guess New York Dutch. He was born there.

 

H. K. PUTMAN  Holland, Dickinson County

He is listed 65 MA and this would be a duplicate entry for the following Harrison.

 

H. K. (HARRISON KIMBALL) PUTNAM  Wheatland, Dickinson County

He is 67 MA and his son E. R. (Edward Rawson) is 20 MA. Harrison is a son of Jasper Wheeler Putnam (#3105) and Mary Kimball, and was born in Grafton, Massachusetts March 22, 1830. They have been in Xenia, Ohio in the 1850s and 1860s, returned to Worcester, Mass for a spell and then came out here about 1877. They have been in Ellsworth County up till now. In 1885 his wife Henrietta Crippen was in Ellsworth County and said she was a widow. Looks like they split. She has died and he is back. Harrison is with his married daughter in Salina in 1900. I don’t find Edward in 1900 but he is married in Ellsworth County in 1910 and onwards.

 

C. (CHARLES) F. PUTMAN  Elk Falls, Elk County

He is 47 NY and his wife Lydia E. Teague is 44 ENG. He is a son of Jacob D. Putman and Hannah Lewis from Cayuga County New York. He was in Jackson County, Iowa in 1860 and Fayette County, Iowa in 1870. They were in Graham County Kansas in 1880, Jackson County in 1885, and will be here in Elk County in 1900 and then back in Graham County from 1910 through 1930 when he is 81 and she 75. Never had any children. New York Dutch family.

 

LUTHER PUTNAM  Ottawa City, Franklin County

He is 8 CA, and lives with Herbert and Emma Baldwin. His mother Ivy Adams had married Albert Baldwin before marrying his dad Charles Putnam. She died in the 1890s and Charles widowed in 1900. Probably why Luther was brought up here before heading West. He is here with them in 1900. Luther Lee is a son of Charles Clarence Putnam and Ivy Adams and was born in San Francisco, California January 11, 1887 and will die in Grass Valley, Nevada County California October 27, 1966. Charles Clarence Putnam was born in Danvers, Essex County Massachusetts in November 1847, was out in California by 1852 probably Gold Rush Days for his folks. His folks were Stephen Putnam and Augusta Sargent. His dad was a son of Samuel Putnam and Mary ‘Polly’ Herrick from Salem Village to Danvers. Luther married Mattie Myra Jackson in Los Angeles August 5, 1907. Mattie is a daughter of Duke Wellington Jackson and Hattie Kendrick. She was born in Miner, Miner County South Dakota August 23, 1885 and will die in San Francisco October 11, 1965. They are in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County in 1920 and 1930 and San Francisco after that till they pack it in.

 

C. E. (CHARLES ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM  Richmond, Franklin County

He is 35 KS and his wife I. M. (Ida McGee) is 35 IL. They have W. M. (Webster M.) 11 KS, I. B. (Ina B.) 9 KS and G. E. (George E.) 7 KS. He is a son of Leander Putnam and Martha Emorette Pike from Anderson County. Leander was a son of Jacob Putnam and Polly Worth and is number 1124 in Eben Putnam's books. He was born in Middlesex, Vermont. His first wife was Cynthia Stone who died in 1844. He married Martha back in Vermont in 1845. He moved here in 1856 after going to Wisconsin for two years. Charles was at home in 1880 and they were here in 1895, and will be in 1900 and 1910. In 1920 she is alone with the kids in Douglas County. In 1930 Ida is with her son Clifford in Oklahoma.

 

G. W. PUTNAM  Junction City, Geary County

He is 50 NY. His wife M. (Armilda) is 38 IL, and they have Ida 21 KS, Pearl 19 KS and George 13 KS. A guess would be that he was the son of Lansing B. and Sarah Putman from Livingston County New York. That George was home there in 1850 at age 1. This is a New York Dutch family. He was single here in 1870, married in 1880 and 1885, and will be widowed here in 1900 and 1910.

 

F. (FRED) L. PUTMAN  Grant Township, Jackson County

He is 24 IA and his wife Lucy E. Little is 21 KS. He is a son of Charles F. Putman and Lydia Teague from New York. They were in Graham County, Kansas in 1880. He and Lucy are here in 1900 through 1930. Charles was a son of Jacob D. Putman and Hannah Lewis from Cayuga County New York. They are in Graham County through 1930. Dutch family from New York.

 

ALLISON PUTMAN  Highland, Jewell County

He is 45 IA and his wife Frances Jane Beechham is 40 IL. They have Mabel J. 21 NE, John Thomas or Thomas J. 18 KS, Edna J. 16 KS, Lola L. 14 KS, Edith M. 12 KS, Ella V. 10 KS, Winifred N. 8 KS, James A. 3 KS and Jacob 2 KS. Jacob’s name was scratched out and he isn’t here in 1900 so I guess he died young. His father Jacob is here now too. They have been here since the 1870s. Jacob will be here in 1900 in fact, at age 90. Allison James Putman is a son of Jacob from New York. In 1850-60 they were in Scott County Iowa in 1870 in Benton County Iowa, and here from 1880 on. He is widowed here in 1920. I am pretty sure this is a New York Dutch family, but just can’t pin the dad Jacob down yet.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Highland, Jewell County

He is 85 NY and lives with his son Allison.

 

E. C. PUTMAN  Mankato, Jewell County

He is 41 IL and his wife R. is 27 IA. He is a doctor and a druggist and came here from Nebraska.

 

HIRAM PUTNAM  Rural Township, Kingman County

He is 67 OH and his wife Mary Ann Hobbs is 59 PA. He was born September 20, 1831, a son of Gabriel Putman and Susannah Weimer from Stark County Ohio and Pennsylvania before that. They have been in Stark County up till now, and will be here in 1900. They are in Sedgwick County in 1910 when he is 78 and she is 74. I don’t find them in 1920, but Mary Ann is widowed in Sedgwick County in 1930 at age 94 PA with her widowed daughter Ada Florence Elliott. This is the German Putman family from Pennsylvania.

 

LIZZIE PUTMAN  Oswego, Labette County

She is widowed 32 IA and her daughter Birdie is 12 IA. Can’t find them in Iowa or here in 1885. In 1900 they are with her dad John Clover in Barry County Missouri.

 

RACHEL PUTMAN  Oswego, Labette County

She is 77 TN and boarding. Rachel Musgrove is the Widow of Daniel Thomas Putman, son of William Putman and Allie Bridges from Arkansas. During the Civil War, Daniel was taken out of his home by Federal troops and shot as a Confederate. He was killed on the night of July 5, 1864 near Sulphur Spring, Arkansas. Rachel’s daughter Lucinda married Alfred Bradshaw out here in Labette County about 1877. He died here in 1895 and that’s probably why Rachel is out here now. Southern Putmans.

 

SARAH PUTMAN  Oswego, Labette County

She is 58 KY and boarding by herself. She was married to Henry Putnam from New York. They were in Bureau County Illinois in 1870 and here in Oswego in 1875 and 1880. She is here with her married daughter Georgiana in 1900 and 1905.

 

S. (SILAS) D. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 24 KS and his wife Emma R. Courtney is 19 PA. He is a son of the following Silas and Sarah Putnam. He was here with them in 1880 and 1885. They are here in 1900 with a son Silas Ross Putnam. In 1910 he has a new wife Kittie Gardner and in 1920 he is in San Diego California with a third wife Ada.

 

SILAS R. PUTNAM  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 67 VT and his wife Sarah is 58 IRE. They have Mary Hoagland Putnam from Sarah’s first marriage 28 KS and Addie Putnam 18 KS. He is a son of Silas Putnam and Martha Jordan from Vermont and then Lenawee County, Michigan. He was single here in 1860 and 1865. In 1870 he was married to Sarah who was married to a Hogland before marrying Silas. Sarah is widowed here in 1900 and 1905.

 

WILL PUTTMANN  Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

He is 31 KS (actually MI). His wife Emma is 24 KS and they have Jessie 8 KS and Willie 6 KS. They are in Topeka in 1900. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Sarah Lancaster from Clay County. Charles was a son of Newton Putnam from Vermont, and was in Wells County, Indiana in 1850, where he was born. The family was in Richardson County, Nebraska in 1870, and Clay County in 1880 where William was born. They are here in 1900 and 1910.

 

N. H. (NATHAN HALEY) PUTNAM  Agnes City, Lyon County

He is 67 NY, and his wife Jane M. Titus is 60 PA. Also here is Lester Campbell 16 KS. He is Nathan Haley Putnam, a son of Nathan Putnam and Nancy Trull of New Hampshire and then Ontario County, New York and then Erie County, Pennsylvania where Nathan married Jane. They have been here since the 1860s. Jane is widowed here in 1900 and 1910.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Agnes City, Lyon County

He is 59 NY and lives by himself. He would be another son of Nathan Putnam. He has been in Peoria Illinois up till now and will be back there with his wife Angie in 1900. He works for the railroad and was probably here at census time.

 

C. P. (CURTIS PALMER) PUTMAN  Emporia, Lyon County

He is 32 OH. His wife Anna Walkup is 27 VA and they have Mabel 5 KS and Helen 1 KS. Also here are Bert Hoover 8 KS from Anna’s first marriage I guess and her sister Jennie Walkup 37 VA. He is a son of Henry Clay Putnam and Amanda Webster, and was born in Devil's Dam, Ohio. The family was in Chase County, Kansas in 1880. His folks are now in Oregon. They are here in 1900 through 1930 and then forever. New England family.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Ivy Township, Lyon County

He is 40 PA. His wife Laura Alma Peacock is 36 TX. They now have Lucile A. 10 CO, Frank J. (James) 8 CO, J. (John) Sidney 4 CO and Mary E. (Elizabeth) 2 CO. He is a son of Sidney Putnam and Lucy Ann Shepherdson from Buffalo New York and here in Breckenridge County by the 1850s. Sidney was a son of Daniel Putnam and Betsy Barrett from Guilford County, Vermont and then to Buffalo, Erie County New York and then Warren County, Pennsylvania.

 

FRED D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  Ivy Township, Lyon County

He is 38 NY and his wife Lydia E. Brown is 34 PA. They have Charles 11 KS, Lucy 10 KS, Sidney 8 KS, Ralph 5 KS and Alma 2 KS. He is a son of Sidney Putnam and Lucy Ann Shepherdson from Buffalo New York and here in Breckenridge County by the 1850s. Sidney was a son of Daniel Putnam and Betsy Barrett from Guilford County, Vermont and then to Buffalo, Erie County New York and then Warren County, Pennsylvania. Sidney will be here till he dies in 1908. Fred and Lydia are here through 1920. She will die here in 1928 and Fred will marry an Adelia and they are here in 1930. Adelia will die in 1932, not sure when Fred will though.

 

SIDNEY PUTNAM  Ivy Township, Lyon County

He is 71 NY and widowed. He has at home Theodore 22 KS and his wife Jeanette Jane Rabourn 23 MO. Sidney was a son of Daniel Putnam and Betsy Barrett from Guilford County, Vermont and then to Buffalo, Erie County New York and then Warren County, Pennsylvania. Sidney will be here till he dies in 1908. Theodore and Nettie are here with Sidney in 1900. They are still here in 1930 and I am sure longer.

 

HATTIE PUTNAM  Jackson, Lyon County

She is 19 KS and living with J. A. and Mary Eagles and works in their hotel. She is a daughter of Elias Putman as shown in 1880 in Abilene, Dickinson County Kansas.

 

JOSEPH PUTMAN  Franklin, Marshall County

He is 34 IL and his wife Amanda Jane Parker is 28 IL. They have Mollie 9 KS, Josie 7 KS, Gracie 5 KS and Nettie 2 KS. He is a son of Thomas Ambrose Putman and Mary Bond from Brown County Illinois. They were there in 1880 and then he and Amanda were with his folks here in 1885. His dad just died here July 1, 1894, and his mom is in Marysville. Joseph was born in January 1860. His wife is Amanda Jane Parker born in Illinois in September 1865. They were married in Brown County November 23, 1880. In 1900 they are in Glenwood Township of Gage County, Nebraska. They are in Butler County Kansas in 1905, and then they are in Dodge County, Nebraska in 1910, and in Garden County, Nebraska in 1920. Southern Putman family.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Marysville, Marshall County

She is 63 IL and has her son Will 40 IL. She is Mary Bond now the widow of Thomas Ambrose Putman. She and Ambrose were from Brown County Illinois. Southern Putman family.

 

E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Marysville, Miami County

He is a blacksmith 55 MI. William H. Putnam 14 IL and Joseph Putnam 12 IL are two of his sons. Edwin is a son of Jeremy Putnam from Vermont then to Michigan where Edwin was born. He married Julietta Lawrence and they were in Whiteside County Illinois in 1880 and then South Dakota and then Missouri. Edwin and the family will be in Cedar County Missouri in 1900.

 

M. (MARK) PUTMAN  Beloit, Mitchell County

He is 36 IL and his wife Emma Klienfeld is 32 WI. They now have Edith 11 KS, Marie 6 KS and Nettie 2 KS. He was single in Salina Kansas in 1880 and married there in 1885. He is the son of Jonathan Putnam and Frances Browner from Sangamon County, Illinois. They are in Topeka in 1900 and 1910. He will die and Emma with be with her then married daughter Edith in Seattle Washington in 1920 and then Portland Oregon in 1930. New England line.

 

J. E. (JUSTIN EDWIN) PUTNAM  Downs Township, Osborne County

He is 62 VT and his daughter Cora is 17 MN. He is a son of Reuben Putnam and Eleanor Abbott from Vermont. He was born in Bethel, Vermont on March 25, 1831. He married Mary Ann in Woodstock, Henry County, Illinois on December 15, 1859. They were in Wabasha County Minnesota in 1870, Kane County Illinois before that. They were in Smith County Kansas in 1880. She died in the 1880s and he was widowed in 1895. Then in 1900 he will have a new wife Anna much younger than he. They will be in Osborne County, Kansas in 1900 and 1910.

 

E. W. (EDWIN WILLARD) PUTNAM  Hawkeye, Osborne County

He is 34 WI, his wife H. (Hannah) J. is 33 OH. They have C. M. (Callie) a daughter 10 KS, G. A. (Grace) a daughter 9 KS, Leota 7 KS and V. T. (Vera) another daughter 1 KS. He is a son of Justin Edwin Putnam and Mary Ann Stafford. He was born in Kane County Illinois and was with the folks in Wabasha County Minnesota in 1870. They were in Smith County in 1880 and will be there from 1900 through 1930. New Englanders.

 

G. B. (GEORGE BRINLEY) PUTNAM  Natoma, Osborne County

He is 37 CT and his wife Eva (Cooley) Underwood is 32 IA. This is Eva’s second marriage and they have Elenore Underwood 15 KS and Ann Underwood 13 IL. They also have their own daughter Hattie Putnam 8 KS. He is a son of Asa Spaulding Putnam (1635) and Sarah Elizabeth Wilbur. George married a widow Eva (Cooley) Underwood here in 1885. He will die here in 1897. Eva will then move to Colorado and be there in Rio Grande County in 1900. He was with his brother Israel here in 1885. These brothers were three generations down from General Israel himself.

 

W. D. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Ottawa County

He is 22 IA and his wife Margaret is 20 IA and they came from there.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Larned, Pawnee County

He is indexed as Rutman but looks like Putman. He is 73 NY and came here from Iowa. Can’t find him here or Iowa in 1880 or 1885. Rand found a John Peter Putman in Montgomery County New York in 1900 at age 79 NY and who died there in 1901. Maybe, but wonder why he wandered out here all by himself? May actually be a Rutman, who knose.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Phillipsburg, Phillips County

He is 39 IN and his wife Eliza J. is 39 IN too. The have Elsie J. 10 KS, L. Blanche 7 KS, Estelle (really Ira Estel a son) 5 KS and a daughter J. 8/12 KS. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Linniger, and was at home in 1860 and 1870 in Fulton County, Indiana, and here in 1880 and 1885. They will be in Reno County, Kansas in 1910 and in Chautauqua County, New York in 1920. German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

M. PUTMAN  McClelland, Pratt County

She is 11 KY living with several people.

 

MAUD PUTMAN  Eureka, Rice County

She is 17 KS single and boarding. There was a Minnie Putman age 8 KS living in Victoria Rice County in 1885. Should be same gal. She looks to be Maud Putman a daughter of Douglas Putman and Margaret Milineaux. Her grandparents were here in 1880 and she was with her folks in Marion County. Douglas took off or got divorced or something and she ended up here. She will marry a Jasper and they will move to Texas. That’s all I have on her.

 

I. (ISRAEL) PUTNAM  Paradise, Rooks County

He is 29 CT and his wife A. (Anna Bell Doty) is 29 NE. They have J. (James) 13 KS, M. (Mary) 8 KS and W. (William) 5 KS. He is a son of Asa Spaulding Putnam (1635) and Sarah Elizabeth Wilbur. Israel (3286) was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut on October 29, 1855. Israel and Anna were married in Osborne County Kansas May 20, 1880 and will be in Rooks County in 1900, and then back to Osborne in 1910 through 1930 at least.

 

BENNETT PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

He is 72 NH and still doing carpentry work. His wife Mary Maria Dunmire is 57 PA. He is a son of Gideon Putnam and Sarah Barnes. He was born May 3, 1822 in West Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. They were married here in Elm Creek on December 24 1857. Just couldn’t wait till Christmas to ‘open the present.’ They are here in Topeka through 1920 and Mary is widowed here in 1930. Both were in their late 80s or 90s when they died.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

He is 47 IA, His wife Emma A. Woodruff is 38 OH and their son Roy is 17 IA. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam from Indiana and Marion County Iowa. John will be in Topeka Kansas in 1895. In 1900 John will be in Jefferson County Texas. Eventually he will move to Los Angeles where he will die June 2, 1931. Also living next door or possibly with them are Emma’s folks A. 78 OH and Eliza 77 CT Woodruff. New England family.

 

KATE PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

She is 40 OH a schoolteacher. I think she is 48 OH as she was here in 1880 a single schoolteacher then too. She is Catherine Douglas Putnam a daughter of David Putnam Jr. (Eben Putnam #1573) and Hannah Munson. She was born in Harmar, Washington County Ohio August 9, 1842 and find-a-grave has her death there on January 13, 1892. But that is not her or read wrong. She is going strong in 1920 in Pennsylvania She is home there in 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880. In the Ohio 1880 she is single and 37 years old. Then she is also listed in Topeka Kansas in 1880 as a teach and is there single in 1895, 1900, 1905. Then in 1910 she is out in Sacrament, California with her widowed sister Mary Burr Putnam. Then in 1920 she is in Aspinwell, Allegheny County Pennsylvania with the widowed husband of another sister Elizabeth Perkins Putnam. This is a direct line that goes back to Israel Putnam Jr. of Ohio to his daddy General Israel Putnam of the Revolutionary War that got us out on our own as the good old USA.

 

M. (MILDRED) A. PUTNAM  Topeka, Shawnee County

She is 60 VA and has her daughter A. (Ada) M. 20 IA with her. They were here in 1885.

 

L. (LEWIS) B. PATMAN  Spring Brook, Sheridan County

He is 34 VA and came here from Nebraska. His wife Mary is 23 IN, and they have Grace 6 KS and Thomas 2 KS. They are here in 1900 and also listed as Patman, so not really Putmans.

 

W. R. (WILLIAM RILEY) PUTMAN  Center Township, Smith County

He is 56 NY. His wife Mary E. Humphries is 46 IL and they have Beulah 22 IA. He is a son of Riley Putnam (3355) from Chester, Vermont. Riley Sr. was a son of Jesse Putnam and Lucy Coleman from Chester, Windsor County, Vermont. William was born in Charlotte, Chautauqua County, New York on December 3, 1838. He married Mary November 14, 1867. They were in Ringgold County Iowa in 1870 and here in 1875. In 1900 they have gotten a divorce or split up. Mary is here in 1900 and 1910 with the kids. Bill is in Missouri and back here in 1910 and 1920, and he is living here all by himself as is Mary.

 

L. E. (LAURA ELLEN) PUTNAM  Hollenberg, Washington County

She is 40 IL and has a son O. O. (Omar Oliver) 8 KS. They live with P. A. Thompson 80 NC who may be her widowed mother as both say they came here from Illinois. She was here married to Elijah Putnam from Illinois in 1885. Elijah was a son of Abraham Putman and Elizabeth Duff from Davis County Iowa. In the 1895-1889 Denver City Directories Elijah is with his daughter Kate in Colorado, but I don’t find either in 1900. By 1910 Laura is in Kansas City Kansas and Omar is married across the Missouri River in Kansas City Missouri.

 

EVA PUTNAM  Neosho Falls, Woodson County

She is 38 IL and her daughter Ruth is 11 IL. Eva Henrietta Brown was married to Christopher W. Putnam a son of Victor Putnam and Adeline Hardy. New York Dutch folks. They were married April 12, 1882 and then split Think Eva was number 2 of 3 wives Chris had. Eva will marry Eber Jennings and they all are in Atchison Kansas in 1900.

 

CARRIE PUTNAM  Kansas City, Wyandotte County

She is 32 IN. She is a nurse.

 

HENRY PUTMAN  Kansas City, Wyandotte County

He is 42 IA and his wife Violet is 23 IA. They have H. a son 5 KS, Fred 4 KS and Alvin 2 KS. Henry is a butcher. They are here in 1900 but the two oldest sons will have died by then. Henry says he was born in Pennsylvania then. I can’t find him in either state in 1880.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Kansas City, Wyandotte County

He is 34 VT, his wife M. is 32 VT and Julia is 12 KS.