MINNESOTA

CENSUS REPORTS

1850 - 1895
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Prior to 1850, Minnesota was included in the Michigan Territory census returns. There was a Federal census in 1850 even though Minnesota did not become a state until 1858. There was a State Census taken in 1857 then 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895 and 1905. There are later ones, but they aren’t indexed yet. These are included in with the Federal Censuses. The 1857 to 1895 are included in order.

 

 

UPDATED OCTOBER 22, 2023

 

MINNESOTA 1850 CENSUS

 

The following is a listing of people included in the 1850 Minnesota Census Index, but I have not been able to find them in the actual Census Reports. If they are here later, I'll note what I know about them.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Hutchinson, McLeod County

He and Harriet Baldwin and their kids are here in 1860, but they are actually listed back in Ashtabula County Ohio. Henry would be 42 NY and Harriet 34 CT. They have two children both born back in Ashtabula County Ohio where they were prior to venturing up north. They will remain here all their lives. Henry was born in Erie County NY on January 21, 1805. He is a son of John Putnam and Prudence Walton of Sutton, Mass. His grandfather was Cornelius Putnam (number 339 in Eben Putnam's book) and Elizabeth Perkins of Sutton. They went to Erie County PA where they were in 1820. In 1830 the family was in Athens County OH and in Ashtabula County OH in 1840. He went up here in the 1840s. He married Harriet Baldwin in Ashtabula County Ohio on September 16, 1835. He will die here in Hutchinson on June 8, 1890. Henry’s line is Henry > John > Cornelius > Cornelius > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John Putnam.

 

CLARISSA PUTMAN  Elmira, Olmsted County

 

SARAH E. PUTMAN  Forest Township, Rice County

 

ALICE A. PUTMAN  Forest Township, Rice County

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Wilton, Waseca County

He's about 24 NY. He'll be here the rest of his life. He's a register of deeds in 1860 and then an attorney. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam (906) and Elizabeth Brown. He was born in Essex, Essex County New York. He is named for his grandfather Tarrant Putnam number 334.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Marine Township, Washington County

He's about 22 ME and single. He'll be here in 1860. He is a raftsman from Maine.

 

 

1857 MINNESOTA STATE CENSUS

 

This was a special state census. It is also interesting to note that many of the people who are in this census are not around three years later in the Federal Census of 1860. Also, most of the listings are under the Putman spelling, even though many should be listed as Putnams, especially the New England ones. I have changed the ones I am certain about over to Putnam.

 

Then Matt Putnam found more and here is the new listing he put tighter. Many Thanks Kiddo! 

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  St. Francis, Anoka County

He is a Farmer 45 (should be 63) MA, his wife Mary E. (should be Fanny) is 40 (should be 60) MA and Charles E. a Farmer 23 MA. Charles Putnam and Fanny Sibley were married on 3 Oct 1816 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. They appeared in Sutton up until now. They will be here in 1860 and the census taker will get their ages right. In this census record the ages are off, just like a lot of listings in the Minnesota 1857. In any case Charles is a son of Aaron Putnam and Sarah Putnam. His line is Charles > Aaron > Archelaus > Edward > Edward > Edward > Thomas >John. New England family.

 

G. W. (GEORGE WHITMORE) PUTNAM  Anoka Township, Anoka County

He is 36 (actually 30, he was born August 11, 1827 in Sutton, Mass.) MA, C. W. (Catherine) 28 MA, Kate 3 MA. Also there are Mary E. Putnam 38 MA (his sister born in Sutton on July 3, 1819), and F. M. Stoel a man 27 MA. George is number 2189 in Eben’s book. His folks are Joseph Putnam (number 926) and his second wife Tammy Whitmore. The line goes back from his father Joseph > David > Cornelius > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John.

 

M. PUTNAM  Anoka Township, Anoka County

He is 26 MA. He's not around in 1860. He is George’s brother Porter Franklin Putnam. He was born in Sutton, Mass. on July 21, 1831.

 

J. B. (JAMES BAKER) PUTMAN  Benton County

He is 50 MA and a carpenter, C. M. (Climina Mae Stanley) his wife is 46 ME, C. R. (Charles Ropes) 20 ME, Sarah E. 17 ME, J. E. (James Edward) 15 ME, Mary B. is 10 MA, F. L. (Frederick Lee) 5 MA, and Frank G. 4 months MN. James is number 1807, and is a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Elizabeth Baker. He was born in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts on May 9, 1807. In 1812, his family moved to Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. He married Climina in Monticello, Aroostook County on February 27, 1830. They left Maine around 1845, and moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts. In about 1849 they came out here. They will be here a while and then move to Montana. James will die in Helena February 12, 1874, and Climina will be shown as a widow there with some of the kids in 1880 and 1900 and then she will die herself in 1904.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Dodge County

He is 23 NH and a farmer. He is not here in 1860. In 1850, he was living with a Blaisdell family in Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. No clue as to his folks though.

 

LUMAN PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 30 NY, Lavina (Vanderwark) 23 NY, Mary Jane 4 NY, Celestina 2 NY and Emily C. 1 NY. They just arrived. He is a son of Oren Putnam and Alvira Schofield. He was born in Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York. They were married October 10, 1851. They were there in the 1850 census. In 1860, they will be in Wright County, Minnesota. Luman will die in 1863 and Lavina will marry Robert Randall and be in Douglas County, MN with all these kids in 1870. Luman’s dad, Oren is number 2844 in Eben’s book. He was born in Brookfield, New York on January 5, 1807. The line goes back Oren > Andrew > Andrew > Elisha > Elisha > Edward > Thomas > John.

 

FREDERICK PUTNAM  Hennepin County

He is listed as Stergis Putnam. Maybe that’s his middle name. He is Frederick though. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Mary King of Madison County, NY. Fred Sr. was a son of Charles Putnam and Martha Rose of Preston, Connecticut. They were in Madison, NY in 1850 and are here in 1860. He is 52 NY, his wife Mary Maynard 39 NY and they have Lucretia 17 NY, Julia 15 NY, Clifina 13 NY and John or Jim 12 NY. Ages are off based on the 1860.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  St. Anthony, Hennepin County

He is a Carpenter 25 ME and is living in a boarding house headed by A. Lemming and a bunch of mother people who all appear to be unrelated. He is Henry Roscoe Putnam, a son of James Baker and Climina Stanley. He was in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1855. Henry will be here in 1865 married to Margaret Scott with some children. After that Henry and family will be in Los Angeles, California in the 1870 census. His line is Henry Roscoe > James Baker > Joshua > Joshua > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John. New England family.

 

LUCIEN PUTNAM  St. Anthony, Hennepin County

He is a Clerk 30 ME and is living with John H. Doan a Merchant 22 ME and Anna Doan 25 ME. Lucien Putnam is the son of Sterne Putnam and Hannah Townsend who are currently in Stearns County. Lucien is missing in the 1860 census but he should be around here somewhere. In 1865 he will be in Minneapolis with wife Elizabeth Merrill and a couple of children. His line is Lucien > Sterne > Joshua > Joshua > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John. New England family

 

J.A. (JOHN ABRAHAM) PUTMAN  Hokah, Houston County

He is a Mill Wright 22 VT and is living with Randolph Seaman a Blacksmith 48 NY, his wife Emily Seaman 42 NY and their family. Not sure if they are related or not. He might be John Abraham Putnam, the son of John Glidden Putnam and Thankful Putnam (a Putnam cousin) from Springfield Vermont. The age and Vermont birthplace are a match. John Abraham Putnam will next be found living in Chariton Township, Appanoose County, Iowa. His line is John Abraham > John Glidden > John > Timothy > Seth > Thomas > Thomas > John. New England family.

 

HOLT PUTNAM  Irving Township, Meeker County

He is 21 VA with no occupation listed. He should be a member of the Southern Putman family but he doesn't appear in the 1850 census. No ideas.

 

S. M. (SAMUEL MORRIS) PUTNAM  Little Falls, Morrison County

He is a surveyor 23 PA and his brother P. P. (Perley Porter) is 21 PA and also a surveyor. They are sons of Thomas Putnam (1091) and Zilpha Miller from Tioga County Pennsylvania. They were there in 1850. Sam will die here shortly on October 1, 1857 while surveying here in Little Falls. Perley is back in Pennsylvania and married by 1860.

 

J. G. PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 33 NY, Catherine his wife 24 OH, Matilda 6 IN and Elizabeth 18 NY, probably a sister. They are outa here by 1860.

 

C. PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 32 NY. He's gone by 1860.

 

S. K. (SAMIUEL KIMBALL) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is a Grocer 28 MA, his wife Mary A. Edgerton is 26 NY, Julia 5 NY and Elizabeth 9 NY. He is listed as "S.K." and he is Samuel Kimball Putnam. He has a dual listing here in St. Paul. He is the son of James Putnam and Martha Downing and was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1829. His dad James was a son of James Putnam (Eben’s number 1670). His dad James was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts July 6, 1801 and married Martha February 17, 1822.  In 1850 Sam was single in a boarding house in Delhi, Delaware County New York. He married Mary in Delhi, Delaware County, New York and the daughter Julia was born there in June 1852. They will be here in 1860 and then forever. New England family.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is a Cook 30 IRE and appears to be living in a boarding house with a bunch of other people from Ireland. He is gone by 1860 and not seen again. No ideas.

 

S. K. (SAMIUEL KIMBALL) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 28 MA and his wife Mary Edgerton is 24 NY and they have Julia 5 NY living with them. He is listed as "L.K." but he is Samuel Kimball Putnam. He is the son of James Putnam and Martha Downing and was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1829. His dad James was a son of James Putnam (Eben’s number 1670). His dad James was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts July 6, 1801 and married Martha February 17, 1822.  In 1850 Sam was single in a boarding house in Delhi, Delaware County New York. He married Mary in Delhi, Delaware County, New York and the daughter Julia was born there in June 1852. They will be here in 1860 and then forever. New England family.

 

JOHN G. (JOHANNES GARRETT) PUTMAN  Township 109 (Walcott), Rice County

This Census Record is a mess. He is 26 PA (should be 63 NY), Melissa 23 NY, Lucy 5 NY, Joseph 2 MN. He should be John Garrett Putman who was in Will County, Illinois in 1840 and 1850. His wife Rebecca Wells died there on 28 October 1838. There is no record of John Garrett remarrying however. Something is wrong with this census record and the other families here in Rice County as well. The census taker somehow made a total mess of this listing and Melissa and the kids don't actually belong to John Garrett. His son-in-law George Dorrance 44 IN (should be 44 VT) and married daughter Maria Putman Dorrance 16 IN (should be 25 NY) are next door. The ages are all off though. John Garrett Putman will be here in Walcott, Rice County in 1850 living with his daughter Hannah Marie and her husband George Dorrance. His line is John Garrett > Johannes L. > Lodewyck A. > Arent J. > Jan. Dutch Family.

 

PLINY PUTMAN  Township 109 (Walcott), Rice County

He is a Farmer 35 PA (should be 23 NY), Martha 35 PA, Israel 16 PA, George 14 PA, W. H. a son 11 WI, Jabel 8 WI, Julia 3 MN. He is a son of the above listed John Garrett Putman and Rebecca Wells. He was born on 19 July 1834 in Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York and not in PA. As mentioned, the 1857 Census for Rice County is a mess. Pliny Putman never married and Martha and the kids don't actually belong to him. Pliny is missing from the 1860 census but will be in Nashville, Martin County in 1870 and then Delavan, Faribault County in 1880. His line is Pliny > John Garrett > Johannes L. > Lodewyck A. > Arent J. > Jan. Dutch Family.

 

W. (WILLARD) A. PUTNAM  Township 111, Rice County

He is a farmer 28 NH, his wife Sarah E. Stearns is 24 NH, William (should be Willard) 6 NH. He is a son of William H. Putnam and Susan Briggs. They are the ‘Other’ English Putnam line from Yorkshire. His granddad Thomas Putnam came to Connecticut in the 1700s and then went up to Norfolk County Massachusetts where Willard was born. Willard and family will be here in 1865 and 1870. Then they will be back in Hookset New Hampshire by 1880. Sarah is widowed in New Hampshire in 1900 and 1910. The son Willard is around here in Minnesota in 1880 and onwards.

 

ISRAEL PUTNAM  Rice County

He is 24 NY, a carpenter. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam from Essex, New York. He was born there November 6, 1834. His brother Tarrant is in Waseca County now, and his other brother William is in Le Sueur County. He was with William in Winneshiek County Iowa in the 1856 state census. He will marry Eudora Ray here and then die sometime in the 1870s. She will be back home in New Hampshire in 1880, then return here and marry his brother William in Le Sueur in 1881.

 

JOHN E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Township 33, Sherburne County

He is an Inn Keeper 30 MA and his wife Nancy A. Merriam is 28 MA and A. Lois 1 Month MN. John Elmer Putnam is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. He will be here in 1860 and 1870. His line is John Elmer > Tyler >  Archelaus > Archelaus > Edward > Edward > Edward > Thomas > John. New England Family.

 

HENRY T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Township 33, Sherburne County

He is a Farmer 24 MA, his wife Caroline P. Newton is 20 MA, Jane E. 4 MA and Henry A. 1 Month MN. He is John's younger brother. Henry is a farmer now, and they are here in 1860 and 1865. Then they will move to Stearns County and open a grocery store by 1870. His line is John Elmer > Tyler >  Archelaus > Archelaus > Edward > Edward > Edward > Thomas > John. New England Family.

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Owatonna, Steele County

This one is interesting. He is indexed as 30 NY but on the page it looks more like 80 NY. He is listed as a "Daugerman"  Artist whatever that is. Tarrant is living in a boarding house of sorts headed by William H. Welsey a Farmer 26 NY but none of the other folks appear to be related. He may be the Tarrant Putnam currently living in Waseca County but that seems unlikely. 

 

STEARNE PUTNAM  Township 126, Stearns County

He is a Carpenter 50 MA, his wife Hannah Townsend is 50 MA, Henry H. 18 MA. He is listed as Stearns. Sterne Putnam is a son of Joshua Putnam and Betsy Baker and was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. The family moved to Holton, Maine right on the Canadian border. Hannah and the kids were in Mass. in 1850. Sterne is number 1804 in Eben's book. His line is Sterne > Joshua > Joshua > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John. New England family

 

FLETCHER PUTMAN  Wabasha County

He is 62 VT, Adaline Carter, his wife, 50 VT, George F. 25 VT, William A. 23 VT. Then there are two others, somebody Young 25, Sarah R. Pope 24. Then there is a James A. Putman 6 NY (listed as Jane A. in 1860). He is widowed here in 1860. Fletcher and Adeline were born in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont. William was also born in Vermont. Jane was born in New York. Adaline is Adeline Jane 'Delila' Carter. They were in Wayne County NY in 1850. Fletcher is number 1266 in Eben's books. His folks are Daniel Putnam and Dorcas Bone of Graften, Windham County, VT. Daniel is number 513. The line goes back from Fletcher > Daniel > Miles > Edward > Edward > Thomas > John.

 

GEORGE F. (FLETCHER) PUTMAN  Wabasha County

He is a Farmer 25 MA and is living with R.M. White a Farmer 48 NY, his wife Jane White 44 NY and their family. In 1860 he is listed 28 VT, which is correct. He is the above Fletcher's son and is getting a dual listing as far as I know. Not sure if they are related or not.

 

ALVERS Z. (ZEBINA) PUTNAM  Wabasha County

He is a lawyer age 27 NY, Janie Elizabeth Fuller 26 NY and Flora 8 NY. They are here in 1860. He is number 3430, a son of Pliny Putnam (1702) and Flora Egerton of Florence, Oneida County, New York. He was born October 1, 1829.

 

HENRY PUTMAN  Wabasha County

He is 25 NY. In 1860 he is listed 37 NY and will be married by then. Matt Putnam really dug into this guy with a relationship to a niece and all. So … He is a son of Aaron Putman and Mary Ecker from Madison County New York. He was at home in 1840 then wandered out here. He will is in the 1850. Then in the 1860 married to Emily, 1870, 1880, 1885 still married to Emily. She died I guess and he wandered back to New York and died there in 1904 and was brought back here to be buried. Dutch guy. The line goes back Henry >Aaron > Jacob > Arent Victor > Victor Janse > Jan.

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Waseca County

He was here in 1840. He is still single at age 32 NY and is now a professor. See 1850 for his line out of NY.

 

SIMEON PUTNAM  Afton, Washington County

He is a preacher 34 MA. His wife Julia Ann Bacon is 32 MA and they have Myron L. 12 MA. He is number 2187 a son of Joseph Putnam (926) and Polly Putnam from Sutton Massachusetts. They were in Lynn Massachusetts in 1850. They are here in 1860. I don’t find any of them after this. According to Eben Putnam’s book he died in Minnesota.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Stillwater, Washington County

She is 20 NY and is living with a family headed by William C. Hempstead 45 NY a Hotel Keeper. Mary will be here in 1860 as well. Not sure who she is though.

 

SEMPHRONIAS D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  Winona County

He is 29 NY, Tamar Amanda Houck his wife 28 NY and Helen 1 MN. Then there are a bunch of folks who are siblings. Eliza Jones 22 NY and her daughter Martha Jones 4 MA. ALONZO DAVIS PUTNAM 22 NY, ISAAC EDGERTON PUTNAM 20 NY, RENY PUTNAM 36 NY, Avery Houck 22 NY, PLINEY 56 NY and FLORA EDGERTON PUTNAM 54 NY, CHARLES PUTNAM 11 NY and WORTHY ADELBERT PUTNAM 9 NY. They are al here in 1860. This whole group came out of Arwkright, Chautauqua County, New York in the 1850s. Semphronius is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Edgerton. He was born there September 20, 1827.

 

POLLY PUTNAM  Winona County

She is 41 NY, Elijah 21 NY, Henry 19 NY, Sophronia 17 NY and Sebuse or something, a daughter, 9 NY. She is Polly Scott, the widow of Nathaniel Putney. They were living with sons Elijah and Udney and the rest of the kids in Leicester, Livingston County, New York in 1850. The census taker wrote them down as Putnams but they are Putneys. They are missing in the 1860 census but appear here in 1870 listed properly as Putney. Not one of ours but leaving them here so you don't get confused.

 

H. A. (HERBERT ASA) PUTNAM  Winona County

He is 25 NY, a mechanic, Celintha J. (Gates) 24 NY and Nellie (Helen Cordelia) 2/12 MN. They are here in 1860. He is from Essex, Essex County, New York. He was there, boarding, in 1850. His folks were Hiram Putnam and Ruhama Marshall. Hiram was a son of Asa Putnam and Polly Fowler of Orange County, Vermont.

 

SILAS (AMOS) PUTMAN  Winona County

He is a farmer, 34 VT, Lucy Hayden 33 VT, Pliny (Pliney Dewey) 11 VT and Frances 6 NH. He'll be in Elgin, Wabasha County in 1860, and Big Lake in 1870. He is Silas Amos number 3413. He was born in Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont in 1822. He married Lucy Maria Hayden October 1, 1844. His parents were Silas Putnam (1695) and Dorothy Abbot.

 

 

MINNESOTA 1860 CENSUS

 

GEORGE W. (WHITMORE) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 32 MA, Catherine Hall his wife 31 MA, Kate 4 MA. Also there is E. M. Murch 22 ME a laborer. He was here in 1857 and is a son of Joseph Putnam and Tammy Whitmore of Sutton, Massachusetts. George will be here till he dies December 23, 1898, and Catherine will die here January 21, 1927 at age 97.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Ramsey, Anoka County

He is 65 MA, Fanny Sibley 62 MA and Charles E. 25 MA. He is number 2725. He is from Sutton Massachusetts. He will die before 1870, and Fanny will be with her son Harrison. Harrison is presently in Worcester, Mass. and in Union, Connecticut back in 1850.

 

J. L. or I. L. PUTNAM  Lavensworth, Brown County

He is 30 MA and his ‘brother’ Charles F. is 24 MA. Charles F. is Charles Franklin Putnam, son of Osgood Putnam (2122) and Rhoda Hall of Groton, Massachusetts. Not sure of the J. L. Charles had a sister Laura and one named Julia, both would be around 30 now, but I think this is probably a guy. No thoughts really. Charles will shortly join the Union Army, and later (around 1880) go to Arizona.

 

IRA PUTNAM  Hampton, Dakota County

He is 23 NY and working on the farm of Henry Bean of NY. He is the son of Joseph Putnam and Harriet Curtis from Genesee County New York, the Summit County Ohio and then in Branch County Michigan. Ira will be back in Branch County Michigan, and married for the 1870 census.

 

FREDERICK PUTMAN  Richfield, Hennepin County

He is 60 NY, Mary C. Maynard, his wife, 58 NY, Lucretta 19 NY, Julia 17 NY, Leiphion (Tryphosa Zyphene) a daughter 15 NY, Jay (Frederick John) 13 NY and George 11 NY. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Mary King of Madison County NY. Fred Sr. was a son of Charles Putnam and Martha Rose of Preston, Connecticut. They were in Madison, NY in 1850 and here in 1857. They are here in 1865 and then in Redwood County in 1870 and 1880.

 

JULIA PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 18 NY and boarding. Very likely the same gal shown above with Fred.

 

H. R. (HENRY ROSCOE) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 28 ME, M. L. (Margaret E. Scott) 21 ME (actually IL), W. F. a son 2 MN, N. S. a daughter 1 MN, and his sister Mary Emma is 12 ME. He is Henry Roscoe Putnam, a son of James Baker and Climina Putnam. His folks were in Minnesota in 1850, but he wasn’t listed with them. May have been here in Minneapolis then. They are here in 1865, and then he will join the Army, and will be in Los Angeles in the 1870 census.

 

SARAH PUTNAM  Excelsior Township, Hennepin County

She is 20 ME in a boarding house. She would be the sister of the above Henry Roscoe Putnam. Her full name is Sarah Elizabeth Putnam, a daughter of James Baker Putnam.

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Le Sueur Township, Le Sueur County

He is a carpenter, 29 NY, Lucy E. Ladd his wife is 25 NY, Georgiana 7 NY, Frederick 2 MN, Harlan 2/12 MN. He was in Essex County New York in 1850 and in Winneshiek County Iowa in 1856. All will be here in 1865 and 1870 except young Harlan. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam and Elizabeth Brown from Essex New York. His brothers Israel and Tarrant are out here in Minnesota as well.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Hutchinson, McLeod County

He is 52 NY and a blacksmith. Harriet Baldwin his wife is 44 CT, Winslow (Gordon Winslow) 19 OH, Jennette 17 OH. He is a son of John and Prudence Putnam and was in Ohio from the 1820s. In 1830 and 1840 the family as in Athens County Ohio and in 1850 was in Ashtabula County Ohio. Henry and Harriet were married in Athens County Ohio on September 16, 1835. His father, John, was born in Royalston, Massachusetts and then moved a few miles south to Connecticut. They will be here still in 1870 and in 1880. This line goes back Henry > John > Cornelius (339) > Cornelius (127) > Benjamin (23) > Nathaniel > John.

 

ELIZA PUTMAN  Racine, Mower County

She is 23 NY and living with Charles and Nancy Currier. Nancy is 24 NY, possibly a sister.

 

ANSON (ANSEL DELOS) PUTNAM  Elmire, Olmstead County

He is listed as Anson, but is David and Mary Putnam's son Ansel. He was born in Madison County NY and then went with his whole family to Townsend, Huron County Ohio and was there in the 1850 census. He married Maria Ellen Hurst there and came up here in about 1856. He'll be here a while and then in about 1866, they will all head off to meet his brothers in Mercer County Missouri where it is a tad warmer. At any rate, Ansel is 29 NY, Maria 23 PA, Emmett 5 OH, David 3 MN and Clarence 1 MN.

 

J. L. PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 29 MA and a bookkeeper. The next guy may be a brother, but they weren't here in 1857, and both are gone by 1870.

 

S. K. (SAMIUEL KIMBALL) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 30 MA and a grocery merchant. His wife Mary Elizabeth Edgerton is 29 NY, Julia 8 NY, Albert 2 MN. They are here in 1865, and will be in Chicago in 1870, and he’ll then be a ‘retired’ grocer. He will die in Chicago November 1, 1874. He is a son of James Putnam and Martha Downing and was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1829. His dad James was a son of James Putnam (Eben’s number 1670). His dad James was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts July 6, 1801 and married Martha February 17, 1822.  In 1850 Sam was single in a boarding house in Delhi, Delaware County New York. He married Mary in Delhi, Delaware County New York and the daughter Julia was born there in June 1852. Albert was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in July 1857. They will have a son Frank Putnam here in September 1862. They are in Chicago in the 1870 and will have a daughter May Edgerton Putnam there in June 1870 and then he will die there November 1, 1874. Mary is widowed with the kids in Chicago in 1880.

 

W. (WILLARD) A. PUTNAM  Forest, Rice County

He is a farmer 32 MA. His wife Sarah E. Stearns is 31 MA, Willard 9 NH and Augusta 2 MN. He is a son of William H. Putnam and Susan Briggs. They are the ‘Other’ English Putnam line from Yorkshire. His granddad Thomas Putnam came to Connecticut in the 1700s and then went up to Norfolk County Massachusetts where Willard was born. The have been here since the late 1850s and are here in 1865 and 1870. Then they will be back in Hookset New Hampshire by 1880. Sarah is widowed in New Hampshire in 1900 and 1910. The son Willard is around here in Minnesota in 1880 and onwards.

 

J. G. (JOHANNES GARRETT) PUTMAN  Walcott, Rice County

He is 65 NY, and lives with his daughter Hannah Marie and her husband George Dorrance. He was in Will County Illinois since the 1830s. His wife, Rebecca Wells died there in 1838. He will die here in Walcott in 1864. Dutch folks.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is John Elmer Putnam 33 MA, his wife Nancy Merriman 31 MA, Jane 7 MA and Elmer 2 MN. They are living in a hotel. He is a Registrar of Deeds. He'll be here with more kinds in 1870. John and the up-coming Henry are sons of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. John and Nancy were married in Oxford, Massachusetts on November 13, 1849. Tyler is number 2734 in Eben's books, his folks were Archelaus Putnam (number 1220) and Phoebe Hicks of Sutton.

 

HENRY T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 27 MA, Caroline Newton, his wife, 23 MA and Mary 2 MN. He is John's younger brother. Henry is a farmer now, and they are here in 1865. Then they will move to Stearns County and open a grocery store by 1870 and stay indoors.

 

STERNE PUTNAM  Brockway, Stearns County

He is 60 MA, Hannah Townsend, his wife, 59 MA, Julius 27 ME, Henry H. 21 ME. His mom, Elizabeth Baker Putnam 83 MA is with them. Sterne was a son of Joshua Putnam and Betsy Baker and was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. The family moved to Holton, Maine right on the Canadian border. Josh died there and the whole family moved to the next coldest place they could find, right here. Hannah and the kids were in Mass. in 1850. I guess waiting to come out here. Anyway, Sterne is number 1804 in Eben's books and his father Joshua is number 748 if you want to trace the line back. The family is in Minneapolis by 1865 and 1870.

 

TARANT PUTNAM  Owatonna, Steele County

He is 30 NY and an artist. He is also listed in Wabasha County as a professor. He is a son of Elisha Putnam from Essex, New York and has been here a while. He’ll be married by 1870.

 

ALVERS Z. PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He is an attorney, 30 NY, Jane E. Fuller 29 NY and they have Flora Jane 10 NY. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton. They were here in 1860.

 

FLETCHER PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He is 65 VT and now widowed. He has William A. 26 VT and Jane A. 9 NY. He was here in 1857 with his wife Adaline Carter who has died recently. His son Nahum also is out here now.

 

GEORGE C. PUTMAN  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He is 28 VT, single and a farmer. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and is living next door right now. He was also listed in 1850 with his folks in Wayne County New York and here in 1857. George will be here in 1870.

 

SILAS A. (AMOS) PUTNAM  Elgin, Wabasha County

He is 36 VT, Lucy Maria Hayden 35 VT, Pliny 14 VT, and Frances 7 NH. He is number 3413, a son of Silas Putnam (1695) and Dorothy Abbot who live in Chester, Windsor County Vermont.

 

T. W. (THOMAS WORTHY) PUTNAM  Elgin, Wabasha County

One of Gilbert and Thankfull's chillen. He is 28 NY, Lucretia Wealthy Towne, his wife, is 21 NY, Ella 5 WI, Willis 3 WI and Billy 1 MN. The family will be in Dodge County Nebraska in the 1870 census.

 

HENRY PUTMAN  Mazeppa, Wabasha County

He is 37 NY, Emily 30 KY. They will be here in Chester, Wabasha County through 1885 and still no kids. He is a son of Aaron Putman and Mary Ecker from Madison County New York. He was at home in 1840 then wandered out here. He will be in the 1850. Then in the 1860 married to Emily, 1870, 1880, 1885 still married to Emily. She died I guess and he wandered back to New York and died there in 1904 and was brought back here to be buried. Dutch guy. The line goes back Henry >Aaron > Jacob > Arent Victor > Victor Janse > Jan.

 

N. D. (NAHUM DUNCAN) PUTTMAN  Township 109, Wabasha County

He is 32 VT, his wife Elizabeth Ann Ingersol 22 NY and they have William 3 NY and Wallace 2 MN. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and Adeline Carter. He was born back in Windham County Vermont and was with the family in Wayne County New York in 1850. His dad is listed here in the County. The folks came out here about 1855 and Nahum a few years later. He will be killed in the Civil War on December 16, 1864. His widow Elizabeth will then marry his brother William and they are all here in 1870.

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Wilton, Waseca County

He's been here since the beginning, and is still single (but wait for 1870). He is now 34 NY and a Register of Deeds. He lives in a rooming house. He is a son of Elisha Putnam from Essex New York.

 

SIMEON PUTNAM  Afton, Washington County

He is listed as Samuel Butman a Congregational Minister 38 MA. His wife Julia Ann Bacon is 35 MA and they have Myron L. 15 MA and May L. 1 MN. He is number 2187 a son of Joseph Putnam (926) and Polly Putnam from Sutton Massachusetts. They were in Lynn Massachusetts in 1850. They were here in 1857. He was born in 1822 and will die here September 11, 1864. Julia will be remarried here in 1870 and 1875 with their daughter May.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Marine Township, Washington County

He is 32 ME and lives in a hotel. He is still a rafts man and has been here since the 1840s. He's gone by the 1870 census.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Stillwater, Washington County

She is 23 NY and lives and works in a hotel.

 

PLINEY PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 61 MA, his wife Flora Egerton is 54 NY and they have Alonzo D. 24 NY, Charles Putnam 17 NY, Worthy A. 15 NY. Pliny (number 1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. I believe he was born in Winchendon on November 21, 1801. He married Flora in 1825 in Florence, Oneida County New York. They were all in Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York in the 1850 census. He will be here in 1870 and widowed in 1880.

 

SEMPHRONIAS D. PUTMAN  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 30 NY, Amanda (Tamar Amanda Houck) 29 NY and H. A. (Hester Arabelle) 4 NY (actually it's MN). He was here in 1857 with a whole gang of brothers, sisters, and no folks. In 1857 his wife was listed Tamar, now it's Amanda and in 1870 it's just T. A., but is the same gal. Her name is Tamar Amanda Houck, they were married back in Chautauqua County New York. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton and will be with them in Winona County next census.

 

H. A. (HERBERT ASA) PUTNAM  Stockton, Winona County

He is 28 NY, C. J. (Celintha Gates) 28 NY and Nellie C. (Helen Cordelia) is 2 MN. They were here in 1857. They will be back in Essex County New York where he was born in 1870 and 1880. In 1900 through 1920, he is widowed, or at least single in Barnard, San Diego County California. In between, he will go to Providence, Rhode Island and practice medicine for a bunch of years. His daughter Helen will remain there until she dies.

 

LUMAN PUTNAM  Middleville, Wright County

He is now 33 NY, Lavina Vanderwark his wife 25 NY, Mary Jane 7 NY, Celestia 5 NY, Emily 3 NY, and Frank S. 1 MN. He is a son of Oren Putnam and Alvira Schofield from Stockton, Chautauqua County N.Y. They were there in 1850 and in Minneapolis in 1857. Luman will die shortly on October 31, 1863, and Lavina and the kids are in Hennepin County in 1865. She will then marry Robert Randall and the whole bunch will be in Douglas County in 1870 (except Luman of course).

 

PETER PUTMAN  Silver Creek Wright County

He is 47 NY, Patience Godfrey his wife 31 NY, Sophronia 14 NY, Charles Henry 12 IL, Mary E. 9 IL and Julia C. 6 IL. This is a New York Dutch family. Peter is a son of John (Johannes) Putman and Maria Sager from Jefferson County NY. The family was in LaSalle County Illinois in 1850. They will still be here in 1865 and 1870.

 

 

1865 MINNESOTA STATE CENSUS

 

In this census only names are taken, no ages or birthplaces. Many were here in 1860 and are in 1870.

 

JANE & CORNELIA PUTNAM  South Bend, Blue Earth County

They live with Lyman and Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews. They are also here in 1870 and give New York as their place of birth. Same with Lucinda who is their mother. Jane and Cornelia are daughters of Jay Mortimer Putnam and Lucinda Capron and were at home in 1850 in Lee, Ontario County New York. Jay died there November 18, 1854.

 

G. B. PUTMAN  Claremont, Dodge County

He is living with a Hagard family.

 

LEVINA PUTNAM  Medina, Hennepin County

Levina Vanderwark is the widow of Luman Putnam who died October 31, 1863. They were in Wright County in 1860 and Lavina will marry Robert Randall and they and the kids are in Douglas County in 1870. Luman was a son of Oren Putnam and Alvira Schofield from Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York. They were there in 1850 and in Minneapolis in 1857. With her now are Mary, Celestia, Emily, Frank, Alvira and Martha.

 

CHARLES (ROPES) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He has his wife Laura Bracket and daughter Laura Ellen. Then there are his mom M. C. M. (Climina Mae), sister Emma and brother Fred Putnam. He is a brother of Henry who he is listed with. Both are sons of James Baker and Climina Putnam from Houlton Maine. His folks were in Minnesota in 1850.

 

H. R. (HENRY ROSCOE) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

Here are his wife Maggie Scott, and Annie and James Henry. Then there is his brother Charles and family that I’ll list separately. Then there are several people and finally his three sons Edwin, James and Frank Putnam. He is a son of James Baker and Climina Putnam from Houlton Maine. His folks were in Minnesota in 1850, but he wasn’t listed with them. May have been here in Minneapolis then. They were here in 1860. He will join the Army, and will be in Los Angeles in the 1870 census.

 

(ISRAEL) LUCIEN PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He and his wife Elizabeth Merrill now have Carrie, Julia. Then there are his folks Sterne Putnam and Hannah Townsend, and their kids Julius F. and Joseph R. and Henry H. Sterne was a son of Joshua Putnam and Betsy Baker and was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. The family moved to Holton, Maine right on the Canadian border. Josh died there and the whole family moved to the next coldest place they could find, right here. Hannah and the kids were in Mass. in 1850. I guess waiting to come out here. Anyway, Sterne is number 1804 in Eben's books and his father Joshua is number 748 if you want to trace the line back.

 

FREDERICK PUTNAM  Richfield, Hennepin County

With him are his wife Mary C. Maynard and kids Lucretia, Tryphena, Frederick J. and daughter Jessie. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Mary King of Madison County, NY. Fred Sr. was a son of Charles Putnam and Martha Rose of Preston, Connecticut. They were in Madison County New York in 1850 and here in and 1860 and will be in Redwood County in 1870 and 1880.

 

ABBIE PUTMAN  St. Anthony, Hennepin County

She is living with a bunch of single people, most likely in a hotel.

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Sharon, Le Sueur County

He and his wife Lucy E. Ladd have Georgiana, Fred and Luella. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam and Elizabeth Brown from Essex New York. His brothers Israel and Tarrant are out here in Minnesota as well. They were here in 1860 and are in 1870.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Glendale, McLeod County

He was here in 1860 and will be through the1880. At home are his wife Harriet Baldwin and then a son S., another George and a daughter W. D. It should be a daughter Julia, and sons Winslow and James. Screwed up listing. He is a son of John and Prudence Putnam and was in Ohio from the 1820s. In 1830 and 1840 the family as in Athens County, Ohio and in 1850 was in Ashtabula County, OH. Henry and Harriet were married in Athens County, Ohio on September 16, 1835. His father, John, was born in Royalston, Massachusetts and then moved a few miles south to Connecticut. They will be here still in 1870 and in 1880. This line goes back Henry > John > Cornelius (339) > Cornelius (127) > Benjamin (23) > Nathaniel > John.

 

GEORGE PATNAM (PUTNAM)  Austin, Mower County

His wife is listed Chastine. In 1870 there is a George and Charlotte Putnam in Mower County but they have a son Irving who would be about 4 now. At any rate this is the same family that is here in 1870 and in Marion County Oregon in 1880. George is the son of George Putnam and his first wife Margaret Yeardon from Herkimer County New York. He was there in 1860 single.

 

CLARK PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is single and in a hotel or something with just men there. He next appears in 1880 here and says he is a native.

 

S. K. (KIMBALL)  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is here with his wife Mary Edgerton, Julia, Albert, Frank, John H. Also listed are Henry and Annie Kent. They were here in 1860 and are in Chicago by 1870. He is a grocer. He is Samuel Kimball Putnam a son of James Putnam and Martha Downing and was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1829. His dad James was a son of James Putnam (Eben’s number 1670). His dad James was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts July 6, 1801 and married Martha February 17, 1822. In 1850 he was single in a boarding house in Delhi, Delaware County New York. But there were no other Putnams around so no clue to folks. He married Mary in Delhi, Delaware County New York and the daughter Julia was born there in June 1852. Albert was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in July 1857. No ideas on folks yet. They will have a son Frank Putnam here in September 1862. They are in Chicago in the 1870 and will have a daughter May Edgerton Putnam there in June 1870 and then he will die there November 1, 1874. Mary is widowed with the kids in Chicago in 1880 and 1900.

 

WILLARD A. PUTNAM  Forest Township, Rice County

His wife Sarah Stearns and they have Willie (Willard) and Alice. He is a son of William H. Putnam and Susan Briggs. They are the ‘Other’ English Putnam line from Yorkshire. His granddad Thomas Putnam came to Connecticut in the 1700s and then went up to Norfolk County Massachusetts where Willard was born. The have been here since the late 1850s and are here in 1870. They will be back in Hookset New Hampshire by 1880. Sarah is widowed in New Hampshire in 1900 and 1910. The son Willard will be married in Douglas County in 1880.

 

ISRAEL PUTNAM  Northfield, Rice County

He is in a boarding house. He is a son of Pliney and Martha Putnam all from Pennsylvania. He was with them here in 1860. But, I have no ideas as to who Pliney is.

 

ISRAEL PUTNAM  Faribault, Rice County

He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam from Essex, New York. He was born there November 6, 1834. His brother Tarrant is in Waseca County now, and his other brother William is in Le Sueur County. He was with William in Winneshiek County Iowa in the 1856 state census, and was alone here in 1860. He will marry Eudora Ray here and then die sometime in the 1870s. She will be back home in New Hampshire in 1880, then return here and marry his brother William in Le Sueur in 1881.

 

H. T. (HENRY TYLER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He has his wife Caroline P. Newton and kids Newton, Mary, Harry with him. They were here in 1860. They will move to Stearns County and open a grocery store by 1870. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. His brother John Elmer is here in town too. This is a small town of less than 200 people of all ages.

 

JOHN E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

With him are his wife Nancy Augusta Merriman and kids Jane E., Elmer Eugene, Ella L., George Fayette. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. They were here in 1860 and will be in 1870.

 

T. W. (THOMAS WORTHY) PUTNAM  Elgin, Wabasha County

 He has his wife Lucretia Towne and Ella, Willis, Albert, Fred and an infant girl. He is a son of Gilbert Putnam (2840) and Thankful Rogers from Stockton, Chautauqua County New York. They were here in 1860 and they will be in Dodge County, Nebraska in the 1870 census.

 

J. E. (JUSTIN EDWIN) PUTNAM  Gillford, Wabasha County

He and his wife Mary Ann Stafford have Edwin W. He is a son of Reuben Putnam and Eleanor Abbott of Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont. He and a bunch of his brothers all ventured out to Illinois in the 1840s. They were in Winnebago County, Illinois in the 1850 and he was married in 1860 in the census of Dundee, Kane County, Illinois. He married Mary Ann Stafford on December 15, 1859 in McHenry County, Illinois. They are here in 1870. In 1880, the family will be in Smith County, Kansas, and will be in Osborne County, Kansas in 1900, 1910, and 1920.

 

HENRY PUTMAN  Mazeppa, Wabasha County

He was single here in 1857. He and Emily were here in 1860 and are in Chester Wabasha County in 1870. He is a son of Aaron Putman and Mary Ecker from Madison County New York. He was at home in 1840 then wandered out here. He will be in the 1850. Then in the 1860 married to Emily, 1870, 1880, 1885 still married to Emily. She died I guess and he wandered back to New York and died there in 1904 and was brought back here to be buried. Dutch guy. The line goes back Henry >Aaron > Jacob > Arent Victor > Victor Janse > Jan.

 

A. Z. (ALVERS ZEBINA) PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

Listing has his wife Jane E. Fuller and daughter Flora Jane. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton. They were here in 1860 and are through 1880.

 

FLETCHER PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

His wife Adeline Carter has died. At home are George C., William A., Jane A., Elizabeth, William, Wallace and George. Elizabeth is Elizabeth Ingersol the now widow of Fletcher’s son Nahum Duncan Putnam. The last three sons are theirs. Nahum was killed in the Civil War six months ago on December 16, 1864. Fletcher’s folks are Daniel Putnam and Dorcas Bone of Grafton, Windham County, VT. Daniel is number 513. The line goes back from Fletcher > Daniel > Miles > Edward > Edward > Thomas > John.

 

OLNEY PUTNAM  Watopa, Wabasha County

His wife is listed Mrs. then there is Sophronia and another Mrs. Good Luck.

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Wilton, Waseca County

He is still single as he was in 1860. He lives in a rooming house. He is a son of Elisha Putnam from Essex New York. He will be married by 1870.

 

S. D. (SEMPHRONIUS DANIEL) PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Winona County

He and his wife Tamar Amanda Houck have Helen and Ella J. They were here in 1860 and will be in 1870. He is a son of Pliney Putnam and Flora Edgerton from here and Chautauqua County New York before that. . Pliny (number 1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont.

 

PLINEY PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

With him are his wife Flora Edgerton, Charles, Worthy A., A. D. (Alonzo Dennis) and his wife Jane (Sarah Jane Ford). Then a boy J. E. and girl that might be Sarah. Pliny (number 1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. I believe he was born in Winchendon on November 21, 1801. He married Flora in 1825 in Florence, Oneida County, New York. They were all in Arkwright, Chautauqua County, New York in the 1850 census. He will be here in 1870 and widowed in1880.

 

PETER PUTMAN  Silver Creek, Wright County

Also here is his wife Patience Godfrey and kids Sophronia, Mary, Charles, Julia, George and  Jane. This is a Dutch family. Peter is a son of John (Johannes) Putman and Maria Sager from Jefferson County, New York. The family was in LaSalle County, Illinois in 1850. They were here in 1860 and will be here in 1870.

 

 

MINNESOTA 1870 CENSUS

 

HARRISON PUTNAM  Anoka Township, Anoka County

He is 52 MA, Mary Aurelia Burleigh his wife 51 MA, Mary F. 13 MA, Helen 18 (actually Ellen 21) MA, and Georgiana 3 MN. His widowed mother Fanny Sibley Putnam 72 MA is with him. He is a son of Charles and Fanny Putnam and was born in Sutton, Mass on April 6, 1818. His folks were here in 1860. He and Mary were in Union Connecticut in 1850 and Worcester Massachusetts in 1860. They will be here in 1880. Interesting tidbit. Georgiana (Elnora Georgiana) is a daughter of his daughter Ellen. She was born out of wedlock. Ellen will be getting married to William Nokes here in 1871. Harrison, Mary and Georgiana are all still here in 1880.

 

GEORGE W. (WHITMORE) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He has been here since the 1857 census. He is from Sutton, Massachusetts and lives very close to Harrison. They are cousins. George is a son of Joseph Putnam and Tammy Whitmore also from Sutton. He was born there August 11, 1827. George will be here till he dies December 23, 1898, and Catherine will die here January 21, 1927 at age 97. He is now 42 MA, Catherine W. Hall is 40 MA, Kate 15 MA, George H. 9 MN, Addie 5 MN and Lena 1 MN. He is the County Treasurer.

 

JANE & CORNELIA PUTNAM  South Bend, Blue Earth County

Jane is 21 NY, Cornelia 16 NY. They live with Lyman and Lucinda Matthews. Lucinda is 50 NY and is their mother. They were here in 1865. Jane and Cornelia are daughters of Jay Mortimer Putnam and Lucinda Capron and were at home in 1850 in Lee, Ontario County New York. Jay died there November 18, 1854 and Lucinda married Lyman Mathews.

 

M. PUTMAN  Cottonwood County

He is 14 WI and working on the farm of William Rice. Best guess here is that this is Marion Putnam. In 1860, he was 4 years old and living with his parents George and Catherine Putnam in Grant County Wisconsin.

 

M. PUTMAN  Wasiga, Dodge County

She is 63 ME and living with a Welman family also from Maine. Probably a daughter's family.

 

LAVINA (PUTNAM) RANDALL  Lake Mary, Douglas County

She is Lavina Vanderwark, Luman's widow from Wright County. He died in 1863, and she married Robert Randall, and has all her kids with her. They are Mary 17 NY, Celestia 15 NY, Emily 13 NY and Frank 11 MN.

 

EDGAR PUTMAN  Cherry Grove, Goodhue County

He is 26 NY, Angelia Lewis, his wife, 18 NY, Emmie 1 MN. He is a civil engineer. He is Edgar Pierpont Putnam, a son of James Rogers Putnam and Maria Flagg of Stockton, Chautauqua County New York. James was a son of Gilbert Putnam (number 2840) and Thankful Rogers. The line is originally out of New Hampshire and then Massachusetts before that.  Edgar was born May 4, 1844. Served in the cavalry from NY in the Civil War and won the Congressional Medal of Honor. He is out here as a surveyor and will be here till about 1875. He will then return to Jamestown, New York and run a book business and then become postmaster and county clerk of courts. He married Angelia E. Lewis back in Stockton, NY on May 4, 1868. They will be in Jamestown, New York for the 1880 census.

 

WILLIAM H. (HERRICK) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 22 MA and boarding. He is a clerk in an auditor's office. He is number 3193, a son of William Richardson Putnam (1542) and his first wife Mary Phelps of Danvers, Massachusetts. He is married here in 1875.

 

ISRAEL LUCIEN PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a lumber dealer, 40 ME, Elizabeth Merrill, 35 IN, Carrie Bell 7 MN, Addie 5 MN, Henry M. 3 MN and Sarah M 8/12 MN. He is a son of Sterne Putnam (1804) and Hannah Townsend from Houlton, Maine. His folks were in Sterne County MN in 1860. Lucien and the family are all in Albany, Linn County Oregon in 1880.

 

CHARLES (ROPES) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a carpenter, 31 ME, his wife Louisa (Laura Ayers Bracket) 27 ME and Laura E. 7 MN. He was here in 1860 and with his brother Henry in 1865. He is a son of James Baker Putnam (1807) and Climina Stanley of Houlton, Maine. They are here through 1900. In 1910, he will be widowed and be living with his son Charles in Tacoma, Pierce County Washington. They will be there in 1920 as well.

 

FRANKLIN PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 54 ME. His wife Mary L. Rice has died, but he has a bunch of kids who will still be here in 1880. They are Franklin L. 24 MA, Elizabeth L. 20 MA, George F. 16 MA, Emet (listed John H. in 1880) 14 MA and Willie 12 MA. He is a lumber dealer, his son Franklin is a bookkeeper. He is number 1810, a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Betsy Baker of Houlton, Maine. They have been in Reading, Massachusetts since the 1840s, and came out here in the 1860s.

 

STERNE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

They have moved over from Stearns County. He is 70 MA and his wife Hannah Townsend is 69 MA. They live with his son Lucien. See the 1860 for the lineage.

 

WILLIAM H. PUTMAN  Le Sueur, Le Sueur County

He was here in 1860, and is 40 NY, Lucy Ladd 35 NY, Estelle (Georgiana in 1860) 14 NY, Frederick 13 MN, Nellie 8 MN and Mabel 5 MN. He is a sawyer, a lumberman. They are here in 1880, but in 1881 he will marry Eudora Ray, the widow of his brother Israel, here in Le Sueur. They will both die in the 1890s so we will never see them in a census. Their son Fred will be married here in 1900.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Glendale, McLeod County

He is 63 NY, Harriet Baldwin his wife is 56 CT, Winslow 28 OH, and James A. 24 OH. Then there are two grandchildren, James 7 MN and Harriet 4 MN. They are kids of James, but their mommy is missing here. He is a son of John Putnam and Prudence Walton of Sutton, Mass. His grandfather was Cornelius Putnam (number 339 in Eben Putnam's book) and Elizabeth Perkins of Sutton. They went to Erie County Pennsylvania where they were in 1820. In 1830 the family was in Athens County Ohio and in Ashtabula County Ohio in 1840. He went up here in the 1840s. He married Harriet Baldwin in Ashtabula County Ohio on September 16, 1835.

 

PLINY FISK PUTMAN  Nashville, Martin County

He is 35 NY and a farmer. He is a son of John Garret Putman and Rebecca Wells from Johnstown, Montgomery County New York. In 1850 he was with his dad and brother, Hiram, in Will County Illinois. Hiram remained there, but John and Pliny headed to Rice County Minnesota. I don't find them in 1860, but John died in Walcott, Rice County in 1867. Pliny will soon move to Faribault County and then to Leavenworth County Kansas where he will die in 1887. He never married. He is part of the Dutch family.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Lansing, Mower County

He is 28 NY, Charlotte (Actually Chastine) 23 NY, Irving 9 WI. They are in Lincoln, Marion County Oregon in 1880 and then Salem onwards. He is the son of George Putnam and his first wife Margaret Yeardon from Herkimer County NY. He was there in 1860 single. They were here in the State 1875 census, but Irving wasn’t listed.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Rochester, Olmstead County

He is 20 NY living with a Harrison family. He is James Leroy Putnam, son of Union Putnam and his first wife Clarinda Frost. He was born in Stockton, New York. He will be in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County in the 1880.

 

GEN. PUTMAN  Rochester, Olmstead County

He is 68 NY and a 'gardener'. Just love that term for retirement. He is Union Putnam. He is in High Forest Olmsted County in 1875, and in 1880 he is near his son James in Yellow Medicine County and still alone. He is number 2846, a son of Andrew Putnam from Stockton, New York.

 

CLARK PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is listed as Clark Puttnam 43 NY. He was here in 1865 and will be in 1880.

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 35 MA living with a Taylor family. She is a daughter of James Putnam and his first wife Martha Downing and was born in Madison County New York. She was there in 1860 and will die here  November 18, 1874.

 

FRED (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  Redwood County

He is 63 NY, M. C. (Mary C. Maynard) 53 NY, Diana (Julia in 1860) 27 NY and F. J. (Frederick Jay) 25 NY. They were in Hennepin County in 1860 and 1865, and in Madison County New York in 1850. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Mary King from New York. His grand daddy was Charles Putnam from Preston, Connecticut.

 

WILLARD A. PUTNAM  Forest, Rice County

He is 42 MA. His wife Sarah E. Stearns is 42 MA. They have Willard J. 20 NH and Alice A. (Augusta) 12 MN.  He is a son of William H. Putnam and Susan Briggs. They are the ‘Other’ English Putnam line from Yorkshire. His granddad Thomas Putnam came to Connecticut in the 1700s and then went up to Norfolk County Massachusetts where Willard was born. They have been here since the late 1850s and will be back in Hookset New Hampshire by 1880. Sarah is widowed in New Hampshire in 1900 and 1910.

 

SILAS A. (AMOS) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is a Railroad Station Guard. He is 45 NH (actually VT), Lucy Hayden 42 VT, Charles A. (He is Charles Albin born back in Vermont. He didn’t appear with the family in 1850 or 1860. Have no idea where he has been) a druggist is 24 VT. Silas was in Winona County in 1850, and Wabasha County in 1860. See 1850 for who he is.

 

JOHN E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is living next door to the above Silas, but is only a very distant cousin. John Elmer is 42 MA. Nancy Augusta Merriam his wife is 40 MA, Jane 17 MA, Elmer Eugene 12 MN, Ella L. 8 MN, George Fayette 5 MN, William Henry 3 MN, Lilla Maude 6/12 MN. They will be here in 1880.

 

HENRY T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Main Prairie, Stearns County

He is a brother of the just listed John Elmer Putnam. He was with his brother in Sherburne County back in 1860 and 1865. He is now a grocer, 37 MA, Caroline Newton 33 MA, Mary Ann 12 MN, Newton 9 MN, Harry E. (Eugene) 7 MN and Herbert A. 4 MN. They will be in Otter Tail County Minnesota in 1875 and 1880. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. John and Nancy were married in Oxford, Massachusetts on November 13, 1849. Tyler is number 2734 in Eben's books, his folks were Archelaus Putnam (number 1220) and Phoebe Hicks of Sutton.

 

H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Chester, Wabasha County

He has been here since the mid 1850s. He is now 48 NY, Emma 38 KY. Still no kids. He is a son of Aaron Putman and Mary Ecker from Madison County New York. He was at home in 1840 then wandered out here. He will be in the 1850. Then in the 1860 married to Emily, 1870, 1880, 1885 still married to Emily. She died I guess and he wandered back to New York and died there in 1904 and was brought back here to be buried. Dutch guy. The line goes back Henry >Aaron > Jacob > Arent Victor > Victor Janse > Jan.

 

J. E. (JUSTIN EDWIN) PUTNAM  Gillford, Wabasha County

He is 39 VT, Mary Ann Stafford is 34 NY, Edwin 9 IL and Willie (George William) 1 MN. He is a son of Reuben Putnam and Eleanor Abbott of Bethel, Windsor County Vermont. He and a bunch of his brothers all ventured out to Illinois in the 1840s. They were in Winnebago County Illinois in the 1850 and he was married in 1860 in the census of Dundee, Kane County Illinois. He married Mary Ann Stafford on December 15, 1859 in McHenry County Illinois. They were here in 1865. In 1880, the family will be in Smith County Kansas, and will be in Osborne County Kansas in 1900, 1910, and 1920.

 

CHARLES H. PUTNAM  Gillford, Wabasha County

He's in the same neck of the woods as the above Justin, but is not kinfolk. He is 30 NY, Celia 26 NY. He is a son of Lewis and Emeline Putnam from Brutus, Cayuga County New York he was home there in 1850, married to Celia in 1860 and will be back with his folks in 1880 without Celia. They either got a divorce or Charles just took off. Celia is in St. Paul in 1880 through 1910 and says she is widowed. Also the ages should read Charles 39 and Celia 28 to tie in with previous reports. The old handwriting thing.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He was here in 1860. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and Adeline Carter from Wayne County New York and Vermont before that. He is now 38 NY and still single and farming. He will be in Billings, Montana in 1900 and will still be single then.

 

ALVERS Z. (ZEBINA) PUTNAM  Minneiska Village, Wabasha County

Still here, he is 39 NY an attorney and Jennie Fuller his wife is 38 NY. Flora Jane has married A. Z. Kading since 1860, and is now gone, but will be home in 1880. He is Pliny’s son.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Watopa Township, Wabasha County

He is 35 OH (VT), Elizabeth Ann Ingersol 40 (should be 30) OH, Minnie (William Seward) 13 MN, Washington (William Washington) 11 MN, George (George Fletcher) 7 MN, Belle 2 MN. They are here in 1880. However in 1880, William and Elizabeth are shown as being from Vermont. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and Adeline Jane Carter from Grafton, Vermont. The family then moved to Delaware County and then Wayne County in New York before coming here in the late 1850s. Elizabeth was previously married to his brother Naham who was out here in 1860 and then joined the Union Army and was killed in the Civil War in 1864. The three oldest kids here are Nahum’s, Belle is William’s. William was still single living at home in 1860. They were married about 1866 or 1867. They are here in 1875 and 1880. Then they are all in Sargent County North Dakota in the State 1885 Census.

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Wilton, Waseca County

He has been here since the 1840s and is now 44 NY and a fire insurance agent. And, he finally married a cute young thing, Antonette Johnson who is 22 IL. They are here in 1875.

 

MAY PUTNAM  Afton, Washington County

She is 11 MN, living with C. S. Getchier 48 MA and his wife Julia 46 MA. Julia Ann Bacon was married to Simeon Putnam (2187) here in 1860. He died September 11, 1864 and Julia remarried.

 

S. D. (SEMPHRONIAS DANIEL) PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Winona County

He is 42 NY, T. A. (Tamar Amanda Houck) 42 NY, Nellie (Helen) 13 MN, Ella 8 MN, and Emma 2 MN. They were here in 1860. He is a son of the upcoming Pliny Putnam.

 

GILBERT PUTNAM  St. Charles, Winona County

He is 19 NY and boarding with James Packer. Both are carpenters. He is a son of William Gordon Putnam and Sarah Sheldon of Lisbon, St. Lawrence County New York. He was home there in 1860.

 

A. D. (ALONZO DAVIS) PUTMAN  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 37 NY, Jennie (Sarah Jane Ford) 37 NY. They are living with the Church family. His folks, Pliny and Flora, are listed next. He was here in 1860 along with his brother Semphronias. In 1880, Alonzo will still be here.

 

PLINY PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 69 NH (should be MA), Flora Egerton his wife 64 NY, Charles J. 27 NY, Worthy A. 26 NY. Worthy has a wife Mary Ellen Welch 27 AL and a son Arthur 2 MN. They were married in 1868. Worthy and Charles will be here in 1880, dad and mom won't. Pliny (number 1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. I believe he was born in Winchendon on November 21, 1801, in 1850 he lists MA as his birthplace, although they did go through Charlestown, New Hampshire on the way to Vermont. He married Flora in 1825 in Florence, Oneida County New York. They were all in Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York in the 1850 census. He will be here in 1880, widowed, living with his son Charles.

 

HATTIE PUTMAN  Winona City, Winona County

She is listed 73 MN and boarding. Now really, no white person was born in Minnesota back in 1797, so the MN is wrong, as probably is the age. Probably 13.

 

PETER PUTMAN  Silver Creek, Wright County

They were here in 1860. For his line (Dutch) see that entry. Now he is 57 NY, Patience Godfrey his wife 41 NY, Saphronia 25 NY, Charles Henry 22 IL, Julia 16 IL, George W. 9 MN, Martha Jane 7 MN and Viola 4 MN. Peter will be here until he dies here in 1886.

 

 

1875 MINNESOTA STATE CENSUS

 

This census is much better. It is like the U. S. 1880 and on. It gives names, age, place of birth and places of parents’ birth. They seem to use les initials and more full names.

 

HARRISON PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 57 MA MA MA. His wife Mary Aurelia Burleigh 56 MA. They have Mary Frances 18 MA, and Elnora 8 MN. He is a son of Charles Putnam (2725) and Fanny Sibley and was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on April 6, 1818. His folks were here in 1860. He and Mary were in Union Connecticut in 1850 and Worcester Massachusetts in 1860. They will be here in 1880. Interesting tidbit. Georgiana (Elnora Georgiana) is a daughter of his daughter Ellen. She was born out of wedlock in Sturbridge Mass. Ellen just married William Nokes here in 1871. Harrison, Mary and Georgiana are all still here in 1880 and 1885.

 

G. W. (GEORGE WHITMORE) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 47 MA MA MA. His wife Catherine W. is 45 MA and they have Kate 20 MA, George H. 13 MN and Lena W. 6 MN. He was here in 1857 and is a son of Joseph Putnam and Tammy Whitmore of Sutton, Massachusetts. He is the County Treasurer. They are here in 1880. Catherine is widowed here in 1900. She will be in Portland Oregon in 1920 at age 90 living with her widowed daughter Katherine Staples.

 

M. F. (MARY FRANCES) PUTNAM  Bethel, Anoka County

She is 18 MA CT MA and boarding. She is a daughter of Harrison Putnam and is also listed there in Anoka with him.

 

PLINEY PUTMAN  Delavan, Faribault County

He is 39 NY NY NY and lives with a large McColly family. He is a son of John Garret Putman and Rebecca Wells from Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York. In 1850 he was with his widowed dad and brother, Hiram, in Will County, Illinois. Hiram remained there, but John and Pliny headed to Rice County, Minnesota. I don't find them in 1860, but John died in Walcott, Rice County in 1867. Pliny was in Nashville County Minnesota in 1870. He will then move to Leavenworth County, Kansas where he will die in 1887. He never married. He is part of the New York Dutch family.

 

W. H. (WILLIAM HERRICK) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 27 MA MA MA and his wife Adaline Rowell is 27 NH NH NH. They have a new born daughter Mary. He is number 3193, a son of William Richardson Putnam (1542) and his first wife Mary Phelps of Danvers, Massachusetts. His dad is here iin town now too. He was born in Danvers January 21, 1848. He married Addie here January 1, 1874. They are here in 1880 and 1885. She will die January 19, 1890. He will then marry Nellie Butts on July 10, 1894 and she will be with him here in 1900.

 

W. R. (WILLIAM RICHARDSON) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 64 MA MA MA. His wife Sarah Phelps should be around here someplace. He is number 1542, a son of Daniel Putnam (641) and Susanna Putnam (a cousin, and number 852). He was born in Danvers, Massachusetts May 23, 1811. Sarah Phelps is his third wife. He was first married to her sister Mary Phelps, and then after she died to Ruby Griffin. He and Sarah were married in Danvers April 22, 1879 and headed straight out here where his son William has been for about 11 years. He will die here September 8, 1886 and Sarah on March 28, 1892.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Zumbrota, Goodhue County

He is 17 IA GER GER single and living with a Minndusk (?) family from New York. I don’t find him in Iowa.

 

S. A. (SILAS AMOS) PUTNAM  Medina, Hennepin County

He is 50 VT MA VT. His wife Lucy Maria Hayden is 50 VT. They have at home Pliny Dewey 29 VT and his wife Laura Williams 22 IN, and their kids Lula A. 4 MN and Silas Elmer 2 MN. He is Silas Amos number 3413. He was born in Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont in 1822. He married Lucy Maria Hayden back there October 1, 1844. His parents were Silas Putnam (1695) and Dorothy Abbot. They were in Winona County in 1857, in Elgin, Wabasha County in 1860, and Big Lake Sherburne County in 1870. They are in Wright County in 1880 and 1900. By 1900 Pliny will have a new wife, and they will be in Tampa Florida by 1910.

 

C. W. (CHARLES WESLEY) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a physician 50 NY NY NY, his wife Ellen Coyle is 50 CAN. They have Edward C. 22 WI, Lizzie 26 NJ and Charles C. 18 WI. Charles was born in Oak Orchard, New York January 21, 1824. He is a son of Aaron Dickson Putnam and Rebecca Woodward Goodenough. Ellen Coyle who was born in Drummond, Ontario February 19, 1826. They were married in Milwaukee June 14, 1847. They have been in Waukesha County Wisconsin up till now. The Lizzie listed earlier is Elizabeth Bird the wife of Charles oldest son William Charles Putnam. She and William are in South Dakota in 1880 and back here in Minneapolis in 1895. New England Family.

 

F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is listed as 11 ME but is really 59 ME ME ME and widowed as he was in 1870. His kids Elizabeth L. 25 MA, John H. 19 MA and William 17 MA are with him. He is number 1810, a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Betsy Baker of Houlton, Maine. They have been in Reading, Massachusetts since the 1840s, and came out here in the 1860s. The kids are here in 1880, but not Franklin.

 

H. H. (HENRY HERBERT) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 36 ME MA MA. His wife Carrie F. Underwood is 32 IL. They have Anna 2 MN and John 0 MN. His now widowed dad Sterne Putnam 75 MA is living with him. He is the son of Sterne Putnam (1804) and Hannah Townsend of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Sterne was a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Betsy Baker and was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. The family moved to Holton, Maine right on the Canadian border. Josh died there and the whole family moved to the next coldest place they could find, right here. They were in Worcester County Massachusetts in 1850 and out here in Stearns County Minnesota in 1860. He married Caroline January 10, 1872. They are here in 1880 and then in Orlando Florida in 1900 and 1910 where he is a fruit grower.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is listed as 22 NOR NOR NOR.

 

C. R. (CHARLES ROPES) PUTMAN  St. Anthony, Hennepin County

He is 38 ME ME ME and his wife Laura Ayers Bracket is 31 ME. Their daughter Laura Ellen is 12 MN and Ida A. is 3 MN. He is a son of James Baker Putnam (1807) and Climina Stanley from Houlton Maine. His folks were in Minnesota in 1850, and he has been married in Minneapolis in 1870. They are back there in 1880 and 1900. In 1910, he will be widowed and be living with his son Charles in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. They will be there in 1920 as well.

 

W. H. (WILLIAM HENRY) PUTNAM  Lanesburgh, Le Sueur County

He is 44 NY NH CAN. His wife Lucy E. Ladd is 40 NY VT NY. They have Frederick E. 17 MN, C. L. (Nellie) 12 MN and I. M. (Mabel) 9 MN. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam and Elizabeth Brown from Essex New York. His brothers Israel and Tarrant are out here in Minnesota as well. They were here in 1860, 1870, and will be in 1880. Lucy will die later in 1880 and in 1881 he will marry Eudora Ray, the widow of his brother Israel, here in Le Sueur. They are here in 1885, and will both die in the 1890s. Their son Fred will be married here in 1900.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Hutchinson, McLeod County

He is 67 NY CT CT. His wife Harriet A. Baldwin is 58 CT. He is a son of John Putnam and Prudence Walton of Sutton, Mass. His grandfather was Cornelius Putnam (number 339 in Eben Putnam's book) and Elizabeth Perkins of Sutton. They went to Erie County PA where they were in 1820. In 1830 the family was in Athens County OH and in Ashtabula County OH in 1840. He married Harriet Baldwin in Ashtabula County, Ohio on September 16, 1835. They have been here since the 1840s. He will die here June 8, 1890 and Harriet in 1901

 

J. S. (JAY SYDNEY) PUTMAN  Austin, Mower County

He is 43 NY NY NY. His wife Mary Elizabeth is 40 NY NY NY and they have Clarence 16 PA and Harriet E. 7 IA. I don't find them in Pennsylvania in 1860, but they were in Clayton County Iowa in 1870. They are in Mower County Minnesota in 1875 and Allamakee County  Iowa in 1800 then Webster County Iowa in 1885. Matt Putman figured his line is John Sidney > Leonard > John > Jonas > Asaph > Isaac > Edward > Thomas > John. New England family. The son Clarence is married in Plymouth County Iowa in 1880.

 

LEWIS PUTNAM  High Forest, Olmstead County

He is 38 NY NY NY, his wife Louvina is 30 NY and they have Lewis 14 NY, Charles 12 NY, Clarissa 8 NY, Albert 7 NY and Nettie 4 NY. They were in Constantia, Oswego County New York in 1860 and 1870. They are here in 1880 and Louvina is widowed here in 1900. He would be part of the New York Dutch family, but I can’t pin him down.

 

UNION PUTNAM  High Forest, Olmstead County

He is 65 NY ME CT. He is alone as he has been here in Olmstead County. He will be in Yellow Medicine County with his son James in 1880. He is number 2846, a son of Andrew Putnam from Stockton, New York.

 

HENRY T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Leaf Mountain, Otter Tail County

He is 42 MA MA MA. His wife Caroline P. Newton 37 MA, and they have Mary 17 MN, S. Newton 14 MN, Henry Eugene 11 MA and Herbert Asa 3 MN. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. They were in Sherburne County in 1860 and in Stearns County in 1870, and are here in 1880. Caroline is widowed here in 1900.

 

DAN PUTTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 74 ME and his wife Emilie is 64 ME.

 

J. T. (JOHN THURSTON) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 40 MA and his wife Catherine is 37 IRE. He is a son of Miles Putnam and Rebecca Carter and was born in Worcester, Massachusetts November 19, 1830. They are here in 1880 through 1900, and I think in 1905.

 

FREDERICK PUTNAM  Sherman, Redwood County

He is 65 NY CT NH. His wife Mary C. Maynard is 57 NY, Triphena 33 NY and John Frederick 31 NY. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Mary King of Madison County, NY. Fred Sr. was a son of Charles Putnam and Martha Rose of Preston, Connecticut. They were in Hennepin County in 1860, here in 1870 and will be here in 1880.

 

E. L. PUTNAM  Faribault, Rice County

She is 35 NY MA MA and lives with a McKinstry family from Massachusetts. She is Helen or Ellen Eveline Putnam who is a daughter of Nathan Bancroft Putnam and Rhoda Gates and was born January 14, 1832 in Montague, Massachusetts and will be marrying Perseus Archibald Winthrop McKinstry. She is married here and in 1905 her sister Myra is living with them.

 

WILLARD PUTNAM  Faribault, Rice County

He is 47 MA MA MA and his wife Sarah E. Stearns is 46 MA MA MA. They have Alice 17 MN. His son Willard J. is 24 NH, and his wife Mary 18 WI and their son Andrew 1 MN. He is a son of William Putnam and Sarah Briggs, and was born November 5, 1827 in Sharon, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Stearns here in Hookset on January 1, 1847. They were there in 1850 and then were in Rice County Minnesota from the late 1850s through the later 1870s. Willard will die in Rockingham County New Hampshire August 23, 1899. Sarah is widowed in Rockingham in 1900 and in Manchester by 1910 at age 81. The son Willard will be in Douglas County in 1880 and then Hubbard County in 1900. This is the ‘Other’ New England Putnam family from Yorkshire England that came to Connecticut in the mid 1700s.

 

JOHN E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 48 MA MA MA. His wife Nancy A. Merriman is 48 MA. At home are Elmer Eugene 17 MN, Ella L. 13 MN, George Fayette 10 MN, William Henry 8 MN, Lilla Maude 5 MN. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. They are here in 1880 and will die before 1900. Kids are here then though.

 

WORTHY PUTNAM  Blooming Prairie, Steele County

He is 30 NY NY NY. His wife Mary is 31 AL, and they have Arthur 6 MN, Ada 2 MN and Willie 0 MN. Worthy Adelbert Putnam is a minister and a son of Pliny Putnam (1702) and Flora Edgerton from Chautauqua County New York. They are here in 1880, Winona County in 1895, in Nobeles County in 1900 and in Rock County by 1910 and then in South Dakota by 1920.

 

A. Z. (ALVERS ZEBINA) PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He is 44 NY NY NY and his wife Jennie (Jane Elizabeth Fuller) is 42 NY CT MA. He is number 3430, a son of Pliny Putnam (1702) and Flora Egerton of Florence, Oneida County, New York. He was born there October 1, 1829. He is a lawyer and will be widowed here in 1910 and still here in 1920 at age 90. New England folks.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He is 42 NY NY NY and boarding. He was here in 1860. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and Adeline Carter from Wayne County, New York and Vermont before that. He is now 38 NY and still single and farming. He will be in Billings, Montana in 1900 and will still be single then.

 

W. A. (WILLIAM AARON) PUTMAN  Plainview, Wabasha County

He is 40 VT VT VT and his wife Elizabeth Ann Ingersol is 36 NY ENG ENG. They now have William 18 NY a girl, William Washington 17 MN a guy, George Fletcher 12 MN, Adeline 6 mn, Nahum 4 MN and Mary 1 MN. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and Adeline Jane Carter from Grafton, Vermont. The family then moved to Delaware County and then Wayne County in New York before coming here in the late 1850s. Elizabeth was previously married to his brother Naham who was out here in 1860 and then joined the Union Army and was killed in the Civil War in 1864. The three oldest kids here are Nahum’s, Belle is William’s. William was still single living at home in 1860. They were married about 1866 or 1867. They are here in 1880 and then they are all in Sargent County North Dakota in the State 1885 Census.

 

AUGUST PUTMAN  Vivian, Waseca County

He is 25 --- with no birthplaces noted. There is an Augustus Putnam in Minneapolis in 1885. But he was widowed in Worcester, Massachusetts with his married daughter Carrie in 1870 and 1880. Also he would be 55 now so nothing really matches. But.. if age is 55 he might be out here thinking of moving some day. Who Knows.

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Vivian, Waseca County

He is now 48 NY and his wife Antoinette Johnson is 28 IL. They have young Tarrant 3 MN. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam (906) and Elizabeth Brown. He was born in Essex, Essex County, New York. He is named for his grandfather Tarrant Putnam number 334. He is an attorney now. He came out here in the 1840s and will be here widowed though in 1900.

 

WINSLOW PUTNAM  Cottage Grove, Washington County

He is 35 OH NY NY. His wife Agnes O’Horarty is 24 NY IRE IRE, and they have G. H. (Harry) 2 MN and Charles O. just born MN. He is Gordon Winslow Putnam a son of Henry Putnam and Harriet Baldwin from McLeod County, Minnesota. By 1880 he and his son Harry are back with his folks in McLeod County. Maybe Agnes and Charles died sometime soon, or they were divorced or something. He will then marry Karen Bentson a gal from Denmark in late 1880 in McLeod County. He will die in the later 1890s and Carrie is widowed in Renville County (abuts McLeod) in 1900. Then Carrie and most of the kids will be in Whitman County, Washington in 1910.

 

MAY PUTNAM  Woodbury, Washington County

She is 16 MN MA MA and living with C. S. and Julia Getchell as she was in 1870. Julia Ann Bacon was married to Simeon Putnam (2187) here in 1860. He died in the 1860s and Julia remarried.

 

S. D. (SEMPHRONIAUS DANIEL) PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Winona County

He is 46 NY PA PA. His wife Tamer Amanda Houck is 46 NY and they now have Hettie 18 MN, Ella 15 MN, and Emma 6 MN. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton and has been here since the 1850s. He was born back in Oneida County New York. Pliny (number 1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. He married Flora in 1825 in Florence, Oneida County, New York. They were all in Arkwright, Chautauqua County, New York in the 1850 census and then here. They are here in 1880 and 1885.

 

A. D. (ALONZO DAVIS) PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 40 NY MA NY and his wife Sarah Jane Ford is 39 NY VT VT. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton from Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon Massachusetts before that. He came out here with his folks in the mid 1850s. They are here now too. His dad is widowed here in 1880.

 

P. (PLINY) PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 73 MA MA MA and his wife Flora Edgerton is 68 NY. Also here are their son Charles J. 32 NY, his wife Harriet Amelia Irwin 24 IN and their kids Lester E. 2 MN and Edgar W. 1 MN. Pliny Leonard Putnam (1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. I believe he was born in Winchendon on November 21, 1801. He married Flora in 1825 in Florence, Oneida County, New York. They were all in Arkwright, Chautauqua County, New York in the 1850 census. He will be here and widowed in1880.

 

A. R. P. (ALDEN RICHARDS PRESTON) PUTNAM  Winona, Winona County

He is 24 NY MA NY. His wife C. D. (Sarah Charlene Dole) is 24 ME and they have a newborn son A. P. (Alden Perley). They are in St. Paul in 1880. He is a son of John Preston Putnam and Helen Alden of Salem, Massachusetts. He was born there August 14, 1850 and will die in St. Paul December 18, 1880. Charlene will die there March 29, 1888. He married Charlene Dole in Georgetown, Massachusetts in 1873. He is a messenger for American Express. His father, John Preston, was a son of Perley Putnam number 2200 of Salem.

 

GEORGE F. PUTMAN  Winona, Winona County

He is 13 MN VT VT.  He is single and boarding. He is the George Fletcher listed above with folks William and Elizabeth in Wabasha County. The two counties abut each other.

 

PETER PUTNAM  Silver Creek, Wright County

He is 63 NY NY NY. His wife Patience Hannah Godfrey is 45 NY and they have Sophronia 29 NY, Julia 21 IL, George 14 MN, Martha J. 11 MN and Viola 8 MN. This is a New York Dutch family. Peter is a son of John (Johannes) Putman and Maria Sager from Jefferson County, NY. The family was in LaSalle County, Illinois in 1850. They will still be here in 1880. He will die here in 1886.

 

C. H. (CHARLES HENRY) PUTNAM  South Side, Wright County

He is 25 IL NY NY and his wife E. D. (Elizabeth Diantha Bowen) 23 CAN CAN CAN. They have a son H. C. (Hollis Chester) 1 MN. He is a son of Peter Putman and Patience Godfrey who have been here since the 1850s. Peter is a son of John (Johannes) Putman and Maria Sager from Jefferson County, New York. The family was in LaSalle County, Illinois in 1850. Dutch family. They are here in 1880 and 1900. He’ll be here till he dies in 1907.

 

J. L. (JAMES LEROY) PUTNAM  Otis, Yellow Medicine County

He is 26 NY NY NY and his wife Josephine Vermilya is 21 NY. He is a son of Union Putnam (2846) and his first wife Clarinda Frost. He was born in Stockton, New York. His dad will be here in 1880. They are here in 1880 and 1900. They are here in 1920 but are divorced by then. Union is a son of Andrew Putnam (1318). He was born in Brookfield, NY on June 6, 1809 and will die in Milwaukee January 6, 1886. Family came from Massachusetts originally.

 

 

MINNESOTA 1880 CENSUS

 

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

 

GEORGE W. (WHITMORE) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He was here in 1857. He is now 52 MA, Catherine W.  Hall 51 MA, George H. 19 MN, Lena W. 11 MN, and a niece Mary L. 21 MN. Mary is a daughter of his cousin Harrison, and was with him in 1870. George is a son of Joseph Putnam and Tammy Whitmore also from Sutton. He was born there August 11, 1827. George will be here till he dies December 23, 1898, and Catherine will die here January 21, 1927 at age 97. Also there is a family named Russell who are boarding.

 

HARRISON PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

His folks, Charles Putnam (2725) and Frances Sibley, were here in 1860, and he has been shown here since 1870. He is 62 MA MA MA, Mary Aurelia Burleigh his wife is 61 MA MA MA and they have Elnora G. (Georgina) 13 MN who is a daughter of their daughter Ellen. He works in a sawmill.

 

PERCY PUTNAM  Oakport, Clay County

He is 22 ME ME ME and works on a farm. He is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Hamm of Houlton, Maine. He will marry Margaret McDonald here this December 1880. They are in Washington County in 1885.

 

SAMUEL PUTNAM  Brainerd, Crow Wing County

He is 45 NY CT ME, Mary 44 NY NY VT, Clara 22 IL, Mabel 16 IL and Barney (Bernie in 1900. name is Bernard) 12 IL. He is Mortimer Samuel Putnam, a son of Thomas Jefferson Putnam (#2257) and Marcina Thomas. He was born in Oswego County New York. He was at home there in 1850, and was with his folks in Salem, Wisconsin in 1860, and he was in Kenosha County Wisconsin in 1870.

 

WILLARD J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Douglas County

He is 29 NH MA MA, Mary 24 WI, Andrew 6 MN, Frederick 2 MN. He is a son of Willard Putnam and Sarah Stearns from Hookset New Hampshire. The family came out here in the 1850s and have been in Rice County. His folks just went back to New Hampshire and will remain there. Young Willard is in Hubbard County in 1900 with another wife named Mary Fuller Rice and some of her kids. By 1910 and 1920, he will be in Sanders County Montana with yet another wife named Henrietta from New York, then back here in 1930. This is the ‘Other’ New England Putnam family from Yorkshire England that came to Connecticut in the mid 1700s.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Carlston, Freeborn, Minnesota

He is actually listed as Frank Barker 15 IL living with Seymour Barker 36 IL and Anngenette Barker 40 IL (WI). His sister Eva 17 IL is here as well. Clerical thing. Genette Wheeler was married to Marvin K. Putnam in Winnebago County Illinois in 1862 and they were there with these two kids in the Illinois State 1865 census. Marvin died March 25, 1866. Hettie, as she was called, then married Seymour there in 1868. They were there in 1870 with these two and one of their own a year old. Frank and Eva were born Putnams.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 18 WI US US and a teamster.

 

PORTER PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He has two listings. One shows 18 Unknown, the other 18 IL VT VT. In both cases he is a teamster. He is Girard Porter Putnam a son of Porter Samuel Putnam and Minerva Brock from New York and Vermont before that. He was listed as Girard P. 8 IL in 1870 with his folks in Havana, Mason County Illinois. He will be heading out to Nebraska and will marry Caroline H. Gerstenberger November 27, 1890. They are in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1900 and 1910 and in 1920 he is missing. Guess he died by then.

 

WILLIAM H. (HERRICK) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He was here, single, in 1870. He is now 32 MA MA MA, Addie (Adeline Rowell) 32 NH NH NY, Mary 5 MN, Willie 3 MN and Frank 2 MN. He is a bank teller. His dad is the next listed fella. This William is number 3193, born in Danvers, Mass. January 21, 1848. He married Addie here January 1, 1874, and she will die January 19, 1890. He will then marry Nellie Butts on July 10, 1894 and she will be with him here in 1900.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is William Richardson Putnam, 69 MA MA MA, Sarah Phelps 64 MA MA MA. They have two boarders. He is number 1542, a son of Daniel Putnam (641) and Susanna Putnam (a cousin, and number 852). He was born in Danvers, Massachusetts May 23, 1811. Sarah Phelps is his third wife. He was first married to her sister Mary Phelps, and then after she died to Ruby Griffin. He and Sarah were married in Danvers April 22, 1879 and headed straight out here where his son William has been for about 11 years. He will die here September 8, 1886 and Sarah on March 28, 1892.

 

CHARLES R. (ROPES) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He was here in 1870. He is now 43 ME, Laura Ayers Bracket his wife is 37 ME, Ella (listed Laura E. in 1870) 17 MN and Ida 8 MN. A son of James Baker Putnam.

 

CHARLES W. (WESLEY) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a physician now having moved over from Wisconsin. Charles is 53 NY VT VT, Ellen Coyle his wife is 53 CAN SCOT SCOT, William C. 29 WI, Edward E. C. 27 WI, Charles E. W. 23 WI. They have a servant Elizabeth Johnson 20 SWED. He is a son of He is a son of Aaron Dickson Putnam and Rebecca Woodword Goodenough from Oneida County New York. They have been in Waukesha County Wisconsin since the 1840s. Ellen is widowed here in 1900 and will be living with her son William. The son William is also listed in Minnehaha County South Dakota now with his wife Elizabeth Bird.

 

EDWIN PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 38 NY NY CT and boarding. He is a kid dresser. I hope that is not someone who dresses up like little children, or worse, dressing and undressing little boys. Probably has to do with leather tanning/dressing, kid gloves and all that.

 

FRANKLIN PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He was here with his dad, Franklin Senior, in 1870. It looks as if he has been married, but there is no wife shown here. Frank is 36 MA, Elizabeth L. his sister 30 MA, brothers John H. 24 MA, William 22 MA and Louis F. 3 MN. Then there is Daisy 4 MA listed as a daughter. The last two are his children.

 

HENRY H. (HERBERT) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 36 ME, Caroline F. Underwood 32 IL, Anna J. 7 MN, John U. 5 MN. He is the son of Sterne Putnam (1804) and Hannah Townsend of Houlton, Aroostook County Maine. They were in Worcester County Mass. in 1850 and out here in Stearns County Minnesota in 1860. He married Caroline January 10, 1872. They are in Orlando Florida in 1900 and 1910.

 

JOHN H. (HENRY) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

Another new arrival. He is 50 NY, Mary E. Newton 46 CT, Henry J. 15 NY and Mary L. 5 NY. He is a son of Ralph Lewis Putman and Jane Vorhees from Mohawk, Montgomery County. Dutch folks.

 

L. D. (LORENZO DAVID) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 27 MA, Mary E. Turnbull 23 IL, George 8/12 MN. Then there is a M. H. Putnam 45 VT listed as a boarder (actually she is his mom). He is Lorenzo Putnam junior, and he is still here in 1900 in Minneapolis. His folks are all here in 1885. Also in 1900, there are his folks, Lorenzo (then 68 MA) and Mary H. (then 65 VT) living in Sherburne County. The M. H. is his mother, Mary Helen Thayer. He is a son of Lorenzo and Mary H. Putnam from Becket, Mass. His dad is a teamster, and is presently in Richmond, Mass. with his son Arthur. They are working out of there at the time of the Census. In 1900 they will be here. Young Lorenzo was born in Becket, Massachusetts. In the 1860 census he was listed there as David L. (his grandfather’s name was David).

 

HOSEA B. PUTNAM  Manford Township, Lac Qui Parle County

He is 54 VT VT VT, Matilda Donhill, his wife, is 33 IN IN VA, Ida M. 6 IL and William Edward 6/12 MN. He is a son of Reuben Putnam and Elleanor Abbott of Bethel, Vermont.  He was born there November 2, 1824. In 1850 he and all his brothers were in Winnebago County IL. In 1860 he was single in Newango County Michigan. His brothers Justin and Kittridge are here in Minnesota now too. I guess the color postcards they sent him showing 50 foot snow drifts just got him so excited he just had to venture up here to see for himself. He married Elizabeth A. Walrath in Cook County Illinois January 8, 1845. He later married Matilda Donhill in Chicago, Cook County Illinois March 31, 1868. She will die here in 1881, and at some stage he will head out to the Dakotas. He will die in Gary, South Dakota February 12, 1894.

 

KITTERIDGE PUTNAM  Hamilton, Lac qui Parle County

He is 54 VT VT VT, and widowed. His son Frank is 20 IL VT IL and Frank's wife Maggie is 17 MN MN MN. Kitterage is a son of Reuben Putnam and Elleanor Abbott of Bethel Vermont. He was in Winnebago County Illinois with a bunch of his brothers in 1850 and in Kane County Illinois in 1860. He was widowed in Chickasaw County Mississippi with the kids in 1870. The Hosea listed earlier is one of his brothers. The Justin here in 1870 was another. They hop around a lot. Kitteridge will be here in 1900, his son Frank will be in South Dakota in 1900 and back here by 1920. Kitteridge married Frances Helen Orcutt while in Illinois, but she died. His son Frank married Maggie Hauck here on October 1, 1879. Kitteridge will die here in Dawson, Minnesota on April 13, 1918.

 

ANTON PUTTMANN  Lanesburgh, Le Sueur County

He is 64 PRUSSIA, John 24 PRUS, Terese 15 PRUS, and Elizabeth 12 PRUS. They are here in 1885.

 

JOHN PUTTMANN  Lanesburgh, Le Sueur County

A new guy, the whole family just hit the shores from Prussia, German States. He is 27, Mary 26, Martha 3 and John 1, all born in the old country.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Le Sueur, Le Sueur County

He is 8 MI NH NH and living with Otis Alger 62 NH.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Le Sueur, Le Sueur County

He is a carpenter 49 NH VT CAN. His wife Lucy Ladd is 44 NY, and they have Fred 21 MN, Nellie 18 MN and Mabel 14 MN. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam and Elizabeth Brown from Essex New York. They were here in 1860, 1870 and 1875. Lucy will die later in 1880 and in 1881 he will marry Eudora Ray, the widow of his brother Israel, here in Le Sueur. They are here in 1885, and will both die in the 1890s. Their son Fred will be married here in 1885.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Hutchinson, McLeod County

Been here since the 1840s. He is 74 NY, Harriet A. Baldwin his wife 64 CT, Gordon W. (Winslow) 39 OH, and a grandson Harry 7 MN. He is a son of John Putnam and Prudence Walton of Sutton, Mass. His grandfather was Cornelius Putnam (number 339 in Eben Putnam's book) and Elizabeth Perkins of Sutton. They went to Erie County PA where they were in 1820. In 1830 the family was in Athens County Ohio and in Ashtabula County Ohio in 1840. He went up here in the 1840s. He married Harriet Baldwin in Ashtabula County Ohio on September 16, 1835. He will die here June 8, 1890 and Harriet in 1901. Then Gordon was in Washington County with his wife Agnes O’Hogarty and son Harry in 1875. She died or something and he is back home. He will marry Karen Bentson a gal from Denmark here in late 1880. He will die in the later 1890s and Carrie is widowed in Renville County (abuts McLeod) in 1900. Then Carrie and most of the kids will be in Whitman County Washington in 1910.

 

GEORGE & JULIE PUTMAN  Nicollet County

He is 10 IL OH IL, she 12 IL OH IL and listed as a stepson of Thomas Cullen and his wife Mary C. 39 IL OH NJ. She is the widow of Benjamin Franklin Putman of Brown County Illinois. They were there in 1870, and he died in 1872 of wounds received in the Civil War. This is a Southern Putman family.

 

LEWIS PUTMAN  Olmsted County

Another new arrival in 1875 from Oswego County New York. He is 40 NY, Lavinia 35 NY, Levi 21 NY, Charley 18 NY, Clarissa 13 NY, Albert 12 NY, Nettie 8 NY, Willie 2 MN and Nancy 10/12 MN. They are here in 1895, and Lavinia is here widowed in 1900. Most of the kids are here as well.

 

H. T. (HENRY TYLER) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He was in Sherburne County in 1860 and in Stearns County in 1870. He is 47 MA, Caroline P. Newton 43 MA, Mary A. 22 MN. Newton L. 19 MN, Harry E. (Eugene) 17 MN, Bertie A. (Herbert Asa) 14 MN and Samuel T. (Tyler) 3 MN. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. John and Nancy were married in Oxford, Massachusetts on November 13, 1849. Tyler is number 2734 in Eben's books. His folks were Archelaus Putnam (number 1220) and Phoebe Hicks of Sutton.

 

H. B. (HOSEA BALLOU) PUTNAM  Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County

He is a railroad conductor, 27 IL VT NY. He is a son of Alden Putnam and Eliza Ann Smith. He was born in Cook County Illinois and was in Monroe County Wisconsin in 1860 with his folks, and in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1870. According to a write up on his folks, he will next be in California still working as a railroad conductor, and in Gila County, Arizona in 1900.

 

C. (CELIA?) M. PUTNAM  Rose, Ramsey County

She is 39 NY NY NY and a cook. Looks like the same girl who is listed as Celia in St. Paul in 1910. She looks to be the widow of Charles Putnam as shown in 1870 in Wabasha County.

 

ALDEN R. P. (RICHARDS PRESTON) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 29 MA, Sarah Charlene Dole 29 ME, Alden P. (Perley) 5 MN, Helen T. (Tenney) 3 MN. He is a son of John Preston Putnam and Helen Alden of Salem, Mass. He was born there August 14, 1850 and will die here in St. Paul December 18, 1880. Charlene will die here March 29, 1888. He married Charlene Dole in Georgetown, Mass. in 1873. He is a messenger for American Express. His father, John Preston, was a son of Perley Putnam number 2200 of Salem. They were in Winona in 1875.

 

CLARK PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 60 and lists himself as NATIVE. He works in a shoe factory. He was here in 1865, and listed as Clark Puttnam 43 NY in 1870.

 

E. (EDWIN) C. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 27 NH MA NH a clerk in a store and boarding. He is a son of Edwin Lombard Putnam (2808) from Cheshire County New Hampshire. He was at home in 1860 and 1870. Age is actually 29.

 

JOHN T. (THURSTON) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 40 (42) MA, Catherine 40 (42) IRE, Marianne 10 MN and a stepson Charles Walker 19 MN. He is a son of Miles Putnam and Rebecca Carter and was born in Worcester, Massachusetts November 1, 1830. He was at home in 1850 with his widowed mother. Catherine was married to a Walker before and I don’t have her maiden name. They are here through 1900.

 

SUMNER PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 24 ME ME ME, Jennie Zell 24 BAVARIA, Lida 1 MN. He is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Ham of Houlton, Maine. He was born in Hodgedon, Maine June 21, 1856. He married Jennie Zell, born in Berlin, here on July 16, 1878. They will be here in 1900.

 

FREDERICK PUTNAM  Sherman, Redwood County

He is 74 NY CT NY, Mary Maynard 63 NY MA VT, Triphena 37 NY, John F. (Frederick) 35 NY. They were in Hennepin County in 1860, and here in 1870. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Mary King of Madison County NY. Fred Sr. was a son of Charles Putnam and Martha Rose of Preston, Connecticut.

 

ELMER EUGENE PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 22 MN MA MA, Julia Cordelia 23 IL. They are living with his parents, John Elmer and Nancy Putnam here in Big Lake. He is widowed here in 1885 with 4 kids, but will have a new wife by the 1900. Elmer and Julia were married here March 3, 1879.

 

JOHN ELMER PUTMAN  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is now 53 MA MA MA, Nancy Merriman 51 MA MA MA, George Fayette 15 MN, William Henry 13 MN, Lilla Maud 10 MN. Been here since the late 1850s. His son Elmer and his wife Julia are also here, but I gave them a separate listing as they live next door. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. They are here in 1885 and will die before 1900. Kids are here then though.

 

LENA PUTNAM  Moran, Todd County

She is 11 MN MA MA and lives with her sister Kate Staples 25 MA MA MA and her husband King Staples. They are daughters of George Whitmore and Catherine Putnam from Anoka County.

 

ALVERS Z. PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He's been here a long time and is still practicing law. He is 48 NY VT ??, Jennie Fuller 47 NY CT ?? and their daughter Flora is 28 NY. Flora was here in 1860 and married in 1870, but is back. He and Alonzo in Winona County are sons of Pliny Putnam from Winchendon, MA and then Oneida and Chautauqua Counties in New York.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Chester, Wabasha County

Been here since the 1860 census. He is now 57 NY, Emily 50 PA (KY). And there are a couple of boarders. They are here in 1885. He is a son of Aaron Putman and Mary Ecker from Madison County New York. He was at home in 1840 then wandered out here. He will be in the 1850. Then in the 1860 married to Emily, 1870, 1880, 1885 still married to Emily. She died I guess and he wandered back to New York and died there in 1904 and was brought back here to be buried. Dutch guy. The line goes back Henry >Aaron > Jacob > Arent Victor > Victor Janse > Jan.

 

 

WILLIAM A. (AARON) PUTNAM  Wabasha County

He was here in the 1860s. He is now 47 VT, Elizabeth Ann Ingersol, his wife, is 39 VT, William Washington 23 NY, George Fletcher 17 MN, Isabelle 11 MN, Nahum 9 MN, Mary 6 MN and Henry 2 MN. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and Adeline Carter Brush. He was born in Grafton, Vermont and moved with his folks to Wayne County New York and then to here. Elizabeth had originally married William’s brother Nahum Duncan Putnam. Nahum was killed in the Civil War in 1864. William then married Elizabeth. The first two sons belong to Nahum. They are all in Sargent County North Dakota in the State 1885 Census.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Waseca County

He is 23 IA MI IA and boarding. He is possibly the son of George and Mary Putnam as shown in 1860 in Johnson County Iowa.

 

TARRANT PUTNAM  Waseca County

He's been here forever. Came out alone in the 1850s and finally got married here February 15, 1869. He is 54 NY, Antoinette Johnson is 34 IL. Then there are Tarrant 8 MN and Florence 4 MN. In 1900, Tarrant will be widowed and living with his daughter Flora.

 

SEMPHRONIAS PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Winona County

He has been here since the 1850s, but this year is listed as SIMEON. At any rate, he is 52 NY MA CT, Tamer Amanda Houck 51 NY NY MA, Emma 11 MN is still at home. Emma will later marry Clifton Munger and move to Wisconsin. He has been here since 1852, a son of Pliny Putnam from Arkwright, New York. Not sure where he was in 1900, but they are here in 1905 and in 1910 he and Amanda are in Ellsworth, Pierce County Wisconsin.

 

ALONZO PUTNAM  White Water, Winona County

He is 43 NY, Sarah Jane 44 VT and there is Lena Wald 8 MN with them. His wife is Sarah Jane Ford, and was born in Poultney, Vermont in 1835. She moved with her folks to Minnesota, and married Alonzo here in 1865. He is Pliny and Flora’s son, born in Arkwright, New York. According to a relative, Lena was left on their doorstep as a baby in a basket and was simply take in and adopted by Alonzo and Jennie. They raised her till she got married to a Todd.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  White Water, Winona County

He is 37 NY, Harriet Amelia Irwin, his wife, 28 IN, Lester 7 MN, Edgar 6 MN. Then there is a Leonard Putman 78 MA MA MA, listed as father. Leonard would be Pliny Leonard Putnam, as the age and birthplace are perfect. Charles folks are Pliny and Flora Putnam. He was born in Arkwright, New York October 17, 1842. Charles and Harriet were married here in September 1871. He lives next to or with his brother Worthy.

 

WORTHY PUTNAM  White Water, Winona County

Worthy Adelbert is a son of Pliny and Flora and was with them here in 1870. He is now 35 NY, Mary Ellen Welch 36 AL, Arthur 12 MN, Ada 7 MN, Willie 5 MN and Lulu 3 MN. They are in Nobles County in 1900 and in Rock County by 1910 and then in South Dakota by 1920.

 

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Silver Creek, Wright County

This is Peter's son, Dutch family. Charles is 28 IL, Elizabeth Diantha Bowen is 25 CAN (Ontario), Hollis C. (Chester) 6 MN, Maud A. 4 MN, Edward E. 2 MN, Mabel M. 1 MN.

 

PETER PUTNAM  Wright County

Been here since the 1850s. He is now 68 NY NY NY, Patience Hannah Godfrey his wife is 52 NY, Sophronia 35 NY, George W. 20 MN, Martha J. 17 MN. He was born in New York January 22, 1814 and he will die here in 1886. His wife Patience was born in New York in 1830 and will die here in 1892. The daughter Sophronia was also born in New York June 12, 1844 and will die here in Big Lake January 26, 1926. At some stage she did or will marry Joseph Moody, but will be buried under her maiden name.

 

S. A. (SILAS AMOS) PUTNAM  Buffalo, Wright County

He is 56 VT, L. M. (Lucy Maria Hayden) 55 VT, Pliny Dewey, 34 VT and his wife Laura Williams 27 IN, and their children Lucy E. 9 MN, Silas Elmer 7 MN, and Edith 3 MN. The IGI states Pliny and Laura were married here April 12, 1873, but I would guess it was in 1871 or the first two kids are somewhat illigit. He will be widowed here in 1885, and be here with a new wife Caroline in 1900. Pliny will be widowed here also in 1885, and be here in 1900 also with a new wife. Silas is number 3413 from Cavendish, Windsor County Vermont. His folks are Silas Putnam (1695) and Dorothy Abbot.

 

JAMES PUTNAM  Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County

He is 30 NY, Josephine Vermilyea his wife is 26 NY, Pearl 4 MN. He is James Leroy Putnam, son of Union Putnam (coming up) and his first wife Clarinda Frost. He was born in Stockton, New York.

 

UNION PUTNAM  High Forest, Yellow Medicine County

He is 71 NY NH CT and lives alone. He is a retired Merchant. The James in the county is his son. In 1850 and 1860, he was in Ellery, Chautauqua County New York. He is number 2846, a son of Andrew Putnam (1318). He was born in Brookfield, NY on June 6, 1809 and will die in Milwaukee January 6, 1886. He was married to Clarinda Frost.

 

 

1885 MINNESOTA STATE CENSUS

 

GEORGE W. (WHITMORE) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 57 MA. His wife Kate W. is 56 MA and Lena W. 16 MN. Also here is their son George H. 24 MN and his wife Della L. 25 MN. He was here in 1857 and is a son of Joseph Putnam and Tammy Whitmore of Sutton, Massachusetts. He is the County Treasurer. They are here in 1880. Catherine is widowed here in 1900. She will be in Portland Oregon in 1920 at age 90 living with her widowed daughter Katherine Staples.

 

HARRISON PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 76 MA, his wife Mary A. Burleigh is 66 MA and they have Elnora 18 MN. Elnora is a granddaughter and was with them in 1880 too. He is a son of Charles Putnam (2725) and Fanny Sibley and was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on April 6, 1818. His folks were here in 1860. He and Mary were in Union Connecticut in 1850 and Worcester Massachusetts in 1860. They will be here in 1880. Interesting tidbit. Georgiana (Elnora Georgiana) is a daughter of his daughter Ellen. She was born out of wedlock in Sturbridge Mass. Ellen just married William Nokes here in 1871. Harrison, Mary and Georgiana are all still here in 1880 and 1885.

 

PETER H. (HOLLAND) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 44 MA, his wife Harriet Augusta Putnam (a cousin) 44 MA. They have Peter O. 18 MA, Frank H. 16 MA, Phebe N. 14 MA, Cora A. 12 MA, Wallace E. 10 MA, Carl W. S. 7 MA, Hannah H. 4 MA and Ford S. 2 MA. Also here is his widowed mother Hannah B. Putnam 68 MA. There is an Ernest King 18 MA living with them. He is a son of Peter Holland Putnam Sr. (2804) and Hannah Bigelow Putnam of Sutton. Harriet is a daughter of Bradford Putnam and Harriet Sibley of Sutton. They were all in Sutton in 1880. They are all back in Sutton by 1900. He will die there by 1910. Most of the kids are still around Sutton. Harriet, however, will be in Radford City, Virginia by then living with her then married daughter Cora. She is back up here in the 1920 census in Webster living with her son Carl.

 

S. M. (SAMUEL MORTIMER) PUTNAM  Mooresville, Crow Wing County

He is 50 NY, his wife Mary 48 NY and they have Bernard 16 WI. He is a son of Thomas Jefferson Putnam (#2257) and Marcina Thomas. He was born in Oswego County, New York. He was at home there in 1850, and was with his folks in Salem, Wisconsin in 1860, and he was in Kenosha County, Wisconsin in 1870 and here in 1880.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  Brainerd, Crow Wing County

He is 29 NY and boarding. Looks to be Thomas Nichols Putnam, son of William Rodman Putnam and Martha Reynolds. He was in Rockwell city, Iowa in 1880 and will be in Foster County North Dakota in 1890 and 1900. He will marry Clara Rood back in Iowa June 24, 1886.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Hastings, Dakota County

He is 24 NY and boarding.

 

W. A. (WORTHY ADELBERT) PUTMAN  Wasioja, Dodge County

He is 40 NY. His wife Mary is 41 AL and they have Arthur 17 MN, Ada 12, MN, William 10 MN and Lulu 8 MN. He is a minister and a son of Pliny Putnam (1702) and Flora Edgerton from Chautauqua County New York. They were in Steele County in 1880, and are in Nobeles County in 1900 and in Rock County by 1910 and then in South Dakota by 1920. Obviously a traveling preacher of sorts. His dad Pliny is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. They went to Oneida County New York in the 1820s.

 

W. (WILLARD) J. PUTMAN  Osakis, Douglas County

He is 32 NH. His wife Mary Jane is 28 WI and they have Andrew 12 MN, Fred E 7 MN and Charles 2 MN. He is a son of Willard Putnam and Sarah Stearns from Hookset New Hampshire. The family came out here in the 1850s and have been in Rice County. His folks just went back to New Hampshire and will remain there. Young Willard was here in 1880 and is widowed in Hubbard County in 1895 and still there in 1900 but with another wife named Mary and some of her kids. By 1910 and 1920, he will be in Sanders County, Montana with yet another wife named Henrietta from New York. This is the ‘Other’ New England Putnam family from Yorkshire England that came to Connecticut in the mid 1700s.

 

W. H. (WILLIAM HERRICK) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 37 MA, his wife Adeline Rowell is 37 NH and they have Mary P. 10 MN, William R. 8 MN, Frank D. 7 MN, Robert W. 4 MN and Frederick W. 5/12 MN. He is number 3193, a son of William Richardson Putnam (1542) and his first wife Mary Phelps of Danvers, Massachusetts. He was born in Danvers January 21, 1848. He married Addie here January 1, 1874, and she will die January 19, 1890. He will then marry Nellie Butts on July 10, 1894 and she will be with him here in 1895 and 1900.

 

W. R. (WILLIAM RICHARDSON) PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 73 MA and his wife Sarah Phelps is 64 MA. Also here is E. C. Loring 79 MA. She might be his widowed sister. He is number 1542, a son of Daniel Putnam (641) and Susanna Putnam (a cousin, and number 852). He was born in Danvers, Massachusetts May 23, 1811. Sarah Phelps is his third wife. He was first married to her sister Mary Phelps, and then after she died to Ruby Griffin. He and Sarah were married in Danvers April 22, 1879 and headed straight out here where his son William has been for about 11 years. He will die here September 8, 1886 and Sarah on March 28, 1892.

 

A. (AUGUSTUS) C. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 65 MA and living with Nathan 27 ME and Carrie O. 27 MA Guptill. Carrie is his daughter. He is a son of Lewis Putnam (916) and Mary Cowles from Franklin County Massachusetts. He was married to Harriet Bond and has been in Worcester Massachusetts up until 1880. Carrie was there with him in 1880. They are in Washington County in 1895. He will be there with the Guptills until he dies October 6, 1895.

 

DOUGLAS PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 25 OH. He is a son of Benjamin Perkins Putnam and Lydia Edgerton and was at home in 1880 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, and single in St. Paul in 1885. He is listed there now and will be there through 1910. He never married. Massachusetts family.

 

E. C. (EDWARD CORNELIUS) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 31 WI and his wife Mary Johnson is 27 MN. He is a son of Charles Wesley Putnam and Ellen Coyle. He was born February 6, 1853 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He married Mary in Dell Rapids, South Dakota July 1881. They are here in 1900 and 1910.

 

F. (FRANK) J. PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 26 MA, his wife Mary is 23 ENG. They have a daughter A. (Alice) E. 2/12 MN. Mary’s sister Emma Chrisler 20 ENG is living with them. He is a son of Lorenzo Putnam and Mary Helen Thayer. He was born in Becket, Berkshire, Mass., and was at home there in 1860 and 1870. The family moved out here in the later 1870s and are here now. They are here in 1895 and 1900. At that time Mary says she is from Switzerland and has her father John Christian 58 SWT with them. Think I’ll go for her name being Christian rather than Chrisler.

 

E. (ELIZABETH) L. PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 35 MA, her brothers Franklin L. 41 MA, John H. 29 MA, William 27 MA are here as they were in 1880. Also here are Daisy E. 9 MN and Louis F. 8 ME. They were here in 1880 and I guessed they were kids of Franklin. The older folks are children of Franklin Putnam and Mary L. Rice. Franklin Senior is number 1810, a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Betsy Baker of Houlton, Maine. They had been in Reading, Massachusetts since the 1840s, and came out here in the 1860s.

 

H. H. (HENRY HERBERT) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 42 MA, his wife Caroline F. Underwood is 41 IL. They now have Anna F. 12 MN, John 10 MN and Helen just born MN. He is the son of Sterne Putnam (1804) and Hannah Townsend of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. They were in Worcester County Mass. in 1850 and out here in Stearns County Minnesota in 1860. He married Caroline January 10, 1872. They are in Orlando Florida in 1900 and 1910.

 

HERBERT PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is listed without an age but from New York.

 

HORACE PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 25 SC single and boarding.

 

J. L. (JOSEPH LOUIS) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 29 NY and has a son Horace H. (Hollis Harry) 1 MN. He is a son of Hollis MacKintress Putnam and Charlotte Ann Lobdell and was born April 12, 1854 in Montgomery County New York. He was at home in Fulton County New York in 1850, Will County Illinois in 1860 and 1870. In 1880 he is with his folks in Lake, Cook County Illinois. He Will marry Josephine Lydia Leighton here in Minneapolis July 29, 1883. She was a daughter of Ephraim Franklin Leighton and Jane Cordelia Stilson and was born in Saint Anthony, Ramsey County Minnesota February 15, 1868 and will die in Washington County Minnesota November 10, 1923. They are here in 1900 and 1910, and across the River in St. Paul in 1920.  Josephine will die in 1923 and he will be widowed and back in Minneapolis in 1930.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 29 CA, his wife Mary 27 GA and they have James 3 MN and Sarah 6/12 MN. Rand thinks he may be John Rufus Putnam and according to he death certificate is a son of Rufus Putnam and Anna Callahan and will die in Stockton, San Joaquin County California January 24, 1923. But not sure who daddy was.

 

L. D. (LORENZO DAVID) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 30 MA, his wife Mary E. Turnbull is 28 IL. They have Estelle E. 3 MN and Irving L. 2 MN. Her folks William and Isabel Turnbull from Scotland live either with them or next door. Lorenzo is a son of Lorenzo Putnam and Mary Thayer from Becket, Massachusetts. They are here still in 1900 through 1920. Mary is widowed in 1930.

 

L. (LORENZO) R. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 53 MA and his wife Mary Helen Thayer is 50 VT. He is a son of David Putnam jr. and his first wife Hannah Church, and was born in Becket, Berkshire County Massachusetts. They came out here in the 1870s. They are in Sherburne County with their son Arthur in 1895 and then there still in 1900.

 

N. B. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 27 NY. There is his wife (I guess) M. 27 VT and there is Mattie 18 VT.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 10 MN and lives with Nathaniel and Adelaide Seeley. I don’t find him in 1875 or 1880.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 39 NY, his wife (no name) 36 IL and George 2 MN.

 

A. (ARTHUR) C. PUTNAM  Minnetrista, Hennepin County

He is 28 MA and lives alone. He is a son of Lorenzo Putnam here in Minneapolis. He is a teamster like his dad, and in 1880 was with him on a job back in Massachusetts. He will be married and in Sherburne County in 1895 and his folks are with him. He is back here by 1900.

 

ANTHONY PUTTMAN  Kilkenny, Le Sueur County

He is 29 IN ?, Rose 28 GER, Anthony 56 GER, Frances 52 GER, (the folks I guess), George 6 GER, Mary 4 MN, Lizzie 2 MN, Annie 17 MN and Louis 14 MN. They were listed as Pittmans in 1880.

 

JOSEPH PUTTMANN  Kilkenny, Le Sueur County

He is 34 MN, Mary 25 IN, Frank 10 MN, William 8 MN, Peter 7 MN, Richard 1 MN. They were listed as Pittmans in 1880.

 

MATILDA PUTTMAN  Kilkenny, Le Sueur County

She is 16 MN and living with a Miller family. She was listed as a daughter of Anthony here in town in 1880 and was listed Pittman then.

 

FRED E. PUTNAM  Le Sueur, Le Sueur County

He is 27 MN and his new wife Eugenia J. is 27 NY. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and his first wife Lucy Ladd, and was born here. They are here in 1900 and then missing after that.

 

W. H. (WILLIAM HENRY) PUTNAM  Le Sueur, Le Sueur County

He is 54 NY and his wife Eudora Ray is 43 MA. They have Sarah W. 19 MN. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam and Elizabeth Brown from Essex New York. He was married to Lucy Ladd here through 1880. Lucy died later in 1880 and in 1881 he married Eudora Ray, the widow of his brother Israel, here in Le Sueur. They will both die in the 1890s.

 

ANTON PUTTMAN  Lanesburgh, Le Sueur County

He is 40 PRUSSIA, John is 36 PRUS and Lisie 16 PRUS. They were here in 1880 and he was widowed then too.

 

FRANK PUTTMAN  Lanesburgh, Le Sueur County

He is 28 PRUSSIA, Josephine 28 PRUS, Terese 4 MN, Josephine 2 MN, and Frank P. 6/12 MN.

 

WILHELM PUTTMAN  Lanesburgh, Le Sueur County

He is 37 GER and his wife Anna Krist is 28 WI. They have Maria Anne 5 MN, Kathryn Elizabeth 3 MN and Peter J. N. 8/12 MN. Also here is Peter Schmitz 60 GER. Peter might be Anna’s daddy.

 

JOHN PUTTMAN  Montgomery, Le Sueur County

He is 32 GER. His wife Mary 31 GER, William J. 6 GER, Martha 4 GER, Frank 2 MN and Anna 1 MN.

 

JOHN PUTTMAN  Waterville, Le Sueur County

He is 30 AUSTRIA and boarding.

 

WINSLOW G. (GORDON) PUTNAM  Hutchinson, McLeod County

He is 42 OH and his wife Carrie Bentson is 23 DENMARK. They have Carrie 13, Roy 10, James 5, and Nettie 6/12. The kids are all listed as being born in Denmark, but were born in Minnesota. Just ditto marks where dittos shouldn’t be. The kids might be related somehow to Carrie and the DEN is okay. At any rate they are adopted by Winslow and Carrie and labeled Putnams. Roy was born here January 10, 1874, but young Carrie could well have been born in Denmark and that’s why all the dittos. Neither were shown with Winslow and his first wife Agnes O’Hogarty in 1875 or with Winslow when widowed and with his dad in 1880. Roy by the way will be out in Alameda County California in the early 1900s till he dies there on September 2, 1949.

 

C. S. (CLARENCE SIMEON) PUTNAM  Ada, Norman County

He is 26 VT and his wife C. E. is 28 NH. His mother Caroline Eliza Putnam 51 VT is with them. He is a son of George and Eliza Putnam. He was home in Barre Vermont in 1860. Clarence was born in Barre on September 16, 1859. George is a son of Simeon Dike Putnam and Mary Jane Jackson. Clara is widowed in Barre in 1870 and 1880 and Clarence is with her then. He was a med student in 1880. I assume he is a doctor now. He will be in Cass County North Dakota with a new younger wife Bertha Townsend and also his mother who is 70 at that time. They are all there in 1910 with mom age 79. He is there in 1920 and is a college music professor at that time.

 

LEWIS PUTMAN  Cascade, Olmstead County

He is 49 NY, his wife Louvina is 44 NY and they have Lewis 26 NY, Charles 23 NY, Clarissa 20 NY, Albert 18 NY, Nettie 14 NY, Miller 7 MN and Nancy. They were in Constantia, Oswego County New York in 1860 and 1870. They are here in 1880 and Louvina is widowed here in 1900. He would be part of the New York Dutch family, but I can’t pin him down.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 52 MA, his wife Carolyn P. Newton is 48 MA. They now have May 27 MN, Albert (Herbert Asa) 19 MN. Then there are a bunch of boarders and then their son Samuel Tyler 8 MN. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. John and Nancy were married in Oxford, Massachusetts on November 13, 1849. Tyler is number 2734 in Eben's books, his folks were Archelaus Putnam (number 1220) and Phoebe Hicks of Sutton. They were in Sherburne County in 1860 and in Stearns County in 1870 and here in 1880. Caroline is widowed here by 1900.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 26 MN and boarding. He is a son of Luman Putnam and Lavinia Vanderwark. He was born in Wright County and was with mom in Douglas County in 1870 and is married here by 1895.

 

GEORGE H. PUTNAM  Nidaros, Otter Tail County

He is 25 MN and boarding. He would be the son of George and Catherine Putnam from Anoka.  He was home there in 1880.

 

D. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

The listing won’t come up, but this would be Douglas Putman 24 OH. He is a son of Benjamin Perkins Putnam and Lydia Edgerton and was at home in 1880 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, and single here in 1900 and 1910. He is also presently listed in Minneapolis too. Massachusetts family originally.

 

E. D. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 8 MA and with a few other young kids. Maybe a Foster Home or something.

 

E. N. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 43 NY and boarding.

 

J. H. (JOHN HERMAN) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 50 NY. He has a young Swedish girl Oleg Olson with him. He is John Herman Putnam a son of James Putnam and Martha Downing and was born in Delaware County, New York and has been in Marshall, Oneida County New York up till now. He will die in St. Paul January 8, 1888. New England family.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 50 MA, his wife Catherine 48 IRE and their daughter Marian 15 MN. Best guess is he is a son of Edmund Putnam (1782) and Eliza Harrington of Boston. He was there through 1870 and here since.

 

S. (SUMNER) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 28 ME. His wife Jennie Zell is 28 GER and they have Lydia 2 MN. He is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Ham of Houlton, Maine. He was born in Hodgedon, Maine June 21, 1856. He married Jennie Zell, born in Berlin, here on July 16, 1878. They will be here in 1900.

 

W. D. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 47 NY and boarding.

 

FREDERICK PUTNAM  Sherman, Redwood County

He is 78 NY, his wife Mary O. Maynard is 68 NY and they have Triphena M. 41 NY and John Frederick 39 NY. They were in Hennepin County in 1860, and here since 1870. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Mary King of Madison County, NY. Fred Sr. was a son of Charles Putnam and Martha Rose of Preston, Connecticut.

 

H. O. PUTMAN  Bird Island, Renville County

He is 62 NY, his wife Ella 61 NY and son Edwin C. 20 PA.

 

E. (ELMER) EUGENE PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 27 MN, his wife Julia has died recently. He has Viola 4 MN, Gertie M. 2 MN, Ernest F. 1 MN and Julien E. 2/12 MN. He is a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman from Massachusetts. He was originally married to a Julia Cordelia. She was with him in 1880 but died probably in the birth of Julian. He will be married to Viola Johnson soon and they are here in 1900. He was born here and will be here still in 1930.

 

J. E. (JOHN ELMER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 58 MA. His wife Nancy Merriman is 56 MA. They have George F. (Fayette) 20 MN, William H. (Henry) 18 MN and Lilla M. (Maude) 15 MN. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. They have been here since the 1850s, and will be in 1895, but will die before 1900. Kids are here then though.

 

VIOLA M. PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

She is 18 MN and living with a Barber or something like that family. She is a daughter of Peter Putman and Patience Godfrey from Wright County. She was home there in 1875.

 

ELIZABETH PUTMAN  Owatonna, Steele County

She is 62 NY and is in what looks like an institution or hospital with a zillion others.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Breitung, St. Louis County

He is 49 US and in what looks like an institution or hospital or something with lots of other single people.

 

PARKER A. (ALONZO) PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 30 NH, his wife Ida Mae Henry is 30 NH and they have George H. 8 NH and Bessie E. 4 NH. He is a son of Alonzo Putnam and Hannah Cole. He was at home in 1860 and 1870 in Haverhill, Grafton County New Hampshire. Parker and his family were there in 1880, and must have just gotten out here. They are here in 1895 and 1900, but the son George is back in New Hampshire then.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Chester, Wabasha County

He is 62 NY and his wife Emily 55 KY. He has been here since the mid 1840s He is a son of Aaron Putman and Mary Ecker from Madison County New York. He was at home in 1840 then wandered out here. He will be in the 1850. Then in the 1860 married to Emily, 1870, 1880, 1885 still married to Emily. She died I guess and he wandered back to New York and died there in 1904 and was brought back here to be buried. Dutch guy. The line goes back Henry >Aaron > Jacob > Arent Victor > Victor Janse > Jan.

 

A. Z. (ALVERS ZEBINA) PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He is 54 NY, his wife Jennie Fuller 53 NY and their daughter Flora is 32 NY. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton from Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon Massachusetts before that. He came out here with his folks in the mid 1850s. His dad was widowed here in 1880. Alvers is a Lawyer and will be widowed here in 1910 and here in 1920 at age 90.

 

FLORA PUTNAM  Byron, Waseca County

She is 8 MN and living with John and Calestia Wilson. She is a daughter of Tarrant Putnam from here. Her mother Antoinette Johnson has died recently and she is staying with friends.

 

PERCY PUTNAM  Stillwater, Washington County

He is 29 NH (27 ME actually) and his wife Margaret McDonald is 26 NY. He is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Hamm of Houlton, Maine. He married Margaret McDonald here in December 1880. He was single in Clay County in 1900. They are in Cascade County Montana in 1900 through 1930.

 

S. D. (SEMPHRONIAS DANIEL) PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Winona County

He is 56 NY as is his wife Tamer Amanda Houck. Their daughter Emma is 16 MN. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton and has been here since the 1850s. He was born back in Oneida County New York. Pliny (number 1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. He married Flora in 1825 in Florence, Oneida County, New York. They were all in Arkwright, Chautauqua County, New York in the 1850 census and then here about 1852. Emma will later marry Clifton Munger and move to Wisconsin.

 

A. D. (ALONZO DAVIS) PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 50 NY MA NY and his wife Sarah Jane Ford is 49 NY VT VT. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton from Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon Massachusetts before that. He came out here with his folks in the mid 1850s. They are here in 1900 and 1910.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 42 NY. His wife Harriet Amelia Irwin is 34 IN and they have Lester 12 MN, Edgar 11 MN, and Earl 2 MN. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton from Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon Massachusetts before that. He came out here with his folks in the mid 1850s. His dad was widowed here in 1880. Charles was born in Arkwright, New York October 17, 1842. Charles and Harriet were married here in September 1871. They are here through 1920.

 

C. S. PUTNAM  Winona, Winona County

She is 44 ME and has Flora 10 MN and Helen 8 MN. This really looks like Sarah Catherine Dole who was married to Alden Putnam in St. Paul. They were there in 1880 and he died there December 18, 1880. Her age is off exactly 10 years and the Flora here is the same age as her Alden would be. Helen is just fine age wise. I think they screwed up the writing. If so She will die here March 29, 1888.

 

S. A. (SILAS AMOS) PUTNAM  Buffalo, Wright County

He is 61 VT. His wife Lucy Maria Haden has died since 1880. He has his son Pliny Dewey 39 VT, and his kids Lula (Lucy) 14 MN, Silas 12 MN and Ada 7 MN. Silas is number 3413 from Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont. His folks are Silas Putnam (1695) and Dorothy Abbot. Pliny was married to Laura Williams here in 1880. He will have a new wife Belle by 1895 and 1900. Silas will also have a new wife Caroline by 1895 and they are here in 1900 too. Pliney will be in Tampa, Florida in 1910. Silas will be married in Alberta Canada in 1911 and then back in Minnesota in 1920.

 

PETER PUTMAN  Silver Creek, Wright County

He is 70 NY, his wife Patience Godfrey is 58 NY and their son George is 23 MN. Also here is Lewis Moody 3 MN who must belong to one of his married daughters. This is a New York Dutch family. Peter is a son of John (Johannes) Putman and Maria Sager from Jefferson County, NY. The family was in LaSalle County, Illinois in 1850. They were here for years. He will die here in 1886 and she by 1900.

 

JAMES L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Otis, Yellow Medicine County

He is 36 NY, his wife Josephine Vermilyea is 31 NY. They have now Pearl 9 MN, Madge 3 MN and Ruth 0 MN. He is a son of Union Putnam (2846) and his first wife Clarinda Frost. He was born in Stockton, New York. His dad was here in 1880. They are here in 1895 and 1900. They are here in 1910 but are divorced by then. Union is a son of Andrew Putnam (1318). He was born in Brookfield, New York on June 6, 1809 and will die in Milwaukee January 6, 1886. Family came from Massachusetts originally.

 

 

1895 MINNESOTA STATE CENSUS

 

GEORGE W. (WHITMORE) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 67 MA. His wife Catherine is 65 MA and Lena W. 26 MN. He was here in 1857 and is a son of Joseph Putnam and Tammy Whitmore of Sutton, Massachusetts. He is the County Treasurer. They are here in 1880. Catherine is widowed here in 1900. She will be in Portland Oregon in 1920 at age 90 living with her widowed daughter Katherine Staples.

 

HOLLIS C. (CHESTER) PUTMAN  Watab, Benton County

Indexed as Dollar C. 21 MN and Mabel 17 MN. He is a son of Charles Henry Putman and Elizabeth Bowen. He was at home in Wright County in 1880. Dutch family from New York. I can’t find him in 1900, but in 1910 through 1930 he is in St. Cloud, Stearns County and has a wife Margaret Edith Ayers who he married in 1900.

 

MARY A. PUTNAM  Mankato, Blue Earth County

She is 64 CAN (New Brunswick) and boarding with Lewis Hunt. In 1900 she states she is the mother in law. His wife Elizabeth 35 New Hampshire would be her daughter.

 

S. M. (SAMUEL MORTIMER) PUTNAM  Township 43, Crow Wing County

He is 60 NY and his wife Mary Ann is 59 NY. He is Samuel Mortimer Putnam, a son of Thomas Jefferson Putnam (#2257) and Marcina Thomas. He was born in Oswego County, New York. They are here in 1900 and Mary is widowed here in 1910, living with her daughter Clara Davis who is also widowed by then.

 

C. R. (WILLIAM RICE) PUTNAM  Rushford, Fillmore County

He is 48 OH. Harriet Jane Willard his wife 33 IL, Frances 8 WI, Katherine 6 WI, Rufus W. 4 WI, Harriet 3 WI. He is a son of Rufus Putnam and Mary Herskell and was born in Clark County, Ohio. He was single in La Crosse Wisconsin in 1880. They are all here in 1900. Jane is widowed here in 1910, and she and a couple of the daughters will be in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois in 1920. The son Rufus Willard will be a cadet at West Point in 1910 and then married in Chicago by 1930.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Red Wing, Goodhue County

He is 47 MA and his second wife Nellie Butts is 35 NY. They have Mary 20 MN, William 18 MN, Frank 17 MN, Robert 14 MN, Fred 10 MN and an unnamed son 1/12 MN who won’t make it to 1900. He's been here since the 1860s. He is number 3193, son of William Richardson Putnam number 1542. He married Nellie here on July 10, 1894. His first wife Adeline Rowell had died in 1890.

 

ANDREW PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 59 SWED and his wife May L. is 58 SWED.

 

CHARLES E. (EDWARD) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a traveling salesman 40 NY. His wife Lucretia Nichols is 36 NY. They have Elizabeth 16 NY and Willard 14 NY. He is a son of Edward Alexander Putman and Mehitable Anderson and was born in DePeyster, St. Lawrence County New York. Dutch family. They are here in 1900 through 1920.

 

CHARLES R. (ROPES) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a carpenter 58 ME. His wife Laura Ann Ayers his wife is 52 ME, Ida A. 23 MN and Charles Edgar 14 MN. He is a son of James Baker Putnam (1807) and Climina Stanley from Houlton Maine. His folks were in Minnesota in 1850, and he has been married in Minneapolis since 1870. They are here in 1900. In 1910, he will be widowed and be living with his son Charles in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. They will be there in 1920 as well.

 

CHARLES W. (WESLEY) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a physician 68 NY. His wife Ellen Coyle 68 CAN. Charles was born in Oak Orchard, New York on January 21, 1824. He is a son of Aaron Dickson Putnam and Rebecca Woodward Goodenough. New England family. Ellen Coyle was born in Drummond, Ontario February 19, 1826. They were married in Milwaukee June 14, 1847. They have been in Waukesha County Wisconsin up till 1880 and here since. Ellen is widowed here in 1900 and will be living with her son William.

 

CLARK PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a lather 69 NJ and in a hotel or some huge place. I can’t find him before. I think though he is the Clark Putnam who has been over the River in St. Paul for years who says New York and then native as far as his place of birth goes. No idea who he is either.

 

DELIA PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 57 NY and boarding. She says she has been a resident of Minnesota for 25 years and 2 months, but I haven’t seen her before.

 

E. C. (EDWARD CORNELIUS) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 42 WI a clerk. His wife Mary Johnson is 39 MN. He is a son of Charles Wesley Putnam and Ellen Coyle. He was born February 6, 1853 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He married Mary in Dell Rapids, South Dakota July 1881. They were here in 1885, and are here in 1900 and 1910.

 

ELOISE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 19 MN and a patient in a hospital.

 

F. (FRANK) J. PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 36 MA, his wife Mary Christianson is 33 SWT. They have a daughter Alice E. 10 MN. He is a son of Lorenzo Putnam and Mary Helen Thayer. He was born in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and was at home there in 1860 and 1870. The family moved out here in the later 1870s. They were here in 1895 and are in 1900. At that time Mary has her father John Christian 58 SWT with them. Frank is widowed here in 1920.

 

F. (FRANKLIN) L. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 51 MA, His wife E. (Emily) L. is 57 MI and they have a daughter D. (Daisy) E. 19 MA and a son L. F. (Louis Franklin) 18 ME. Emily is a second wife. In 1880 he was widowed with these two kids and living with his dad. He is a bookkeeper in his father’s lumber business. He is a son of Franklin Putnam and Mary Rice from Houlton Maine. Franklin Sr. is number 1810, a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Betsy Baker of Houlton, Maine. They have been in Reading, Massachusetts since the 1840s, and came out here in the 1860s. They are here in 1900 and 1910. Franklin will die here in Minneapolis on May 30, 1919. Emily will die here January 7, 1917.

 

GEORGE A. (ALONZO) PUTNAM Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a clerk 50 VT. His wife Nellie Fletcher is 50 VT. George is a son of Alonzo Franklin Putnam (son of Jacob Putnam 1808 and Lucy Barnes of Londonderry, Vermont). George was born in Malone, New York after the family left Vermont. He married Mary Fletcher in Plainfield, Vermont July 5, 1867. They came here in the 1890s and are here in 1900. Nellie will die soon after and he will marry a Mary Ann in 1901 and they are here in 1910.

 

GEORGE H. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 35 MN and his wife Della L. is 36 MN. They have Gladys 8 MN and a baby boy (named George in 1900) 1/12 MN. George is a son of George W. Putnam from Anoka County. He was there in 1870 and 1880. He is widowed in Minneapolis in 1900. He will have a new wife Lilla here in 1910 through 1930.

 

H. H. (HENRY HERBERT) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 55 MA, his wife Caroline F. Underwood is 51 IL. They have Anna F. 22 MN, John W. 20 MN and Helen S. 10 MN. He is the son of Sterne Putnam (1804) and Hannah Townsend of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. They were in Worcester County Massachusetts in 1850 and out here in Stearns County Minnesota in 1860. He married Caroline January 10, 1872. They are retired in Orlando Florida in 1900 and 1910.

 

J. S. (JOHN SKINNER) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is a collector (for railroad I think) 71 NY. His wife Caroline McCray his wife is 68 CT and they have Kate O. 28 NY and Frances M. 26 NY. He is a son of Harvey Putnam (1729) and Myra Osborn from Wyoming County New York. Harvey was a son of Asa Putnam (718) and Anna Collins of Brattleboro, Vermont. John and Caroline were in Attica New York in 1850 through 1870, and then in Hannibal County Missouri by 1880. John will die here July 14, 1898. Caroline is widowed here with the kids in 1900. She will die January 9, 1906. Both folks were returned to Attica, New York for burial. Kate and Frances are here in 1910.

 

JOSEPH L. (LOUIS) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 40 NY and a millwright. His wife Josephine Lydia Leighton is 27 MN and they have Hollis 11 MN, Edna 9 MN, Mabel 4 MN and Frances a daughter 2 MN. They will have 10 kids total. He is a son of Hollis and Charlotte Putnam. He was born in Montgomery County, New York. The family was in Will County, Illinois from 1860 through 1880. They are here in 1900 and 1910, and across the River in St. Paul in 1920.  Josephine will die in 1923 and he will be widowed and back in Minneapolis in 1930. His folks are in Chicago now. He married Josephine here in Minneapolis July 29, 1883. She was a daughter of Ephraim Franklin Leighton and Jane Cordelia Stilson and was born in Saint Anthony, Ramsey County Minnesota February 15, 1868 and will die in Washington County Minnesota November 10, 1923. Dutch family from New York State.

 

L. D. (LORENZO DAVID) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 40 MA, his wife Mary E. Turnbull is 38 IL. They have Estelle E. (Edith) 13 MN, Irving L. 12 MN, Albert F. 9 MN, Roy W. 7 MN and Margaret I. 3 MN. Her folks William and Isabel Turnbull from Scotland live either with them or next door. They were all here in 1885. Lorenzo is a son of Lorenzo Putnam and Mary Thayer from Becket, Massachusetts. They are here still in 1900 through 1920. Mary is widowed in 1930.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 64 CT and has Mary L. 21 NY, Henry 30 NY, Henry’s wife Annette Stiles 28 WI, and John S. 2 MN. Mary Newton has been married to John Henry Putman from here up till now. John was a son of Ralph Lewis Putman and Jane Vorhees from Mohawk, Montgomery County New York. Dutch folks. Mary is here with Henry and his family in 1900. I don’t find her in 1910, but Henry and Annette are here in 1910 and 1920.

 

MARY C. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is a public school teacher 36 NY.

 

RUSSELL W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 37 NY. His wife Annie Elsie Stephenson is 32 NOR and they have Wallace 5 MN and Ida L. 5/12 MN. He is a son of William Gordon Putnam and Sarah Sheldon of Lisbon, St. Lawrence County, New York. His dad was from Canada, a son of Seth Putnam and Catarina Grawberger. They are here in 1900 and 1910 with a couple more kids.

 

MRS. WILLIAM PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 35 NH and boarding.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 46 WI and is a clerk. His wife Elizabeth Bird is 46 NJ and George is 12 MN. He is William Charles Putnam. In the 1850 Wisconsin census, he is listed with his parents Charles Wesley Putnam and Ellen Coyle. His dad is from Oneida County, New York. The family was in Waukesha County, Wisconsin in the 1860. He was in Dell Rapids, South Dakota in 1880. They are here in 1900. I don’t find them in 1910, but Elizabeth is widowed in Spokane Washington in 1920 and the son George is married there too in 1920 and to another girl there in 1930.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 36 MA and is a bookkeeper, probably at his dad’s lumber business. His wife Belle J. is 33 MO and they have Margaret 4 MN and Robert G. 3/12 MN. He is a son of Franklin Putnam and Mary Rice. His dad was number 1810, a son of Joshua Putnam (748) and Betsy Baker of Houlton, Maine. They have been in Reading, Massachusetts since the 1840s, and came out here in the 1860s. They are here in 1900, and they will all be in Ward County, North Dakota in 1910. Belle will be with her son Robert in Montana in 1920, and in Seattle Washington by 1930.

 

LEVI PUTNAM  Henrietta, Hubbard County

He is a son of Lewis and Lavinia Putman from Oswego County New York, and wasn Olmstead County with them in 1880. He will be here through 1930. Dutch family from New York State.

 

W. (WILLARD) J. PUTNAM  Park Rapids, Hubbard County

He is 44 NH, and is widowed. At home are Andrew 21 MN, Fred 17 MN, Charles 12 MN and Ernest 6 MN. He is a son of Willard Putnam and Sarah Stearns from Hookset New Hampshire. The family came out here in the 1850s and have been in Rice County. His folks just went back to New Hampshire and will remain there. Young Willard was in Douglas County in 1880 and 1885 with a wife Mary. He is here in Hubbard County in 1900 with another wife named Mary and some of her kids. By 1910 and 1920, he will be in Sanders County, Montana with yet another wife named Henrietta from New York. This is the ‘Other’ New England Putnam family that came from Yorkshire to Connecticut in the 1700s.

 

KITTRIDGE H. PUTNAM  Dawson, Lac qui Parle County

He is a broom maker 68 VT. He lives with his married daughter Rose 41 IL and her husband Charles Paige a publisher 50 CAN. They are all here in 1900. He is a son of Reuben Putnam and Elleanor Abbott of Bethel Vermont. He was in Winnebago County, Illinois with a bunch of his brothers in 1850 and in Kane County, Illinois in 1860. He was widowed in Chickasaw County, Mississippi with the kids in 1870. They hop around a lot. Kitteridge will be here in 1900. Kitteridge married Frances Helen Orcutt while in Illinois, but she died. Kitteridge will die here in Dawson, Minnesota on April 13, 1918.

 

FREDERICK E. PUTNAM  Le Sueur, Le Sueur County

He is 37 MN and his wife Eugenia is 37 NY. They have Albert E. 9 MN, Bessie 7 MN, Myrtle 4 MN, Fred 2 MN and Dora 7/12 MN. He is a son of William Putnam and Lucy Ladd from New York. He was born right here. They were here married in 1885, and are here in 1900. I don’t find any of these folks in 1910. The son William is widowed in Yamhill County Oregon in 1920.

 

JOSEPH PUTTMANN  Wilmont, Nobles County

He is a farmer 29 IA. His wife Agnes is 24 GER and they have Katy 10/12 MN. He is the son of William Putman and Mary Nelson from Adams County Iowa. He was home there in 1880. He and Agnes and 3 kids are back in Carroll County Iowa in 1900, and a bunch more in 1910.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Kalmar, Olmsted County

He is 33 NY a farmer. His wife Mary Carlson is 20 MN. He is a son of Lewis and Lavina Putman and was here in 1880. They are here in 1900 and 1910. Mary is widowed here in 1920.

 

LOUIS (LEWIS) PUTMAN  Rochester, Olmsted County

He is a farmer 60 NY, his wife Lavina is 52 MN and they have Albert 24 MN, William 17 MN and Nancy 15 MN. A new arrival in 1875 from Oswego County New York. Lavinia is here widowed in 1900. Most of the kids are here then as well. Not sure of his line though, but think he’s Dutch.

 

CARRIE PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

Caroline Newton is 57 MA, Mary Ann 37 MN and Tyler S. (Samuel) 18 MN. She is the widow of Henry Putnam from Massachusetts, and they were here in 1880 and 1885, Stearns County in 1870 and Sherburne County in 1860. Her son Herbert is here living with her. Her son Newton is in North Dakota.

 

H. A. (HERBERT ASA) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 29 MN. His wife Celia J. Oakes 30 MN, Henry O. 2 MN, Helen E. 1 MN. He is a son of Henry and Caroline Putnam. He was born in Sherburne County. He is actually living with his widowed mom now. They are here in 1900 through 1920.

 

M. A. PUTNAM  Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County

She is a baker 38 MA. She has a daughter J. H. 12 NY and a son W. E. 9 NY.

 

FRANK (STANLEY) PUTNAM  Pelican, Otter Tail County

He is now 36 MN, his wife Hannah Robinson is 28 WI, Oren (named after his grandfather) 8 MN, Floyd 6 MN, and Worthy 2 MN. He is a son of Luman Putnam and Lavinia Vanderwark. He was born in Wright County and was with mom in Douglas County in 1870 and the family wasn't listed in 1880. He was single here in 1885. New England family. These folks will be here in 1900 through 1930.

 

C. PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 37 WI, boarding and unemployed.

 

MISS CATH PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 32 WI and boarding. She is a schoolteacher. She looks like the daughter of John Day Putnam and Charlotte Lovell from St. Croix County Wisconsin. Her folks moved to California and I guess this was as far west as she wanted to go.

 

ERNEST B. (BOLES) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is a lumberman 34 WI. His wife Helen Louisa Van Auken is 28 MN. He is a son of Henry Cleveland Putnam and Jane Eliza Balcom of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They are here in 1900 and with some kids in 1910.

 

JOHN T. PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is a bookkeeper 64 MA. His wife Catherine in 55 IRE. They have Marian R. 25 MN (a stenographer). William and Charles Walters are boarding with them.

 

J. N. (JOSEPH NEWTON) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is a motor man on the Street Railway. He is 34 IN and his wife S. Elizabeth 31 MO. They have Edward B. 12 KS, Charles L. 10 KS and Carrie Alice 7 KS. He is a son of Edwin G. Putnam and Sarah Oswalt. His father was born in Cavendish, Vermont and then went to Wells County, Indiana with his father Newton Putnam. The family was in Pleasant Township, Appanoose County, Iowa by 1860, then Clay County Kansas in 1870 through 1885. They are in Garfield County Oklahoma in the later 1890s. His dad Edwin died there October 29, 1899. He will have a new wife Jennie in 1900. 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!

 

CARRIE PUTNAM  Boon Lake, Renville County

She is 33 DENMARK widowed and has James 13 MN, John 12 MN , Nettie 10 MN, Laura 7 MN, Willie 5 MN and Fred 1 MN. Her brother Peter Benson 23 DEN is with them. She is Karen Bentson, and she came to Minnesota from Denmark in the late 1870s. She married Gordon Winslow Putnam, son of Henry and Harriet Putnam from Hutchinson, McLeod County. Henry was a son of John and Prudence Putnam and was in Ohio from the 1820s. In 1830 and 1840 the family as in Athens County, Ohio and in 1850 was in Ashtabula County, OH. Henry and Harriet were married in Athens County, Ohio on September 16, 1835. His father, John, was born in Royalston, Massachusetts and then moved a few miles south to Connecticut. Renville County, by the way, abuts McLeod County on the west. They were married in McLeod County and were there till the later 1890s when Winslow died. Carrie and most of the kids will be in Whitman County, Washington in 1910.

 

MYRA A. PUTNAM  Faribault, Rice County

She is 58 MA and lives with a McKinstry family from Massachusetts. The wife Ellen 63 MA would be her sister Ellen was here in 1875 with the family, and then she married Perseus Archibald Winthrop McKinstry. They are daughters of Nathan Bancroft Putnam and Rhoda Gates from Massachusetts. Myra is still single in 1910 and living with her sister Emma Stevens in Milwaukee.

 

ANDREW PUTNAM  Luverne, Rock County

He is 34 IA and his wife Anna Barnhauf is 30 IA. They have Fred 9 IA, Tessie 7 IA, Mary 5 IA, and Lizzie 2 IA. He was single in Scott County, Iowa in 1880 and said he was born in Germany then. They are here in 1900 with a couple more kids. Anna will be widowed in Richland County, North Dakota in 1910 and in 1920.

 

ARTHUR C. PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 38 MA and his wife Jennie C. is 29 NY. They have May F. 7 WI, Arthur A. 5 MN and Benjamin H. 8/12 MN. He is a son of Lorenzo Putnam and Mary Thayer from Becket Massachusetts. His folks are here too. They were in Minneapolis in 1885 and are back there in 1900 and in Wright County in 1910.

 

EUGENE E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman from Massachusetts. He was born here and will be here still in 1930. He is a clerk in a general store.  He is now 38 MN, Viola M. Johnson 29 MN, Gertrude M. 12 MN, Earnest F. 11 MN, Julian E. 10 MN, Pearl M. 8 MN and Grace M. 7 MN. Viola is a second wife. He was originally married to a Julia Cordelia. She was with him in 1880 and 1885, but died in early 1885 probably in the birth of Julian who was 2 months old in 1885.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is a carpenter 33 MN, his wife Lilla Maude Putnam is 25 MN and they have Hugh E. 1 MN. George is the son of Peter Putman and Patience Godfrey from Wright County. He is listed here as being born in April 1862. Lilla is a daughter of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman from here. Interesting. He is on the New York Dutch line and she on the New England English one. Anyway, they are here in 1900 and 1910, and in Snohomish County, Washington in 1920.

 

JOHN E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 68 MA. His wife Nancy Merriman is 66 MA. They have George F. (Fayette) 30 MN, his wife Mary Ellen Drew 28 MN and they have Fayette H. (Henry) 8 MN and Carrie E. 6 MN. He is a son of Tyler Putnam and Phoebe Woodbury Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts. They have been here since the 1850s, but he will die in 1899, she is widowed here in 1900. Kids are here then though. George and Mary Ellen were married in Anoka County on November 11, 1885.

 

LORENZO R. PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 63 MA and his wife Mary Helen Thayer is 60 VT. He is a son of David Putnam jr. and his first wife Hannah Church, and was born in Becket, Berkshire County Massachusetts. They came out here in the 1870s. They are still here in 1900.

 

SOPHRONIA PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

She is 49 MN and has Lewis Moody 13 MN with her. She is listed next to Eugene Elmer Putnam, but is not related. She is a daughter of Peer Putman and Patience Godfrey from Wright County. Dutch Family. Her brother George Putnam lives 2 houses away. He married Lilla Putnam who is a daughter of John Elmer Putnam. She will be around till she dies here January 26, 1926. She never married but had two children. Lewis is one. He will die in Spokane Washington around 1929.

 

DAVID PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 29 VT, his wife Mary 25 MI and Jennie 3 MN.

 

SILAS & EDITH PUTNAM  Kimball Prairie, Stearns County

He is 22 MN and she 17 MN. They are kids of Silas Amos and Lucy Maria Hayden from Wright County. They were there in 1885. Their mom died and their dad remarried. Guess they didn’t like her and split.

 

CHARLES A. (APPLETON?) PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Stearns County

He is 32 MA and boarding. Okay, some guesswork here. He or his shadow Charlie pops up next in 1930 in Rice County. Gotta be same guy as ages tie together nicely. He is 32 now and 65 or 68 then 35 years later. There is a record of Appleton C. Putnam dying there June 6, 1936. This guy’s middle name starts with an A. There were several Charles Appletons in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, but they seem to be accounted for. I guess he was born to some guy and his wife split and took this kid out to the wild wild West. Rand Putnam did some looking and says, “No doubt these two listings are the same guy. Your Appleton C. comment led me to look at the death certificate. His parents are listed as John and Matta Putnam. Matta is either "Marta" or "Maria". The closest potential match is John Howard Putnam and Ann Maria Cushing but they only had one kid (Bertha) in the 1870 census. At least you can add that his full name is Charles Appleton Putnam.”

 

PETER PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Stearns County

He is a teamster 19 MN and boarding.

 

PARKER PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 43 NH, his wife Ida Mae Henry is 40 NH and they have George H. 18 NH, Bessie E. 14 NH and Charlie 1 MN. He is a son of Alonzo Putnam and Hannah Cole. He was at home in 1860 and 1870 in Haverhill, Grafton County New Hampshire. Parker and his family were there in 1880, and then they were here in 1885 and will be in 1900, but their son George is back in New Hampshire then. They are here in 1910 and he is widowed here in 1920.

 

A. Z. (ALVERS ZEBINA) PUTNAM  Minneiska, Wabasha County

He is 64 NY, his wife Jennie Fuller 64 NY and their daughter Flora Putnam Kading is 40 NY. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton from Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon Massachusetts before that. He came out here with his folks in the mid 1850s. His dad was widowed here in 1880. Alvers is an attorney and will be widowed here in 1910 and here in 1920 at age 90.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Watopa, Wabasha County

He is a farmer 38 NY. Rose Stadler is 31 MI. They have George E. (Ernest) 11 SD, Wallace 8 ND, Myrtle 4 MN and Violet 1/12 MN.  He is William Washington son of Nahum Duncan Putnam. His dad was killed in the Civil War, and his mother married Nahum’s brother William who brought him up. He's been here since the 1860s. He married Rose Stadler here on November 1, 1881. They are here in 1900 and Rose is widowed here from 1910 through 1930.

 

T. (TARRANT) PUTNAM  Waseca, Waseca County

He is 69 NY. He is still widowed as his wife Antoinette Johnson died in the early 1880s. He has his son Tarrant 23 MN and daughter Flora E. 18 MN at home. Flora is married by 1900 and Tarrant is here living with them at age 74. He is a son of Elisha Porter Putnam (906) and Elizabeth Brown. He was born in Essex, Essex County, New York. He is named for his grandfather Tarrant Putnam number 334. He has been here since the 1850s and has held public offices and been an attorney.

 

AUGUSTUS PUTNAM  Stillwater, Washington County

He is 74 MA and living with Nathan 39 MA and Carrie O. 38 MA Guptill. Carrie is his daughter. He is a son of Lewis Putnam (916) and Mary Cowles from Franklin County Massachusetts. He was married to Harriet Bond and has been in Worcester Massachusetts up until now. Carrie was there with him in 1880 and they are in Minneapolis in 1885. He will be here until he dies October 6, 1895.

 

ASAPH PUTMAN  Madelia, Watonwan County

He is 57 CAN and is a common laborer. His wife Amanda C. Bonham is 63 VT. In 1880 he was in Chicago, Illinois, having married Amanda there in 1875. They arrived here in 1893, and are here in 1900. He is widowed here in 1910, and in Blue Earth County in 1920. Not sure who his folks are, New Englander though.

 

HIRAM M. (MORGAN) PUTMAN  Champion, Wilkin County

He is 38 NH and a farmer. His wife Winnie E. Williams is 35 NH, Jennie M. 10 NH, Bertha C. 8 NH, George Frederick 4 MN and Alonzo W. 1 MN. He is a son of Alonzo Putnam and Hannah Cole. He was at home in 1860 in Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire. They were there in 1880, but I can’t find him, and got here in the late 1880s. They will be in Traverse County by 1900. His brother Parker has been there since the 1880s. Winnie will be in a Sanitarium in St. Paul in 1910. Hiram will be in Traverse County in 1910, and will be in Minneapolis with a new wife in 1920.

 

A. D. (ALONZO DAVIS) PUTNAM  St. Charles, Winona County

He is a farmer 60 NY, and his wife Sarah Jane Ford is 59 VT. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Edgerton of Chautauqua County, New York, and been here in Winona County since the 1850s. Sarah will die here March 25, 1912, and he will die here on April 28, 1919. New England line.

 

S. D. (SEMPHRONIUS DANIEL) PUTNAM  St. Charles, Winona County

He is now 65 NY a farmer. His wife Tamar Amanda Houck is 64 NY. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Edgerton from here and Chautauqua County New York before that. Pliny (number 1702) is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. They have been here since the 1850s, but neither will make it to 1900.

 

C. (CHARLES) J. PUTMAN  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 52 NY. His wife Harriet Amelia Irwin is 44 IN and they have Lester 22 MN, Edgar 21 MN, Earl 12 MN, and Herbert 6 MN. He is a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Egerton from Arkwright, Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon Massachusetts before that. He came out here with his folks in the mid 1850s. His dad was widowed here in 1880. Charles was born in Arkwright, New York October 17, 1842. Charles and Harriet were married here in September 1871. They are here through 1920.

 

HARRY PUTMAN  Whitewater, Winona County

He is 17 MN boarding and says he is at school.

 

REV. WORTHY PUTNAM  Winona, Winona County

He is 50 NY and his wife Mary E. is 51 AL. They have Arthur A. 27 MN, Adda J. 22 MN, Willie W. 20 MN and Lula L. 18 MN. He is a minister and a son of Pliny Putnam (1702) and Flora Edgerton from Chautauqua County New York. They were in Steele County in 1880 Dodge County in 1885, and are in Nobeles County in 1900 then in Rock County by 1910 and then in South Dakota by 1920. Obviously a traveling preacher of sorts. His dad Pliny is a son of Daniel Putnam (705) and Kezia Pollard of Winchendon, Massachusetts and then of Vermont. They went to Oneida County New York in the 1820s.

 

PLINY D. (DEWEY) PUTNAM  Buffalo, Wright County

He is a merchant 49 VT. His wife Belle Aurelia Keeler is 36 MN and they have Estella W. 14 MN. He is a son of Silas Amos Putnam and Lucy Maria Haden from here. Silas is number 3413 from Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont. His folks are Silas Putnam (1695) and Dorothy Abbot. Pliny was married to Laura Williams here in 1880 and 1885. Belle is his second wife. They were married December 20, 1885. He first married Laura Gertrude Williams September 19, 1869 in Minnesota and she died December 11, 1882. Then Belle will die in 1907 and he will marry Lenora Aurelia Morgan in 1908 and they will be in Tampa, Florida in 1910, and he will die there May 12, 1912. He and Belle are here in 1900. His dad Silas will also have a new wife Caroline and they are here in 1900. Pliny will be in Tampa, Florida in 1910 and die there May 12, 1912.

 

S. A. (SILAS AMOS) PUTNAM  Buffalo, Wright County

He is a grocer 61 VT. His new wife Caroline L. Palmer is 70 CT. She is new. His first wife Lucy Maria Haden had died in the early 1880s and he was widowed here in 1885. They are both here in 1900. Silas is number 3413 from Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont. His folks are Silas Putnam (1695) and Dorothy Abbott from Vermont and Massachusetts before that.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Monticello, Wright County

He is a merchant 28 MN. His wife Minnie J. Hatch is 23 MN and they have Goldie 1 MN. Also here is Ethel Hatch 7 MN who is probably her sister. He is a son of John Elmer and Nancy Merriman and was born in Sherburne County. They will go over into Wisconsin soon for a couple of years, and kids, and then be in Big Lake Sherburne County in 1900. They are there in 1910 and then in Morrison County in 1920 and 1930.

 

C. H. (CHARLES HENRY)PUTMAN  Southside, Wright County

He is 46 IL, and his wife Elizabeth Diantha Bowen is 44 CAN. They now have, Hollis Charles 21 MN, Edward 18 MN, Mabel 16 MN, Howard Lee 14 MN, Iva 12 MN, Frank L. 10 MN, Alice 8 MN, Elsie 5 MN, Bertha 3 MN, Julia Cordelia 4/12 MN. He is a son of Peter Putman and Patience Godfrey from here. His dad died here in 1886. This is a New York Dutch family. Peter was a son of John (Johannes) Putman and Maria Sager from Jefferson County, New York. The family was in LaSalle County, Illinois in 1850, and then here for years. They are in Kanabec County in 1900 and Charles will die there April 16, 1907. Elizabeth will be widowed there in 1910, and in Pine County in 1920 and 1930 with her son Frank. She will die in St. Paul May 13, 1933 at age 81.

 

JAMES L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County

He is a printer 45 NY. Josephine Vermilyea his wife is 41 NY. They have Pearl 19 MN, Madge 13 MN, Ruth 10 MN and Jay 3 MN Sep 1891. He is a son of Union Putnam (2846) and Clarinda Frost of Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York. They were here in 1880 and 1885. His dad died back in 1886. They are here in 1900 and then both are here, but divorced, in 1910. In 1920, Josephine and her daughters are in St. Paul, and Jay will be in Chippewa County, still single.