NORTH CAROLINA

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UPDATED JUNE 8, 2023

 

NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS 1940

 

CECIL E. (EDGAR) PUTNAM  Boon Station Township 3, Alamance County

He is 43 NC NC NC. His wife Myrtle Victoria Loy is 34 NC and they have Doris Anne 12 NC, Edgar (Julius Edgar) 10 NC, Weldon 9 NC, Sylvia 7 NC, Lucille 5 NC and Stephen 3 NC. He owns his farm and is a son of Julius Putnam and Elvira Paschall from Guilford County. They have been there up till 1935 when they were here. Cecil was born March 1, 1895 and will die in Fayetteville, Cumberland County June 23, 1952. Myrtle was born September 11, 1903 and will die in Alamance County August 28, 1987. The daughter Doris was born August 2, 1927 and will die December 2, 1985. She married a Turner and then a Johnson man. Julius was born in 1929 and died in 2005. Part of the Quaker family from Guilford County.

 

ANN PUTNAM  Washington Park, Beaufort County

She is 21 KY and single. She is with her mother Lula 40 NC and her third husband William A. Repass 40 NC. Lavinia Ann Putnam is a daughter of Douglas Gaylord Putnam and Lula Hurdle and was born in Ashland, Boyd County Kentucky on March 29, 1918 and will die in North Carolina May 29, 1991. She was with her folks in 1920 there and then Douglas died in 1921 and her mother married William Sweets and they were in Bethesda, Maryland in 1930. Then her mom married William and they were here in 1935. This is a line that is a direct connection with General Israel Putnam from Massachusetts and then Connecticut.

 

COREE PUTNAM  Ashville, Buncombe County

She is 40 SC single and a nurse at the Appalachian Hall Sanatorium.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Ashville, Buncombe County

He is a Negro 51 SC and widowed. He was here in 1930. He was born June 15, 1889 and died in Ashville June 15, 1977 at age 87.

 

KATE PUTNAM  Ashville, Buncombe County

She is 57 NC and widowed. Still at home are Amelia 36 NC, Pearl 32 NC, Margaret 28 NC, and Rachel Cordelia 19 NC. Kate Melinda Tinsley was married here to Van Shiflin Putnam. He was a son of Docker Shiflin Putnam and was born April 9, 1878 in Polk County and was here since the 1880s. He died here on April 29, 1937. Kate was born July 16, 1882 and will die here February 7, 1946.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Ashville, Buncombe County

She is about 60 MD and widowed. She was married to Charles Harrison Putnam from Illinois who died here in 1916. He was a son of John Putnam and Eliza Sanders from Jo Daviess County Illinois and then he was in Chicago with his mom in 1900 and 1910. Marion has been here since 1915 or so as she signed his death certificates. Don’t have any information on her though. New England family though.

 

ROBERT O. (OTHO) PUTNAM  Ashville, Buncombe County

He is 46 TN TN TN and a machinist for the railroad. His wife Ruby Basinger is 43 TN. This is a second marriage for her as she has a son John Bethard 16 TN and then they have a daughter Rosemary 17 KY. He is a son of Otho Azro and Tennie Putnam from Knoxville, Tennessee. This line goes back to Illinois and then New Hampshire and then back to Massachusetts.

 

SARAH LOU PUTMAN  Ashville, Buncombe County

She is 19 NC single and boarding. She is listed as a ‘partner’ with several other girls. Boarding House. She is Sarah Louise Putnam a daughter of Lloyd Yates Putnam and Wilma Lalla Bridges from Rippys, Cleveland County. She was born there March 6, 1921 and was at home there in 1930.

 

W. RAY (WILLIAM RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Ashville, Buncombe County

He is 32 NC and his wife Miriam Ramsey is 31 NC and they have Jane 5 NC. He is a display manager at a department store. He is a son of Robert Julius Putnam and Addie Goodrum and was born in Mecklenburg County August 7, 1907 and will die in Greensboro, Guilford County December 8, 1988. He is in Orlando, Florida in 1945 and 1950 with his wife Miriam.

 

FLOYD M. (McFEE) PUTNAM  Black Mountain Township, Buncombe County

He is 50 NC, his wife Mozell Gertrude is 38 SC and they have Elsie 16 NC, Floyd M. 14 NC, and Blanche Virginia 11 NC. There is a nephew Lewis Livingston 18 SC. That may be Gertrude’s last name. He is a son of Anzie McFee Putnam and Harriet McIntyre from Rippys, Cleveland County. He was born there July 5, 1889 and will die December 12, 1945 in Georgia. He was with his widowed dad there in 1920. He got married in 1922, and they were here in 1930.

 

SUE PUTNAM  Black Mountain Township, Buncombe County

She is 55 NC and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Lena 35 NC, her husband Thomas Hollifield and their family. Susanna Mace was married to Charles Putman who was a son of Edmond Alston Putman and Etta Jane Stuart from Mitchell County. He married Susanna Mace about 1902. They were in Mitchell County in 1910. He died November 3, 1917, and Susie and their kids were in McDowell County in 1920. Susie is a daughter of Adam and Nancy Mace and was born in Mitchell County June 6, 1884, and will die in Ashville October 31, 1970. The daughter Lena was born March 13, 1905 and died in Buncombe County April 1, 1994 at age 89.

 

BELLE PUTNAM  Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County

She is 21 NC single and listed as a cousin of Bassir and Julia Baldwin. She is a daughter of Robert Marion Mird Putnam and Margaret Ellis Green from Hayward County. She was born there October 10, 1918 and will die in Buncombe County July 21, 2005. She married Leonard Ballard and they had four children. Julia is a illegitimate daughter of Charles Putman and Susanna Mace from Mitchell County and then her widowed mom came here and is listed above with her married sister Lena Hollifield.

 

CECIL PUTNAM  Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County

He is Cecil Adam Putman 19 NC and his wife Margaret Louise Edwards is 17 NC. They live with her folks Charles and Elise Edwards. His birth record states his parent was Susie Putman and he was born in McDowell County April 19, 1922. Susan Adeline Mace was the widow of Charles Putman. She was with Charles in Mitchell County in 1900 and 1910 and then widowed in McDowell County in 1920. So he was born out of wedlock, and no clue to his dad. According to OBITS he was born April 19, 1922 and died here in Swannanoa on August 17, 2002. Margaret was born March 30, 1923 and will die in Ashville February 23, 1990. NC birth records shows they will have a son Cecil Adams Junior in Ashville on February 4, 1941. They will also have another son William Cecil Putnam born August 20, 1948 and will die May 22, 2007.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County

He is 23 NC, his wife Louise Kathleen Briggs is 25 NC and they have Robert 1/12 NC. He is a spinner in a blanket Mill. He is Charlie Western Putnam a son of Robert Marion Putnam and Margaret Ellis ‘Maggie’ Green and was born in Hayward County April 1, 1917 and will die in Clyde, Hatwood County January 6, 2000.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County

He is 28 NC single and a lodger with a Reed family. He is a machinist at a blanket mill where everyone else works. He is Frank Allen Putnam a son of Robert Marion Putnam and Margaret Ellis ‘Maggie’ Green and was born in Hayward County September 6, 1911 and will die in Waynesville, Haywood County March 19, 1967.

 

GEORGE A. PUTMAN  Morganton, Burke County

He is 26 NC single and an inmate at the State Hospital for the Insane. He is a son of William Andrew Putman and Mary Leona Pinson from Rutherford County where he was born and there through 1935 or so.

 

RALPH PUTMAN  Morganton, Burke County

He is 31 NC and his wife Lalah is also 31 NC. He is Benjamin Ralph Putman a son of Charles Sylvanus Putman and Annie Miller from Cleveland County. He was born there February 25, 1908 and will die here in Morganton June 23, 1950. He is a salesman in a men’s department store. She is a nurse at a school for the deaf. They were in Cleveland County in 1935.

 

CLAY PUTMAN  Globe Township, Caldwell County

He is 26 NC and his wife Charlotte Gregg 22 NC and they have Charlene 6 NC. Thomas Clay Putman is a son of Thomas Cole Putman listed below. He was born here September 16, 1913 and will die in Mansfield, Ohio December 17, 1969. His dad is listed below and you will see the original name was Pittman and they aren’t Putmans at all.

 

SHERRILL PUTNAM  Hudson Township, Caldwell County

He is 24 NC, his wife Velma Iris Shook 23 NC and they have Shirley 3 NC and Carroll 1 NC. He works in a furniture factory. He is Sherrill Crystal a son of George Thompson Putnam and Evie Hamrick and was born in Cleveland County June 5, 1915 and will die in Los Angeles, California April 22, 1962. And yes like the song ԁ boy named Sueՠthis is his real name and he has an older brother Jewell Putnam.

 

EVIE PUTNAM  Lower Creek Township, Caldwell County

She is 51 NC and widowed as she was in 1930. Still at home are Janelle 20 NC and Nancy 16 NC. Evie Hamrick was married to George Thompson Putnam in Cleveland County in 1920 and then widowed in Lenoir, Caldwell County in 1930. George was a son of Eli F. Putnam and Julia Thompson from Cleveland County. He died in Lenoir February 9, 1929. Evie is a daughter of Abraham and Nancy Hamrick.

 

LEE N. (NORRIS) PUTNAM  Lower Creek Township, Caldwell County

He is 29 NC, his wife Mabel Thelma Sides is also 29 NC and they have Mattie 3 NC. Lee works in a furniture shop and is a son of George Thompson Putnam and Evie Hamrick. His widowed mom is just down the road from here. Lee was born August 1, 1911 and will die in May 1986.

 

THOMAS C. (COLE) PUTMAN  Lower Creek Township, Caldwell County

He is now 69 KY KY KY and is a miller at a cotton mill. His wife Mollie Chambers Eldridge is 69 NC. He is listed as Thomas Cole Putman on his kids’ birth records. Found a couple of family sheets for him. He was born in Kentucky in November 1871 and was a son of Renson and Elmyra Pittman from Tennessee. In 1880 he is at home with them in Morgan County Tennessee and listed as Pittman. Now it seems he has taken on the spelling of the Putmans here in North Carolina. Wataugua County is on the northwest border of North Carolina and is on the border of northeast Tennessee. Obviously couldn’t write and his name was transcribed as it sounded. That’s how my Putnam name got changed to Putman in Virginia in the 1650s. He will die in Lower Creek, Caldwell County February 25, 1942. He married Mollie in 1898. She was a daughter of John Andrew Chambers and Plutina C. Eldridge. She was born in December 1875 in Wilkes County North Carolina and will die in Morgantown, Burke County North Carolina February 15, 1932. The name has remained Putman still. Been in touch with descendants.

 

MINNIE PUTMAN  Patterson Township, Caldwell County

She is 28 NC and says married. She has Tommie 10 NC and Frances 5 NC. She lives with her folks Edgar and Frankie Younce. Minnie Younce was married to Paul Monroe Putman in Lower Creek, Caldwell County in 1930. He is a son of Thomas Cole Putman and Mollie Chambers from there. The name was originally Pittman in Kentucky, but was changed to the way it sounded in the 1890s here in North Carolina.

 

AMBROSE PUTMAN  Morehead City, Carteret County

He is listed as Andrew on Family Search and Ambrose on Ancestry and the name is Ambrose. Listing is 73 NC widowed with his son Alex 20 NC. Can’t find either anywhere any time earlier. I would guess ԣopiedՠdown wrong and not a Putman or Putnam.

 

KENNETH N. (NEIL) PUTMAN  Morehead City, Carteret County

He is 28 WI and his wife Nettie Snooks 21 NC and they have Kenneth N. 1 NC. They live with her folks Percy and Lou Snooks. Ken is a son of Giles Putman and Emma Shaw and was born in Waupaca County Wisconsin and the with them in Oshkosh, Winnebago County in 1920 and 1930. He is a music director for a W.P.A. band here in town. Dutch family out of New York State in the 1860s.

 

T. (THOMAS) MALDRY PUTMAN  Clines, Catawba County

He is 54 NC NC NC and a bridge carpenter for the state highway department. His wife Julia Miller is 51 NC and they have Nell 29 NC, Columbus 23 NC, Carl 19 NC, David 18 NC, and twins Ed and Ned 14 NC. He is Thomas Maldry Putman a son of Thomas Dickson Putman and Fanny Jenkins from Cleveland County. He was born October 23, 1885. He will die in Wake Forest, North Carolina February 27, 1972. He married Julia Miller on December 1, 1908 in Cleveland County. She is a daughter of Columbus and Emona Miller and was born in Cleveland County November 16, 1888 and will die in Catawba County November 17, 1943. They were in Cleveland County through 1920 and then in Gaston County in 1930.

 

ALMA PUTMAN  Hickory, Catawba County

She is 38 NC and divorced. She has Rachel Ann 8 NC with her. There were a couple of Putmans here in 1930, but married to other gals and not the right ages. No ideas yet.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Hickory, Catawba County

He is 39 NC KY NC and a framer in a cotton mill. His wife Vergie Estelle Smith is 37 NC and they have Frederick G. 16 NC and Ruth E. 12 NC. He is a son of Thomas Putman and Mollie Chambers. He was born April 28, 1900, and was at home with them in Caldwell County in 1910 and 1920. He will die here in Hickory March 12, 1975. Vergie was born July 29, 1902 and will die here October 11, 1984. The son Frederick Glen was born December 8, 1923 and will die here January 27, 1990. Ruth Estelle was born here May 30, 1927 and will die here September 23, 2002. She will marry George Odis Lee Boyles. Now, Thomas Putman is a son of Renson and Elmyra Pittman from Tennessee. In 1880 he is at home with them in Morgan County Tennessee and listed as Pittman. Then it seems he has taken on the spelling of the Putmans here in North Carolina. Not one of ԯurs.ռo:p>

 

JEWELL PUTMAN  Hickory, Catawba County

He is 35 NC, his wife Helen 30 NC and they have George 9 NC, Dennis 7 NC and Myrna 4 NC. He is Jewell Conley Putnam a son of George Thompson Putnam and Evie Hambrick from Cleveland County and then Caldwell County where Jewell was born December 25, 1905 and he will die in Hayward County September 20, 1970.

 

RAYMOND C. (CORNELIUS) PUTMAN  Hickory, Catawba County

He is an electrician 38 SC, his wife Glendon Lee Gantt is 38 NC and they have Peggy Lee 10 NC, Raymond C. 4 NC. There is a nephew Lee R. 14 NC. Then there is her widowed mother Amy Gantt 55 NC and two of her brothers and sister. Ray is a son of James Robert Putman and Hattie Ann Randall and was born in Fairview, Greenville County South Carolina September 23, 1901 and will die in Morganton, Burke County North Carolina September 4, 1976. Glenda was born in Rowan County May 29, 1904 and will die here in Hickory October 21, 1982.

 

NESBIT PUTMAN  Newton, Catawba County

He is 28 NC, his wife Rasett 20 NC and they have Doris 1 NC. Nesbit Dixon Putman is a son of Thomas Maldry Putman and Julia Miller from Cleveland County. He was born there May 14, 1911 and will die in Catawba County June 17, 1977. He is a sander in a furniture factory.

 

CHARLIE I. (IRVIN) PUTNAM  Boiling Springs, Cleveland County

He is 65 NC NC NC and his wife Mollie Moore is 54 NC. He is a son of Samuel Evans Putman and Artie Hardin. He owns his own farm. He was born November 24, 1874. He married Mary Narcissus 'Molly' Moore. He will die here in 1952. She was born in 1890 and will die in Boiling Springs August 3, 1968.

 

FRANK J. (JULIUS) PUTMAN  Boiling Springs, Cleveland County

He is 23 NC (born March 13, 1917 and will die in Shelby August 3, 1996) and his sister Careen 21 NC. They are kids of Burton Pleos Putman and Gazzie Lovelace from here. Burt died in 1920 and they are living with Burt’s sister Edith 65 NC and her husband John Julius Spurlin 81 NC. They were also here in 1930 as was their mother Gazzie.

 

I. (ITHEL) HYTHE PUTNAM  Boiling Springs, Cleveland County

He is 29 NC, his wife Lillian Ruth Hicks is 24 NC and they have William L. 5 NC, Marjorie E. 3 NC and Peggy J. 8/12 NC. He is a battery filler at a cotton mill here in town. He is a son of Leo Ramseur Putnam and Ada Gertrude Weaver and was born October 25, 1910 and will die in Shelby September 9, 1974. Ruth was born July 14, 1916 in Mooresville and will die there August 8, 2006.

 

WILLIAM C. (CONNALLY) PUTNAM  Boiling Springs, Cleveland County

He is 65 NC NC NC born here May 12, 1875, and he owns a farm. His wife Mary Elizabeth Poston is 57 NC and they have Robert Blair 23 NC born March 28, 1907, Elizabeth 19 NC born November 17, 1910, Bryan McBride 11 NC born July 27, 1918, and Myal Benjamin born August 16, 1922 still at home. They had a dozen kids. If you think this is a lot of kids, his dad had 19 with two wives and wore them both out I guess. He is a son of Joseph Devanney Putman and Susan Davis from Shelby where he has been up till now. He will die May 20, 1953. Mary Elizabeth will die in Shelby on October 4, 1963.

 

ORA PUTNAM  Double Shoals, Cleveland County

She is 59 NC widowed and lives with her married daughter Fannie 28 NC and husband Gene Lattimore 31 NC. Looks like Cora Hallman who was/is married to Miller Alexander Putnam from here. She is still listed with him now in Lincolnton, Lincoln County. Maybe they split or something.

 

A. B. (ANDREW BERTIE) PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 58 NC and widowed as his wife Mary Vickers has died in the past few years. He is living with his married daughter Viola 27 NC and her husband Jack C. Stone 32 NC and their three kids. He is a son of David Putman and Mary Catherine Carpenter from Gaston County. He was married to Mary Vickers and they were in Crowder Mountain, Gaston County in 1920 and here in Kings Mountain in 1930. He will die here himself September 22, 1942.

 

ARTHUR BENTON PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 51 NC NC NC and a salesman at a grocery store. His wife Audrey Leona Ware is 48 NC and they have Nina 19 NC still at home. Also here is their now married daughter Alma 23 NC and her husband Waray Augustus Plonk 24 NC and daughter Betty Jean Plonk just born. He is a son of Lorenzo Dow Putnam and Clarissa Jane Kendrick. They were married here November 13, 1913 and are here all their lives. He was born January 8, 1888 and will die here April 21, 1962. She was born October 24, 1891 and will die here February 4, 1975.

 

CHARLES L. (LAWRENCE) PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 47 NC NC NC and owns a farm. His wife Lela Lee Hord is 45 NC. They were married July 26, 1916 and they now have still at home, Elzie Lee 19 NC (born February 8, 1921, and died in Kings Mountain on August 30, 1972. He married Edna L. Gainey), Emma Elizabeth 16 NC (born August 15, 1923. She married a Rayfield man and died in Kings Mountain on September 8, 1997), Lloyd Franklin 14 NC (born December 17, 1925 and died in Kings Mountain March 23, 1990), Forest Craven 9 NC (born October 31, 1930), and twins Billie & Bobbie 3 NC. He is Charles Lawrence Putnam a son of Charles Franklin Putman and Elizabeth Jane Kendrick. He was born September 14, 1892. His wife Lela Hord was born January 21, 1895 and died February 15, 1986 at age 91. He died in Kings Mountain January 24, 1961.

 

EULIE W. (WADE) PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 38 NC, his wife Bessie Jackson is 35 NC and they have Pauline 18 NC, Helen Lucille 14 NC, Alberta 12 NC, Bonnie Jeanne 3 NC, Eulie W. Jr. 1 NC and Janice 2/12 NC. He is a weaver in a cotton mill. Eula Wade Putman is a son of Jesse Henry Putman and Mattie Caldwell from Gaston County. He was born there April 14, 1902. They have been in Gaston County up till a couple of years ago.

 

HENRY W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 32 SC, his wife Mozelle Carol is 30 SC and they have Dorothy 13 NC. He is a son of Jesse Henry Putnam and Martha ԍattieՠCaldwell from here in Cleveland County. He was born November 10, 1907 when his folks were working in a mill in Cherokee County South Carolina. He will die here in Kings Mountain December 11, 1970. Mozelle was born December 4, 1909 will die in Greensboro, North Carolina May 7, 2009 at 100 years old. They both work in a cotton mill like most folks in town.

 

JAMES PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 50 NC, his daughter Nettie 31 NC and son Clyde Melvin 20 NC. Found a sorta sheet on Clyde Melvin born January 27, 1920 in Gastonia and he married Violet Jergnigan. His draft registration lists his father as R. Y. Putnam in Kings Mountain. That would make James here Robert Yancy Putnam age 60 NC, Nettie is Nellie 36 NC. Handwriting makes James and Yance look alike. Robert Yancy is a son of John Putnam and Hester Black from Gaston County.

 

PAUL PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 26 NC, his wife Edna Lucille Tate is 23 NC and they have Wayne 2 NC. There is also a housekeeper Johnsie Smith 20 NC. Paul Sidney Putnam is a son of Jesse Henry Putman and Mattie Caldwell from Gaston County. He was born there March 26, 1912. They have been in Gaston County up till a couple of years ago. He will die here in Kings Mountain on February 28, 1983. They both work in a cotton mill like most folks in town.

 

TOM PUTMAN  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 55 NC NC NC. His wife Etta Lula Chaney is 54 NC and they have Flora Lee 19 NC and Grover 17 NC. He is a son of David Putman and Catherine Carpenter from Gaston County. Thomas was born April 19, 1885 and died June 3, 1955. He married Etta Lula Chaney born March 2, 1882 and died October 13, 1952. They were in Gastonia, Gaston County in 1910 and in Kings Mountain Cleveland County in 1920. In 1930 they were here and they were in York, South Carolina in 1935. He is a weaving room oiler in a cotton mill.

 

W. (WADE) HILL PUTMAN  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 55 NC NC NC and is a house carpenter. His wife Mildred Goforth is 45 NC, and they have Velma E. 27 NC, Louise 24 NC, Wade H. 16 NC and William S. 10 NC. He is Wade Hill Putman a son of Lorenzo Dow Putnam and Clarissa Jane Kendrick. He was born April 28, 1885 and will die March 30, 1951. He married Mildred W. Goforth in Cleveland County on September 21, 1910. Mildred was born April 21, 1893 and will die in Gastonia on July 2, 1978.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 72 NC NC NC and his second wife Mary Susan Fulton 45 SC. He is a son of Marcus L. Putman and Emily Jane Camp, and was born here in June 1858. He will die here in Kings Mountain January 4, 1944. According to OBITS, Mae was born January 30, 1882 and died in Kings Mountain in June 1979. They were here in 1910 and 1920. He was here in 1900, but married to a Hattie. I don’t have her last name, sorry.

 

WILLIAM B. (BOYD) PUTNAM  Kings Mountain, Cleveland County

He is 31 NC, his wife Helen 31 NC and they have Mary Frances 4 NC. He is a son of Andrew Bertie Putman and Mary Vickers and was born in Crowder Mountain, Gaston County and then was here by 1930. He is a salesman at a retail grocery store.

 

TAFT S. (SPURGEON) PUTMAN  Lawndale, Double Shoals Township, Cleveland County

He is 31 NC as is his wife Ruby Estelle Warlick. They are both public school teachers. He is a son of Leo Rasmeur Putnam and Ada Weaver from Cleveland County. He was born October 17, 1908 and will die April 14, 1992. Ruby is a daughter of Oscar Vance Warlick and Laura Alice Dixon and was born February 6, 1908 and will die in Shelby on November 18, 1991.

 

CLARENCE PUTNAM  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 59 NC NC NC and owns a farm. His wife Leola Gibson is 53 NC and they have Clarence Gibson 22 and their daughter Donnis 14 NC. Also here is Ozetta Short, listed as a ward. He is Clarence Gordon a son of Anzie McFee Putman and Harriet McIntyre. He was born August 22, 1880. He married Leola Gibson August 7, 1904. She was born November 9, 1886 and will die in Shelby September 7, 1973. Clarence will die in Shelby December 13, 1954.

 

FOY PUTMAN  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 52 NC, his wife Martha Wray Elam is 49 NC and they have Jane 16 NC. He is a son of James Monroe Putman and Sarah Louise Bostick from here. He was born January 7, 1888. He married Martha in Shelby on December 22, 1916. He died July 30, 1963. Martha is a daughter of Franklin Elam and Sarah Katherine Wray and was born in 1891 and will die in April 1981.

 

GERALD PUTMAN  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 29 (really 30) NC and his wife Flora Belle is 28 NC. They are living with her folks listed as Thomas and Ida Heavener but I have Flora’s last name as Hamrick. Not sure. Gerald Eugene Putnam is a son of William Connley Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Poston and was born April 25, 1909 and died in Shelby October 22, 1997 at age 88. He married Flora Belle Hamrick. Flora was born October 14, 1910 and didn’t die till August 10, 1999. His death report also stated that he got all the way up to 3rd grade before leaving school.

 

HUBERT PUTMAN  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 38 NC and an electrician. His wife Lena Lee Byers is 29 NC and a saleslady in a department store. They have Gloria Jane 3 NC. They live with her folks Dare and Myrtle Byers. Hubert Benjamin Putman is a son of Thomas Dickson (Dixon) Putman and Frances ԆannieՊJane Jenkins and was born June 23, 1902 and died in Shelby January 2, 1974. Lena was born in Cleveland County August 15, 1910 and died there June 6, 1997. Kids were Gloria Jane Putnam born March 4, 1937 and Dan Byers Putnam born February 19, 1941.

 

MRS. L. C. (LEROY CLIFTON) PUTMAN  Rippys, Cleveland County

Pantha Melinda Jones is now the widow of Leroy Clifton Putnam who died here February 14, 1932. He was a son of Samuel Putman and Artie Hardin. Pantha is 67 NC and has Ocie 37 NC, Samuel 31 SC, Gay (Wilford Gay a son) 29 NC and Gay’s wife Mary Magdalene Wright 25 NC still at home with her. Pantha will die here herself in 1941.

 

LANDRA (GEORGE LANDRUM) PUTNAM  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 57 NC NC NC and his wife Ida D. Hamrick 60 NC. His father Charlie 83 NC is here too. He owns his farm. He is a son of Charles Franklin Putnam and Elizabeth Jane Kendrick. He was born in November 1882. Ida was born June 29, 1880 and will die here in Shelby June 9, 1965.They never had any children.

 

LEO PUTNAM  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is listed as Lee O. Putman, but is Leo Ramseur Putnam. He is 62 NC NC NC and owns his farm. His wife Ada Gertrude Weaver is 61 NC and they have Ezra Lee 22 and Willie Gertrude 17 NC. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putman and Verdia Hughes. He was born May 23, 1878. He married Ada Gertrude Weaver November 28, 1900 and will die August 26, 1954. She was born in 1879 and will die in Shelby March 4, 1966.

 

SETH PUTNAM  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 45 NC and finally married. His wife Elizabeth ԂessieՊLee Montgomery is 35 NC. They were married about 1934 and hustled along and now have Charles Thomas 6 NC, Robert Ԃobbieՠ4 NC, Roy 3 NC and Betty Lou 2 NC. They will have Mary or Martha in 1941, Boyd Seth in 1943 and William Daniel in 1945. Seth is a son of Charles C. Putnam and Eunice Roberts and was born February 21, 1895 and will die in Shelby May 20, 1974. He was single as of the 1930. Bessie is a daughter of William and Amy Montgomery and was born November 26, 1904 and will die in Shelby July 28, 1988.

 

SPURGEON PUTNAM  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 34 NC NC NC, his wife Maggie Lee Bridges is 32 NC and they have Bobbie Gene 11 NC, Billie Roger 8 NC and Donald B. 3 NC. He is a tenant farmer. He is a son of Clarence Gordon Putnam and Leola Gibson and was born here August 22, 1905. He married Maggie December 13, 1925. Maggie was born February 29, 1908 and will die in Shelby February 22, 1999. She’s a Sadie Hawkins Day girl, being born on the 29th which only comes around every for years. So even though she lived to be 91, she only had 22 ‘birthdays.’ Sturgeon will die in Shelby August 6, 1986 at age 80 and celebrated all 80 of them.

 

W. H. (WILBURN HAMPTON) PUTMAN  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 42 NC NC NC, his wife Orla Hawkins is 37 NC and they have Margaret E. 11 NC and Mary Ann 8 NC. Orla’s widowed dad John Hawkins 77 NC is here too. He is Wilburn Hampton Putman a son of Leroy Clifton Putnam and Pantha M. Jones. He was born September 7, 1897 and will die in Shelby February 18, 1958. Orla is a daughter of John Henderson Hawkins and Hattie Hughes and was born December 7, 1901 and will die in Shelby July 14, 1993.

 

YATES (LLOYD YATES) PUTMAN  Rippys, Cleveland County

He is 49 NC, Lola Wilma Bridges his wife is 39 NC, and they have Sarah Louise 18 NC, Jack 16 NC and Charles Monroe 12 NC. He is a son of James Monroe Putnam and Sarah Louise Bostic from here. He was born April 12, 1890 and will die August 19, 1957. He married Wilma Bridges February 15, 1920. The son Charles Monroe Putnam was born April 6, 1928 and lived in Alamance County California. He returned to Shelby where he will die October 2, 1990. He is 62 and widowed at that time. The son Jack Robert Putnam was born September 4, 1923 and will die in Shelby August 9, 2004. He married a cousin Willie Putnam who I think was a daughter of Leo and Ada Putnam from here. The daughter Sarah Louise was born March 6, 1921.

 

D. L. (DURAN LAMAR) PUTMAN  Sandy Run, Cleveland County

He is a farmer 52 NC NC NC. His wife Mabel E. Ross is 45 NC and they have Verdie Edna 21 NC, Edward 19 NC and Helen 14 NC. Also here is a nephew Eugene Martin 17 NC. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putnam and Verdie Ranna Hughes from here. He was born June 5, 1887 will die November 11, 1969. Mabel was born October 23, 1884 will die here December 21, 1960.

 

WIT PUTMAN  Sandy Run, Cleveland County

He is a farmer 63 NC, his wife Madge 59 NC and they have Earle 30 NC. Her mother Addie Allen 87 NC is here too. Can’t find any of them earlier. Probably Pitmans or something.

 

ALZIE PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 35 SC, his wife Burene 22 NC and they have Steve 9 NC. I can’t find him in North or South Carolina or anywhere before this. I assume not a Putnam/Putman.

 

ARTHUR LEE PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is listed as 39 NC but as he was born April 5, 1918 he is really only 22 NC and his wife Edith Corrine Dedmon is 24 NC and they have Jesse Van 11/12 NC. He is a son of Arthur Glenn Putman and his second wife Minnie Florence Gregg. He was born April 5, 1918 in Shelby, Cleveland County and will die April 1, 1997 in Gastonia, Gaston County. He married Edith Corrine Dedmon October 4, 1936. She was born March 9, 1915 and died August 17, 1998. He is a farmer.

 

ARVILLE S. (SIMS) PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 26 NC, his wife Annie Jane Anthony is 30 NC and they have John S. 4 NC. He is a son of Leroy Clifton Putnam and Pantha Melinda Jones and was born November 19, 1914 and will die in Shelby August 29, 1990. He married Annie Jane Anthony about 1934-1935. She was born in Shelby July 7, 1908 and will die here September 20, 1995. They both are weavers in a cotton mill.

 

BAXTER PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Baxter Cleveland Putnam a son of James Monroe Putman and Sarah Louise Bostick from Cleveland County North Carolina (grandson of Sam Putman and Artie Harden from Rippys, Cleveland County). Baxter is listed as 55 NC (actually born June 28, 1885 in Cherokee County South Carolina), and his wife Ida Beau Hamrick is 57 NC and they have Frances Rebekah 18 CA. He was single in Tuolumne County California in 1920. He returned to North Carolina and married Ida Beau Hamrick on March 12, 1921. Ida is a daughter of Sidney Hamrick and Louisa Elizabeth Harrill and was born June 29, 1882 and will die here June 9, 1965. He will die February 14, 1955. The daughter Rebekah was born January 13, 1922 in Sonora, California and will die in Shelby March 1, 2007. She will marry William Yancey Ellis here May 31, 1944 and they will move to Wilmington where Yancey will work in the shipyard and Rebekah will teach school there and back here when they returned after the War in 1945.

 

BURGOYNE PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

His name is actually Bourgoine de Estine Putnam. He is a son of Eli F. Putman and Julia Thompson from here. He is 64 NC NC NC, his wife Laura Street is 58 NC and only Ralph William 26 NC and his wife Mary Elizabeth Kukonu 23 SC are still at home. He was born here April 9, 1876. He first married Mary C. Wesson who died in 1898. He then married Laura Street April 13, 1900. Laura was born in 1881 and will die in Shelby March 1, 1971 at age 90. He will die in Shelby March 21, 1947. The son Ralph was born August 22, 1913. He married Elizabeth Kukonu in Hawaii, and will die in Shelby on October 3, 1973. He was in Honolulu in 1934 and also listed in the 1940 census there working in the Navy shipyard.

 

C. A. (CHARLES ASHLEY) PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 80 NC NC NC as is his wife Sarah Jane Eskridge. He is still a spinner at a cotton mill and Sarah works in the cotton mill as well. Obviously no mandatory retirements here. He goes by the name Dock and is a son of Joseph Devanney Putman and Susan Davis. He was born August 9, 1859, and will be here till he dies January 4, 1944 at age 84. Sarah is a daughter of Calvin Eskridge and Margaret Hendrick. She was born October 3, 1861 and will die here January 16, 1951.

 

C. B. (CAMERON BEAM) PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 71 NC still single and living with his married sister Hattie Whistnant 65 NC and her husband Charlie and their kids. They are children of William Roswell Putman and Anna Clarissa Beam from here. He was born March 14, 1869 and will die here December 4, 1944. He never married. Hattie was born July 16, 1874 and will die here in Shelby January 19, 1969.

 

CLATE PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 37 SC SC SC and a weaver in a cotton mill. His wife Onie Margaret Johnson is 29 SC and they have Edward Lionel 13 NC, Wallace Dean 12 NC, Jerry Clayton 8 NC and Kenneth 5 NC. Samuel Clayton is a son of Stephen Putman and Mattie Montjoy from Greenville County, SC. The whole family moved up to North Carolina in about 1925. He was born August 15, 1902 and will die in Shelby April 18, 1985. Onie Johnson was born October 7, 1910 and will die June 18, 2003. They were in Polk County North Carolina by 1926 and in 1930 in Robeson County North Carolina.

 

CLYDE PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 41 NC and owns his farm. His wife Elizabeth Cantrell is 36 NC and they have Marjorie 19 NC, Ruth 16 NC, Clyde Jr. 14 NC, Betty Jo 12 NC, Frank 9 NC and Eddie 3 NC. Clyde Putman is a son of William Cicero Putman and Lucinda Aquila McSwain from here. His dad died in 1900, and his mother remarried Clarence Taylor and he spent the first 15 years of his life in an Orphanage here in Cleveland County. He was born December 22, 1899 and will die here July 22, 1990.

 

CLYDE PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

This one is Clyde Ernest Putnam a son of Bourgoine de Estine Putnam and his second wife Laura Street from here. He is 39 NC, his wife Kathryn ‘Katie’ Owens is 40 NC and they have Madge 20 NC, Clifford 18 NC, Janie Elizabeth 16 NC, Charles C. 14 NC, Mary Sue 11 NC, Louise 7 NC, Clyde 5 NC and Bobbie Gene 1 NC. He and Katie work in a cotton mill. He was born December 4, 1900 and will die here August 1, 1968.

 

CRETE PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 25 NC and his wife Ophelia Borders is 23 NC. He is a janitor at the post office. He is a son of Leo Ramseur Putnam and Ada Gertrude Weaver and was born April 29, 1914 and will die June 30, 1966. Ophelia is a daughter of Robert Franklin Borders and Laura Lee Hamrick and was born December 20, 1916 and will die in Shelby December 13, 1962. They are right here in 1950 and he is still with the Post Office.

 

EARL PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is listed as 58 NC single and rooming. Was in rural Cleveland County before this. I just can’t find him anywhere before this. The listing has an Earl Profst 24 NC above him and maybe his first name isn’t Earl, just poor recording. But I can’t find a 48 year old in 1930 that would fit.

 

EDNA PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 23 NC and single. She lives with her married Sister Esther 24 NC and her husband Andrew Hunt. They are daughters of Leo Ramseur Putman and Ada Gertrude Weaver from here.

 

EDNA PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 42 NC single and lodging. She is a nurse. Can’t figure her. There was an Edna Putnam 28 NC and a graduate nurse in Charlotte in 1930. That’s probably her, but I can’t find her earlier.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 45 NC, his wife Mae Belle Currie 35 NC and they have Betty Jean 11 NC and Madeline Doris 9 NC. He is Ernest Roland Putnam a son of Eli F. Putman and Julia Thompson and was born here September 1, 1894 and will die in Charlotte July 18, 1946.

 

FRANK  PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 70 NC NC NC and his wife Eliza C. Spangler is 88 NC. They live with their daughter Lois 34 NC, her husband J. C. Bowling 35 NC and their kids. He is Doctor Franklin Putnam a Baptist Minister, and a son of Samuel Evans Putnam and Artie Hardin. He was born March 24, 1870 and will be here till he dies September 14, 1947. Eliza was born in North Carolina July 8, 1871 and will die in Shelby March 6, 1945. They were in Nash County in 1910, Gaston County in 1920 and here in 1930.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 73 NC NC NC and still single. He is living with his sister Eliza Jane Wilkins 72 NC and her husband Thomas Wilkins 71 NC. They are children of William Hambly and Margaret Putman from Gaston County. They were all here together in 1920 and 1930 too. George was born August 25, 1866. He never married. He will die in Shelby August 12, 1946 at age 79. His sister Eliza was born January 21, 1868. She married Thomas Anderson Wilkins. He was a son of William Wilkins and Jane Fortenberry of Cleveland County. He was born June 16, 1868 and will die in Shelby September 8, 1940. They are in Shelby, Cleveland County in 1920 and 1930, probably earlier. Eliza will die in Shelby January 2, 1964.

 

GRACE PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 33 SC and now widowed. Her husband Clyde Rose Putnam has died here December 30, 1934. Clyde Junior 14 NC, Robert 12 NC, Janet 8 NC, Lavonne 5 NC are at home with her. They were married in 1925 and were here in 1930. Clyde was a son of Stephen Perry Putnam and Martha Susan Montjoy and was born in Laurens County South Carolina August 15, 1902. His dad died there in 1912 and he came up here with his widowed mother Mattie in the 1920s.

 

J. (JAMES) DOGAN PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 44 SC SC SC and is a section hand in a cotton mill. His wife Virginia Williams is 45 SC and they have Celestine 19 SC, Dorothy 17 SC and Rita Jean 15 SC. He is a son of Stephen Perry Putman and Mattie Montjoy from Laurens County, South Carolina. He must have come up about the same time as his mother and brother Clyde. They were in Greenville County South Carolina too in 1910 and 1920, and then here in 1930. He was born August 31, 1897. Virginia Williams was born in 1895 and will die in Cleveland County January 14, 1956. James will die here in Cleveland County May 12, 1958. 

 

JAMES L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 33 NC, his wife Neva Ellen Keever is 32 NC and they have Joyce Ellen 7 NC. He is a spooler in a cotton mill like he was back in Charlotte in 1930. He is a son of Elias William Putman and Blanche Andrews from Charlotte. He and Neva were married there in 1926 and were there in 1930. James was born August 22, 1906 and will die November 26, 1984 in Kannapolis, Cabarrus County. Neva is a daughter of Luther Emanuel Keever and Lucy McConnell and was born July 21, 1907 and will die in Charlotte November 14, 1994.

 

JASP S. (JASPER STOWE) PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 52 NC NC NC, and his wife Angeline McDaniel is 42 NC. He owns his farm. They have been married sixteen years and have David Carson 14 NC and Betty Jane 11 NC. He is Jasper Stowe Putman a son of David Carson Putman and Sally Ann Roberts from here in Shelby. He was born March 9, 1888. He was at home through 1920 and then married Angie in 1924. Jasper will die in Shelby November 20, 1962. Angie was born February 10, 1899 and will die in Shelby April 14, 1988 at age 90.

 

LENA PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 62 NC and now widowed. Her daughters Grace Lyons 32 NC and Annie Sue 21 NC are still at home. There were 8 kids all told. Selena Pauline Elmore was the second wife of William Adkin Putman from here where he was born March 1, 1862. They were in Gaston County in 1910 and 1920 and then back here in 1930. William died here November 12, 1935. William was a son of Samuel Putman and Winnie Long from here. Lena was born May 18, 1877 and will die here January 28, 1945.

 

LESTER PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 68 NC and listed as a sister-in-law with Harry Gillimore 50 NC and Mable Gillimore 48 NC. I assume the name is actually Hester, but I can’t her either. Good Luck here.

 

M. (MARCUS) CARL PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 52 NC, his wife Lula Margaret Hord is 45 NC and they have Margaret N. 16 NC. He operates a barbershop. He is a son of Charles Franklin Putman and Elizabeth Jane Kendrick and was born December 16, 1883. Lula is a daughter of Jesse Lee Hord and Lenora Jane Dixon. She was born in Cleveland County January 21, 1895 and will die February 15, 1986 at age 91. Carl will die here April 19, 1967. They were here in 1920 and he was in Greenville County South Carolina in 1930.

 

MALCOM PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Jesse Malcom Putnam 46 NC, his wife Laura Etta McSwain is 40 NC and they have Delphia Inez 17 NC, Dora Lena 16 NC, Jessie Frances 15 NC, William Leonard 13 NC, Samuel Boyd 11 NC, John Turner 8 NC, Della Louise 6 NC, Patsy Marie 5 NC, Joanna 3 NC and Gloria Jeanette 1 NC. And they will have two more by 1945. Wow, even dozen! He rents a farm and obviously will never run out of hired help. He is a son of William Alexander Putnam and Ida Turner Wall from here. He was born August 11, 1893 and will die here November 18, 1963. Laura is a daughter of John Leonard McSwain and Elizabeth Jane Brooks and was born September 15, 1899 and will die in Shelby March 14, 1972.

 

MAX PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 27 NC and his wife Bernice Hauser is 23 NC. They live with her widowed mother Nellie Hauser 53 NC. Maxwell is a son of William Adkin Putnam and Pauline Frances ԌenaՠElmore and was born in Gaston County March 4, 1912 and will die in Shelby December 3, 2003.

 

MILLARD PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 29 NC and his wife Hester Roxanne Chapman is 26 NC. They both work in the cotton mill here. He is a son of Jesse Henry Putman and Martha Caldwell from here. He was born September 18, 1910 and died February 1, 1992. Hester was born in 1913 and died in Gaston County December 3, 1995.

 

MINNIE PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 55 SC and now widowed. Still at home are Thomas Gilmer 33 NC, Madge Evelyn 28 NC, Minnie Gold 24 NC, Hazel 22 NC, John Ervin 20 NC, Elise18 NC, and Peggy 15 NC. Her widowed mother Henrietta Cato Threatt 79 SC is with her. Minnie Threatt was married to Malcolm Everett Putnam, a son of Albert R. Putnam and Eliza McIntyre and was born here July 29, 1878 and died here January 11, 1934. Minnie is a daughter of Robert Thomas Threatt and Henrietta Cato and was born March 26, 1882 and will die here June 20, 1963.

 

NANCY PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 30 SC and lives with her folks Will and Daisy Griffin. She has two kids Elizabeth 10 NC and Billy 3 NC. She and Nancy Elizabeth, 6 months old then, were here with her folks in 1930 and said she was married. She says she is still married and still no husband around. Okay, I find a death certificate for the son Billy Dean Putnam born September 15, 1936 in Shelby and died in Charlotte November 7, 1980. Sadly, no mention of his parents.

 

ROBERT JOSEPH PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 25 IA single and living in the Hotel Charles here in town. He is a fixer at a textile mill. He was in Denver in 1935 and Dubuque, Iowa before that. He is a son of Charles A. Putnam and Ellen Josephine Dooling and was born in Dubuque October 12, 1914 and will die at age 91 on February 6, 2006 in the Retirement Community in Mars Hill, North Carolina. This is on the New York Dutch Putman line going back to Jackson County Iowa to Carroll County Illinois to Cattaraugus County New York.

 

RUTH PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

She is 26 NC single and lodging with a couple of other people. She is a secretary at the County Health Department and the other two are nurses there. She would be a daughter of Wade Hill Putnam and Mildred Goforth. Ruth Jane was born October 6, 1913. She will marry William Henry Jacokes and die in Taylor, Michigan December 31, 1985.

 

SAM PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 26 NC, his wife Rosie Emaline Mosley 26 SC and they have Bennie 4 SC, Samuel 2 SC and Patsy 9/12 NC. He works in a textile mill. Samuel Woodrow Putnam is a son of William Connelly Putman and Mary Elizabeth Poston and was born here December 27, 1913 and will die a widower in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County October 29, 1988. Rosie was born December 10, 1912 in South Carolina and will die in Rutherfordton December 9, 1987.

 

SHAFTER C. (CECIL) PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 33 NC, his wife Nora Catherine Ellis is 28 NC and they have Jimmy 6 NC. They both work in a rayon mill here in town. He is a son of Leroy Clifton Putnam and Pantha Melinda Jones. He was born January 10, 1907 and will die February 12, 1973 in Shelby. Nora was born in North Carolina October 25, 1911 and will die there in Shelby September 20, 1974.

 

TILLMAN (SAMUEL TILDEN) PUTMAN  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 63 NC and owns his farm. His wife Vella Evans Eskridge is 62 NC and they have Hal (Harold Willard Putman born April 12, 1912 and died December 11, 1962) 28 NC and Earl (Franklin Earl Putman born December 22, 1917. He married Frances Elizabeth Byers. She was born in Shelby June 11, 1916 and died there February 24, 2000. He died in Shelby August 13, 1967) 22 NC. Sam is a son of Samuel Evans Putman and Artie Hardin. He was born May 12, 1876. He married Vella Evans Eskridge on December 19, 1908. They are in Shelby all their lives. He will die March 22, 1952. She will die May 7, 1961.

 

TILDEN PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is Tilden Franklin Putnam a son of William Connelly Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Poston from here. He is 22 NC, his wife Evelyn Pruett is 21 NC and they have Deltha 3 NC, David 2 NC and Elizabeth 2/12 NC. He was born May 26, 1916 and will die in Shelby on Thursday November 18, 1999. He currently works in a Cotton Mill, but will own Putnam Electric here in Shelby.

 

WILLIAM C. (CARSON) PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 39 NC and his wife Minnie K. is 30 NC. He is a son of David Carson Putman and Sally Ann Roberts from here in Shelby. He was born here February 24, 1900, and will be here till he dies on July 29, 1944. He is a clerk in a dime store.

 

WILLIAM O. R. (RESSIE) PUTNAM  Shelby, Cleveland County

He is 55 NC. His wife Daisy Pearson is 53 NC and Bruce 23 NC is still at home. He is a mail carrier. William Ressie is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putnam and Verda Ranna Hughes from Shelby. He was born May 15, 1885. He married Daisy Pearson October 11, 1905. Daisy was born December 23, 1886 and will die in Shelby November 16, 1973. He will die here August 27, 1953. The son Bruce was born September 13, 1916 and will die in Shelby June 10, 1948. He never married. The County hospital is in Shelby and most out-of -towners who died there were in the hospital.

 

ANNIE M. (MILLER) PUTNAM  Waco, Cleveland County

She is 56 NC and widowed as she was in 1930. Her son Nelson 29 MC and daughter Elizabeth 20 NC are still at home. Annie Miller was married to Charles Sylvanus Putman they were here in 1920. Charles died October 6, 1926, and Annie was widowed in 1930. Charles was a son of Benjamin Andrew Putman and Mary Gates. He was born July 27, 1872. He married Annie Miller in Cleveland County on July 12, 1906. She was a daughter of C. and Emma Miller. She was born November 22, 1888 and will die here September 17, 1945.

 

AVERY J. (JENNINGS) PUTNAM  Waco, Cleveland County

He is 50 NC NC NC and owns a farm. His wife Katherine Stone is 49 NC and is a schoolteacher. They now have a daughter Fannie Elizabeth 7 NC. He is a son of Thomas Dickson Putman and Frances Jenkins from Shelby. He was born there March 6, 1890 and married Kate April 20, 1926. He will die in Shelby June 23, 1949. Kate was born April 22, 1890 and will die in Shelby April 22, 1976. Now ɠHis middle name could well be Jenkins after his mother or her maiden name may be Jennings. Coin toss here.

 

J. (JULIUS) MARVIN PUTNAM  Waco, Cleveland County

He is 57 NC and his wife Ellie Belinda Pruitt is 57 NC. He owns his farm. He is a son of Benjamin Andrew Putman and Mary Gates. He was born here January 1, 1881 and married Ellie March 21, 1909. She was born September 18, 1879 in North Carolina and will die in Shelby, Cleveland County July 7, 1972. Julius will die in Durham, North Carolina May 5, 1944.

 

MARVIN H. (HOYLE) PUTNAM  Waco, Cleveland County

He is 28 NC, his wife Mary Lou Cline is 23 NC and they have Sybil Anne 2 NC. He is a son of Charles Sylvanus Putnam and Annie Miller from here. He was born July 9, 1911 and will die in Waco August 6, 1995. He married Mary Lou Cline. She was born May 7, 1917 in Cleveland County and will die here January 28, 1944. He lives with or next to his widowed mother and runs the family farm.

 

DOW PUTNAM  Warlick, Cleveland County

He is 57 NC single and working on the Wright’s farm. He is William Dow Putnam a son of Lorenzo Dow Putman and Clarissa Jane Kendrick. He was born July 7, 1882. He was single here in 1930 and never was married. He will die in Cleveland County August 24, 1956.

 

GORDON C. (CLIFFORD) PUTNAM  Warlick, Cleveland County

He is 27 NC, his wife Ruby Evelyn Gantt is 23 NC and they have Mary Rachel 5 NC. They will have 5 more kids. He is a son of William Connelly Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Poston and was born June 21, 1912 and will die in Shelby September 25, 1999. Ruby was born February 23, 1917 and will die April 5, 2008. He is a farmer.

 

J. R. (JASPER RUFUS) PUTNAM  Warlick, Cleveland County

He is 28 NC, his wife Donna Prue Beattie is 30 NC and they have Paul 7 NC and Perlene 1 NC. He is a son of Arthur Glenn Putman and his second wife Minnie Florence Gregg. Minnie died in 1920 and he was with her folks R. W. and Mary Gregg. His dad had remarried (third time) to Bertha McSwain and was gone. Jasper Rufus was born March 6, 1912 and will die in Kings Mountain March 4, 1984. He married Dona Prue Beattie February 7, 1932. She was born January 21, 1910 and will also die in Kings Mountain on March 10, 1981.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Warlick, Cleveland County

He is 24 NC and his wife Ola Hamrick is 28 NC. He is Marion Alonzo a son of Arthur Glenn Putman and his second wife Minnie Florence Gregg. Minnie died in 1920 and their kids were with her folks R. W. and Mary Gregg in 1930. He and Ola are still living on Mary Griggs farm. His dad Arthur was born April 9, 1882. He married Rebecca Jane Willmont September 22, 1909. She died in childbirth on January 8, 1911. He then married Minnie Florence Gregg March 26, 1911. She was born March 8, 1884 and died March 22, 1920. They had four children. He then married Bertha Ray McSwain on July 28, 1920. She was born March 8, 1884 and died November 22, 1946. They had another 4 children. He married his fourth wife Ruby Lane Evans on March 1, 1949. They had 2 more children. Arthur died June 23, 1955. Anyway ɠMarion was born February 12, 1916. He married Ola Maggie Hamrick February 26, 1939. Ola was a daughter of William Batey and Ella Eliza Hamrick and was born February 12, 1912 and will die February 5, 2001 in Shelby. Marion will die in Kings Mountain September 26, 2010.

 

FRANCIS PUTNAM  Fayetteville, Cumberland County

He is 28 SC and a carpenter in the U.S. Army and was here at Fort Bragg in 1935. He is Francis McCall Putnam, a son of James Butler Putnam and Elizabeth McCall and was born in Pickens County South Carolina February 22, 1912 and was at home in Florence, Florence County in 1920 and 1930. He will die back there in Florence County April 28, 1984. His brother Jim is here too.

 

JAMES C. (CLYDE) PUTNAM  Fayetteville, Cumberland County

He is 23 SC single and a soldier in the U.S. Army and was here at Fort Bragg in 1935. He is a son of James Butler Putnam and Elizabeth McCall and was born in Pickens County South Carolina January 3, 1917 and was at home in Florence, Florence County in 1920 and 1930. He will die in New Bern, Craven County North Carolina July 25, 1979. His brother Francis is here too.

 

EDGAR PUTNAM  Lexington Township, Davidson County

He is 43 NC, his wife Vera Leola Hamrick is 42 NC and they have Howard Marks 21 NC, Pauline 19 NC and Eugene 17 NC. They all work in a cotton mill. Edgar Carson Putnam is a son of David Clarence Putnam and Corinne Sally Roberts. He was born April 2, 1897 and will die here in Lexington December 4, 1973. Vera is a daughter of William Smith Hamrick and Mary Lee Roberts and was born in Shelby January 13, 1899 and will die in Lexington September 26, 1991.

 

CLYDE E. PUTNAM  Tarboro, Edgecombe County

He is 34 NC, his new wife Gertrude Shields Pittman is 33 NC and they have Gertrude A. 1 NC. Also here are 2 of Gertrude’s sisters Virginia Holland 31 NC and divorced and Louise Pittman 20 NC and still single. He was also listed here as well by himself working as a teller in the bank that he is now in their loan department. I find a birth record that he was born in Rutherford County August 18, 1906 and will die here in Tarboro February 20, 1990. States his dad was Benjamin E. Putnam. Can’t figure who Ben was though.

 

KENNETH PUTMAN  Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County

He is 7 NC and a lodger with a Patterson Family from Tennessee. He is Kenneth Earl Putman born October 8, 1932 and will die October 3, 1978. He is a son of Chalmers Perry Putnam and Jessie Williams. His dad just took off on the family, Jessie got tuberculosis and I guess the Patterson family just took him in.

 

ABRAHAM PUTNAM  Swift Creek, Edgecombe County

He is a Negro 45 NC with a large family and was in Nash County before this.

 

ERNEST E. (ELIAS) PUTNAM  Middle Fork Township, Forsyth County

He is 26 NC, his wife Gladys 23 NC and they have Patsy 3 NC and Jo Sharon 1 NC. He works in a honing mill. He is a son of Joseph Walter Putnam and Cora Alamae Pressley from Hayward County where he was born January 11, 1913 and he will die in Glen Burnie, Maryland September 17, 1988.

 

ELMER W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Broadbay Township, Forsyth County

He is 28 NC, his wife Ruth Nell Smith 34 NC and they have Patsy R. 2 NC and Carol S. 5/12 NC. He is a foreman at a tobacco company. He is a son of Samuel William Putnam and Lonnie Coltrane and grandson of Julius Putnam from Guilford County

 

ROBERT W. (ROBAH WALLACE) PUTNAM  Old Township, Forsyth County

He is 32 NC, his wife Nancy Beatrice Caudle 30 NC and they have Betty J. 11 NC. He is a son of Samuel William Putnam and Lonnie Coltrane and was born in Guilford County March 20, 1907. He married Beatrice August 1, 1927. She is a daughter of Clingman Garfield Caudle and Lillie T. Groce and was born in Yadkin County October 11, 1909 and will die in Winston Salem May 26, 2003. Robah will die in Winston-Salem February 9, 1957 and Beatrice will marry Zeno Daniel Hoots in Winston-Salem September 22, 1957. This is the Quaker line that came over from England later on into Virginia and then here.

 

BUEL E. (EDGAR) PUTNAM  Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

He is 43 IL IL IL and manages a bakeshop. His wife Myrtle Mattie Simpson is 39 NC and they have Buel Jr. 17 NC and Jack 12 NC. Also here is their married daughter Katherine 19 NC and her husband Robert Rothrock 23 NC. They were in Winston-Salem in 1920 and High Point, Guilford County in 1930. He is a son of John Putnam and Lisa Brunner, and was shown at home in Carroll County Missouri in 1900. Mattie, by the way, is descended from Indians in Guilford County. She is six generations from Chief Powhatan. The son Buel Junior was born December 27, 1922 and will die here in North Carolina February 28, 2006.

 

JOHN L. (LEVIGER) PUTNAM  Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

He is 53 NC NC NC and a fire inspector at a tobacco factory. His wife Dora Agnes Simpson is 53 NC and their daughter Nellie is 35 NC. They were here in 1920. He is a son of William Alexander Putman and Zulia Bridges from Cleveland County. He was born May 10, 1885 and will die here August 8, 1967. Dora was born December 25, 1886 and will die here in Winston-Salem on October 20, 1969. They are buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Gaffney, Cherokee County South Carolina.

 

LEVADA PUTNAM  Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

She is 62 NC and widowed. Levada Collins was married to George Clifton Putnam here in 1930. He died here February 24, 1936. She is living with her brother Ruben Collins.

 

LLOYD PUTNAM JR.  Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

He is 21 NC, his wife Sarah Spann is 24 NC and they have Jeannette 4/12 NC. Also here are two of Sara’s sisters Ida Belle Spann 20 NC and Lottie 17 NC. He is a clerk in his dad’s grocery store. He is a son of Walter Lloyd Putnam and Maggie Bodenhamer from here. He was born here February 25, 1919 and will die in Alachua County Florida July 22, 1991. His dad is a son of John Washington Putnam and Lisa Brunner from Carroll County, Missouri. His folks were here in 1920 and so was he as he was married here in 1914. This line goes back through Illinois to Genesee County New York to Massachusetts.

 

W. (WALTER) LOYD PUTNAM  Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

He is 46 MO MO MO and owns a grocery store. His wife Maggie Lenoir Bodenhamer is 45 NC and they have Sylvia G. 17 NC and their married daughter Grace McKnight 25 NC and her daughter Patricia 4 NC but no husband. Maggie’s widowed mother Fannie Bodenhamer 70 NC is with them now. He is a son of John Washington Putnam and Lisa or Lida Brunner from Carroll County, Missouri. He was born in Chillicothe, Livingston County Missouri May 13 1894. His folks were here in 1920 as was his brother Buel. He obviously was around too, but not indexed. They were married here March 5, 1914. Maggie was born in 1894 and will die here in Winston-Salem on September 29, 1981. New England folks.

 

EMPRO PUTNAM  Belmont, South Point Township, Gaston County

He is 26 NC, his wife Helen Rhyne is 24 NC and they have Joe Max 5 NC. Helen’s brother Charlie Rhyne 21 NC is living with them. All but young Joe work in a cotton mill. Empro is a son of Luther Miller Putnam and Laura Minnie Hull and was born here May 8, 1913 and will die here November 29, 1987.

 

LUTHER M. (MILLER) PUTNAM  Belmont, South Point Township, Gaston County

He is 62 NC NC NC and now works in a cotton mill as do both kids. His wife Laura Minnie Hull is 58 NC and they have Violet 38 NC and Rasho L. (Luther) 29 NC. He is a son of Bromfield Putman and Dora Black and was born here February 17, 1878. He will die in Gaston County September 23, 1951. Laura was born in 1881 and will die here January 17, 1955.

 

FLOSSIE PUTMAN  Belmont, Gaston County

She is 28 NC and has a son Bobbie Rae 7 NC. She says she is married, but is living with her folks Thomas and Minnie McCarns. Wonder if she was playing around with Watson while he and Effie were split up. Hmmmm.

 

WATSON PUTMAN  Belmont, Gaston County

He is 37 NC, his wife Effie Inez Bass is 31 NC and they have Rebecca Anne 13 NC, Lydia 12 NC, Loretta 3 NC. Also here is Effie’s mom Lillie Bass 65 NC. Watson is a paperhanger and Effie a winder in a cotton mill. Julian Watson Putman is a son of Rush Douglas Putnam and Martha Patterson and was born here January 5, 1903 and will die in Charlotte May 25, 1982. Effie is a daughter of Harvey and Lillian Bass and was born May 7, 1907 and will die also in Charlotte on November 5, 1997. They were separated here in 1930 but have gotten back together. The daughter Rebecca was listed as a niece of Paul and Mattie Eckland here in 1930 and is also with them now in Charlotte.

 

ERNEST B. PUTNAM  Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township, Gaston County

He is 55 NC single and working on a road project. Also here is his brother Luther 47 NC also single and working as a weaver in a cotton mill. Luther was married to Hallie here in 1930.

 

LANE J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM  Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township, Gaston County

He is 40 NC and now works in a cotton mill and his kids run the farm. His wife Stella Catheryn Fincannon is 38 NC and they have Glen Albert 17 NC, Lawrence Edward 15 NC, Margie L. 10 NC, A. Frances 8 NC, Nellene 4 NC and E. Joyce 1 NC. Joseph Lane Putman is a son of Jesse Henry Putman and Mattie Caldwell from Gaston County. Joe was born August 2, 1899 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County and will die in Kings Mountain April 24, 1964. OBITS has the son Glen Albert born October 10, 1922 and died in Kings Mountain October 18, 2001. The son Lawrence Edward was born March 19, 1925 and will die in Kings Mountain on May 4, 1987. He was divorced at that time. The daughter Margaret died in Kings Mountain September 7, 2007. She was married twice, first to Emery Murray and then to James M. Todd. She outlived both of them. She worked for Western Auto in Gastonia.

 

LEON D. (DAVID) PUTNAM  Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township, Gaston County

He works in a cotton mill and is 36 NC, his wife Lillian Lucille Padgett is 38 NC and they have Virginia Lee 15 NC, Paul David 14 NC, Dorothy Dean 11 NC and Joyce Ann 10 NC. He is a son of Isaac Andrew Putman and Sally Ann Higgins from Rutherford County. He was born there July 5, 1903 and was at home there in 1910 with his widowed mother and then they were in Greenville South Carolina in 1920. They were here in 1930. Lillian is a daughter of Jonah Rollins Padgett and Mary Ann Elizabeth Watson and was born in Rutherford County April 2, 1904 and will die in Charlotte June 17, 2000. Leon will die there December 19, 1981.

 

MALLORY W. (WADE) PUTNAM  Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township, Gaston County

He works in a cotton mill and is 52 NC single and listed as a brother of ԳomeoneՊon another page that I can’t find. He is a son of William Alexander Putnam and Nancy Wesson and was born September 8, 1887. He married Alice Covington of Gastonia in February 1929. He listed himself as deaf and dumb on several records. Alice was born in Washington DC and was living by herself with her mother Daisy Covington in Washington in 1930 and 1935. They were divorced but I don’t know when. He will die in Charlotte June 20, 1951.

 

WILLIAM A. (AKIN) PUTNAM  Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township, Gaston County

He is 54 NC NC NC and out of work. His wife Zennie Probst is 52 NC and they have, Bill Jr. 12 NC, and Ruth Hauser 27 NC and Elva Hauser 23 NC. They were in Cleveland County in 1920 just married. Zinnie had three Houser kids from her first marriage. In 1920 they were called stepchildren. He is William Akin Putnam, a son of David Putnam and Mary Catherine Carpenter from here and then Gaston County. He was born April 19, 1885 and died July 12, 1940. He married Zennie Propst. She was born May 26, 1886 and died February 24, 1954.

 

BIDDIE PUTNAM  Cherryville, Gaston County

She is 49 NC and lives with her now married daughter Catherine 22 SC and husband Paul McLeod 27 NC. She is a daughter of John S. Putnam and Harriet Rippy. She had Catherine kinda out of wedlock so she lists herself as widowed which she well may be.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Cherryville, Gaston County

She is 42 NC and widowed. She has Mary Edna 19 NC, Robert Garrison 17 NC, James Spurgeon 10 NC. Daisy Elizabeth McFadden was married to Cornelius Vance Putnam here in 1920 and 1930. He died January 22, 1935. He was a son of Rush Douglas Putnam from Cleveland County. Elizabeth was born in April 1899 and will die here ay 24, 1987.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 66 NC, his wife Elizabeth Stroupe is 46 NC and they now have Margaret 10 NC, Norma Ann 7 NC and Ruth 5 NC. He was married to Elizabeth in Rutherford County in 1930 where he was a manager for an insurance company. Guess he then retired, as he owns a farm now. He is a son of William Hambly Putnam and his first wife Mary Ann Wright. Hambly was a son of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton from here in Gaston County. He was born here in Gaston County February 16, 1874. Elizabeth is a daughter of Ephraim D. Stroupe and Amanda J. Hicks and was born October 27, 1893, and she will die in Shelby, Cleveland County June 14, 1952. Frank will die here in Gastonia December 22, 1964.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 42 NC and his sister Vada is 40 NC. Both are kids of William Hambly Putnam and Mary Ann Wright from here. Neither ever married.

 

KENNETH PUTNAM  Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 21 NC single and living by himself. He is a son of Walter Bryan Putnam and Docia Harriet Mauney. Kenneth Edward Putnam was born here August 14, 1918 and will die in Chapel Hill March 1, 2007. He is also listed next with his folks. He will soon marry Frances Kerr.

 

W. B. (WALTER BRYAN) PUTNAM  Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 43 NC NC NC and is a superintendent in a cotton mill. His wife Harriet Docia Mauney is 43 NC, and they have Hugh 23 NC, Kenneth 21 NC, Theda 20 NC, Raleigh 18 NC, Juanita 16 NC, Joe Billy 13 NC, Walter Bryan Jr. 11 NC, James 10 NC and Martha Jane 4 NC. He is a son of William Adkin Putnam and Lena Elmore from here. He was born June 9, 1896 and will die November 9, 1942. He married Docia Harriett Mauney on October 17, 1915 in Cherryville, Gaston County. Docie was born November 13, 1895 and will die here November 17, 1972.

 

WILLIAM A. (ADKIN) PUTNAM  Cherryville, Gaston County

He is 38 NC. His wife Joyce Elizabeth Fairchild 31 NC and they have Mollie Frances 6 NC. They both work in a cotton mill. He is a son of William Adkin Putman and was born October 21, 1901. His mom Selina Agnes Moss died shortly afterwards, maybe from complications in childbirth. He never appeared with his father’s family. In 1920 he was with Jane Poole as an adopted son and then in 1930 she was with him listed as a widowed mother. Maybe he was born out of wedlock. Just don’t know. He married Joyce Elizabeth Fairchild July 31, 1927. He will die here October 5, 1976 and Joyce will die September 22, 1988 in Waco, Gaston County. They are in Anna Arundel County Maryland in 1950.

 

JESSE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Crowder Mountain Township, Gaston County

He is 63 NC NC NC and owns a farm. His wife Mattie M. Caldwell is 58 NC, and they have Glenn Odell 18 NC still at home. He is a son of Henry Monroe Putman and Emily Sanders. He was born in Cleveland County April 27, 1876 but has been here since 1900, as have his folks. He will die in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County November 29, 1955. Mattie is the daughter of James Sidney Caldwell and Barbara Susannah Mullis and was born July 12, 1883 and will die in Morganton, Burke County November 11, 1962.

 

BOB PUTNAM  Dallas Township, Gaston County

He is 65 NC and says married. Robert Douglas Putnam was married to Lula Flowers here in 1930. She and the kids are in town and she says she is divorced.

 

CHARLIE PUTNAM  Dallas Township, Gaston County

He is 28 NC, his new wife Wilma Smith is 17 NC and they just had 4/12 NC. He works in a cotton mill. His full name is Charles Douglas Putnam a son of Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Messer from here. He was born October 25, 1911. Wilma was born in Lincoln County April 5, 1923. She was a daughter of William Jonah Smith and Alice Childers. He will die in Salisbury, Rowan County September 11, 1985. Wilma will die February 3, 2010 in Salisbury where they will live most of their lives.

 

ELIAS (ELIJAH ANDERSON) PUTNAM  Dallas Township, Gaston County

He is 50 SC SC NC and he works in a cotton mill. His wife Vida Myrtle Lineberger is 46 NC and they have Billie Gene 11 NC still at home. Elijah is a son of Rush Douglas Putman and Martha Patterson from here. He was born in South Carolina June 13, 1890. Myrtle is a daughter of John Franklin Lineberger and Martha Alice Hayes and was born in March 1894 and will die in Gastonia July 19, 1968. Elijah will be here till he dies January 1, 1958.

 

LULA PUTNAM  Dallas Township, Gaston County

She is 52 NC and divorced. She has Robert Ambrose 18 NC and Mabel 15 NC with her. Lula Flowers was the second wife of Robert Douglas Putnam and was here in 1930 with him. Didn’t work out. Robert is a son of Rush Douglas Putman and Martha Patterson from here.

 

CLARENCE PUTMAN  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 27 NC, his wife Marion Gertrude Owens is 25 SC and they have Clarence 4 NC and Mary 3 NC. He is an iceman at a refrigerator company and she is a sewer at a cotton mill. They are living with her folks Walter and Ella. Clarence Edward Putman pops up in Charlotte in 1920 with his folks Connelly Putman and Fannie Johnson. I first see Connelly in 1880 when he was living with an Elizabeth Martin who was his mother. Obviously dad died or split, and mom remarried. I do not know his father's name yet. Clarence’s death certificate gives his folks names and that he was born December 17, 1912 and died in Gastonia September 11, 1971.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

She is 33 GA and widowed. Can’t find her in 1930 so no ideas on her ex.

 

ERVIN M. (MARSHALL) PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 35 SC and his new wife Agnes A. 23 NC. He was an auto mechanic here in 1930 and now works in a textile machine shop and Agnes works in a cotton mill. He is Marshall Ervin son of Robert Putman and Ida Atkins and was with them here in 1920. He was married to Mary W. Holden here in 1930. Agnes is new. He was born November 21, 1904 and will die here in Gastonia August 7, 1979.

 

ISAIAH I. (IVERSON) PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 78 NC and his wife Lillie Lee Sheppard 60 SC. He is a son of Joseph Devaney Putman and his first wife Susan Rosilla Davis and was born October 2, 1865. He married Lillie Weathers on September 29, 1890. Lillie was a daughter of Jenkins Devaney Weathers and Eunice Bailey. She died July 9, 1904, and he married Lillie Lee Sheppard in about 1906. They have been in Shelby, Cleveland County up till now. He will die here August 6, 1943.

 

JOHN W. (WESLEY) PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 22 NC and his wife Mary Lucille Seagraves is 17 GA. They live with her folks Doc and Annie Seagraves. John is a son of Leander White Ԍee Putman and Laura Odella Fields and was born in Gastonia April 22, 1919 and he will be here all his life and die in a nursing home in Charlotte October 6, 1995. He married Mary Lucille Seagraves. They will have a daughter Barbara Ann born January 21, 1941. Something will happen to Lucille as on December 16, 1941 he will have a second child, Portia Marcie Putnam and her mother is Lucretia Madeline Cochran. Maybe Lucille died in childbirth as he must have married her shortly afterwards. He was still married to Madeline who won’t die till November 6, 2000. Gets even more ԩnterestingՠas right now Wesley is listed with Madeline and they are with his folks here in town. I wonder if he had two wives or if there are two John W’s year apart. See the listing following. Hmmmm????

 

LEE PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 56 NC his wife Laura Odella Fields 53 NC and they still have at home Henry 26 NC, Martha 19 NC and Wesley 20 NY with his wife Madeline Cochrane 20 NC. He is a son of Isaac Andrew Putman and Sally Ann Higgins from Rutherford County. He was born September 7, 1882 and will die here February 23, 1959. He was home there in 1910. Laura was born in 1886 and died in Gaston County September 30, 1975. They were here in 1920 and 1930.

 

LOUISE PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

She is 24 SC and divorced. She has Barbara Ann 5 NC (born November 17, 1934 in Gaston County). They are living with her folks Benjamin and Pearline Hanna. Alice Louise Hanna was married to Alfred William Putnam, son of James Brodus Putnam and Catherine Rebecca Parris from Cherokee County South Carolina and the family was from Cleveland County North Carolina before that. Alfred is in Ashville and will die there October 2, 1989.

 

MAXINE PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

She is 23 NC and married. She is living with her folks Bunyan and Stella Russell. I find her birth record and she is a daughter of Walter B. Russell and Stella M. Crook and was born here September 27, 1916. No record of her marriage though.

 

PAUL PUTNAM  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 29 NC and his wife Alice Irene Johns is 29 GA. They both work in a cotton mill. They have Arthur Lee 3 NC born February 13, 1937 and Laura Ann 1 NC born October 30, 1938 and will have Paul Jennings Jr. August 12, 1940. Paul Jennings Putnam is a son of Leander White Ԍee Putman and Laura Odella Fields and was born in Gastonia August 5, 1910 and will die in Gastonia June 5, 1989. Alice was born about 1910 and will die here in 1988.

 

SHUFORD PUTMAN  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is Ralph Martin Shuford Putman 30 NC. His wife Imogene Smith is 28 NC and they have Ralph 10 NC. He is a son of George Washington Putman and Addie Montjoy. His folks moved to South Carolina right after he was born. They were in Laurens County in 1910 and Spartanburg through 1930. Ralph and Imogene both are spinners in a cotton mill and were here in Gastonia in 1930.

 

WILL PUTMAN  Gastonia, Gaston County

He is 58 NC NC NC and works in a shoe repair shop. His wife Zennie Probst is 46 NC and they have Edith 26 NC, their son Lee 23 NC, his wife Daphine 20 NC and Gloria 3 NC, Charles J. 2 NC and Linda Lee 1 NC. They were in Cleveland County in 1920 just married. He is William Akin Putnam, a son of David Putnam and Mary Catherine Carpenter from here and then Gaston County. He was born April 19, 1885 and died July 12, 1940. He married Zennie Propst. She was born May 26, 1886 and died February 24, 1954.

 

J. W. PUTNAM  River Bend, Gaston County

He is 26 NC and his wife Lettie Robinson is also 26 NC. They live with her widowed mother Ida Robinson 65 KY.  Can’t figure him out.

 

M. W. (MACK WILLIAM) PUTNAM  River Bend, Gaston County

He is 60 NC and is an overseer at a cotton mill. Maggie Rosella Wise his wife is 56 NC and they have Nellie 20 NC, Judson 18 NC and Margie 15 NC still at home. They all work in a cotton mill. He is a son of Rush Douglas Putman and Martha Patterson from here. He was born in Gaston County February 6, 1879 and will die in Morganton, Burke County July 18, 1957. Ella is a daughter of Franklin Wise and Jeannette Browning and was born June 30, 1883 and will die in Mt. Holly, Gaston County August 10, 1957. Ella is not here now and she is listed now as being widowed with their married daughter Ruby and husband Lester Summerall in Henderson County.

 

MYRTLE PUTNAM  River Bend, Gaston County

She is 52 NC and widowed. Her son Samuel 20 NC is with her. Myrtle V. Berrier was married to DeWitt Preston Putman in Iredell County in 1910 and 1920. She was widowed in Gastonia in 1930 with Sam and two daughters. DeWitt was a son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Gilleland. He was born October 7, 1862 and died January 19, 1929. He buried back in Iredell County.

 

EMMET R. (RALPH) PUTNAM  Friendship Township, Guilford County

He is 39 NC NC NC and is doing well. He owns his home and has a gasoline filling station. He owned a general store here in 1930. Also in 1930 he was married to Isadora. His current wife Ruth Kimrey is 22 NC. He is a son of Walter J. Putnam and Sophronia Hodgen from Moorhead City. He will be here till he dies November 27, 1950. In his 1942 draft registration, he states he is living and working at Guilford College in Greensboro.

 

RUBY PUTNAM  Friendship Township, Guilford County

She is 31 NC and widowed. She has Patsy Ray 10 NC, George Wilbur 6 NC and Nancy Delores 4 NC. Ruby Greene was married to Wilbur Putnam here in 1930. He was a son of George Cyrus Putnam and Maggie Neugent. He was born here in Greensboro November 3, 1905 and died here February 26, 1936. Ruby was born November 10, 1909 and will die here as well October 26, 1976.

 

CARL A. (ANTHONY) PUTNAM  Greensboro, Gilmer Township, Guilford County

He is 45 NC NC NC and is a barber. His wife Leila Broye Watson is 38 TN (NC in 1930). They have been married 17 years. He is a son of Leroy Clifton Putman and Pantha Jones from Cleveland County. He has been home there up till he got married and moved here in the later 1920s. They were here in 1930 and he had his barber shop then too. He was born in Latimore, Cleveland County September 31, 1893 and will die January 5, 1951 in Tabor City, Columbus County North Carolina. He is an executive in a lumber company then. He married Leila in 1922.

 

CLYDE JAMES PUTNAM  Greensboro, Gilmer Township, Guilford County

He is 45 NC, his wife Nellie Vesta Edmondson is 34 NC and they have Ray Clayton 12 NC and Shirley May 2 NC. He works in a textile mill. He is a son of Walter James Putnam and Sophronia Delilah Hodgen from Moorhead City. He was born here January 25, 1896 and will die here in Greensboro October 20, 1963.

 

ALAN PUTNAM  Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford County

He is 28 VA and his wife May 28 NC. He is a spinner in a cotton mill and May is a saleslady in a variety store.  Can’t find him earlier.

 

COLON M. (MILLARD) PUTNAM  Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford County

He is 32 NC and his wife Naomi Blanche McPhail is 28 NC and they have Carolyn 1 NC. He is a clerk in a retail clothing store. Colon Millard Putnam is a son of James Walter Putnam and Sophronia Delilah Hodgen and was born here October 15, 1907. He will die in Greensboro, Guilford County June 30, 1968. Blanche was born February 11, 1912 and will die here August 9, 2005.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford County

He is 61 NC, his wife Maggie Pearl Neugent 60 NC and their son Harley 30 NC is at home. He owns a dairy farm. He is George Cyrus Putnam a son of Julius E. Putnam and Eliza Paschall from here in Guilford County. He was born June 22, 1878 and will die here June 10, 1940. They were here in 1920. Maggie is a daughter of Oliver Neugent and Lilly Chandler and was born in Guilford County September 8, 1878 and will die here August 5, 1953.

 

JAMES PUTNAM  Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford County

He is 39 NC single and lodging. He is a baker in a bakery. Says he was here in 1935, but I can’t find anyone his age in 1930.

 

PAUL PUTNAM  Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford County

He is 38 NC and his wife Geraldine is 24 NC. Paul Ellis Putnam is a son of Walter James Putnam and Sophronia Delila Hodgin and was born here August 21, 1902.

 

SHIRLEY N. (NEFF) PUTNAM  Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford County

He is 34 KY and his wife Evelyn Mae Allen is 32 NC. They have David S. 9 NC, Dorothy M. 7 NC, Barbara A. 4 NC and Mary E. 3 NC. And yes, his name is Shirley Neff Putnam. Kinda like the Johnnie Cash song “A Boy named Sue.”  He is a son of Robert E. Lee Putnam from Bell County, Kentucky. He was born there March 22, 1906 and at home there in 1920. He was just married here in 1930 and living with Evelyn’s folks Winona and Mary Allen. Evelyn was born in 1907 and will die in Winston-Salem July 6, 1976. He will die November 8, 1974. He was here with his older brother Robert Edward Lee Putnam in 1930.

 

SOPHRONIA PUTNAM  Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford County

She is 70 NC and widowed. Marion her son is 36 NC and Dorothy 27 NC. Sophronia Hodgen was married to Walter James Putnam from 1890 till he died a couple of years earlier. Walter was a son of Devales E. Putnam and Elizabeth Ann Owens from here. Walter was born here July 14, 1867 and died here November 16, 1937. Sophie was born here December 3, 1870 and will die here January 30, 1953.

 

J. (JAMES) COY PUTMAN  High Point, Jamestown Township, Guilford County

He is 30 KY, and his wife Ruth Smith is 27 OK and they have J. Coy Jr. 5 KY and Roxana 2 NC. He is a son of Hubert Lysander Putman and Fannie Ruth Pyle and was born in Kentucky June 22, 1909 and then was in Obion County Tennessee in 1910 and then in Fulton County Kentucky in 1930 and then here by 1935. He married Ruth Smith November 3, 1933. His dad was a son of Henderson Griggs Putman and Flora Alice Lovelace from Tennessee back to Alabama and the Rutherford County North Carolina. He will be here in Guilford County till he dies in High Point September 10, 1986. He is NOT part of the Quaker Putnam family here in Guilford County.

 

WILLIAM C. (CONLEY) PUTNAM  Upper Little River, Harnett County

He is 36 NC, his wife Shellie Abner is 31 NC and they have Paul B. 6 NC. They were here in 1935. He is William Conley Putnam Jr., son of William Conley and Mary Elizabeth Poston from Shelby, Cleveland County. He was born there June 10, 1904 and will die in Lillington, Harnett County October 29, 1990. They are in Lillington in 1942 when he registers for the draft. Shellie was born in Upper Little River December 17, 1908. He is a carpenter.

 

JOE PUTMAN  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is Joseph Walter Putman and is 50 NC. His wife Cora Allamae Presley is 45 NC and at home are Letch Horace 19 NC, Reva Mae 14 NC and Joseph Lewis 3 NC. He is a son of Elias Putman and Margaret Ella Baker and was born December 4, 1890 and will die September 18, 1963 in Waynesville, Haywood County. He married Cora Allamae Presley on November 20, 1910. She is a daughter of Thomas Presley and Lillie Corabell Delilah Medford and was born July 29, 1894 and will die in Haywood County November 1, 1981. As to the kids here. Letch Horace Putman was born March 22, 1921. He married Lessie Kiser in Winston-Salem December 20, 1941. He died in Haywood County May 26, 2002. Lessie was born September 24, 1922 and died January 29, 2005. Reva Mae Putman was born June 22, 1925. She married a Wiggins. Joseph Lewis Putman was born August 1, 1936. From his obituary he died in Garden City, South Carolina Monday April 30, 2007. He stayed in Haywood County and worked for A&P stores for 25 years and then opened up his own IGA food store and Putnam Power Equipment. He married Judy Blazer in 1956 and she survived him.

 

L. V. (LUCHES VAUDNEY) PUTMAN  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is 30 NC, his wife is is a cousin Margaret Ellar Putnam and she is 26 NC and they have Buddy Verlin 4 NC. He works in the paper mill that his cousin Ralph works in and they live next door to each other. He is a son of Robert Coleman Putnam and Florence Roxie Stamey. He was born July 23, 1908, and not in the 1930. He will be in Haywood County till he dies on August 20, 1995. He will be 87 years old then. Margaret was born March 12, 1914 and died June 17, 2002. Margaret is a daughter of Rufus Putman who is listed 2 doors away.

 

ORA LEE PUTMAN  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

She is 23 NC and lives with her brothers Marion Lusk 25 NC, John Lusk 17 NC and two sisters. She is married to William Arthur Putman from Clyde, Haywood County, but I don’t know where he is now. William is a son of William ‘Willie’ Putman and Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Kelly from Clyde.

 

R. H. (RUFUS HARDIN) PUTMAN  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is 57 NC; his wife Hester Lorena Pressley is 50 NC and James 13 NC. Also there is Mary Bell Fincher 6 NC a granddaughter. He is a concrete finisher. He is a son of Elias Putman and Margaret Ella Baker and was born in Bryson City, North Carolina January 17, 1884 and will die October 13, 1960 in Waynesboro, Haywood County. Hester is a daughter of Thomas Hugh Pressley and Delia Corabelle Medford and was born here in Jonathan Creek, Haywood County August 22, 1889 and will die here in Canton, Haywood County July 27, 1973.

 

RALPH PUTMAN  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is 24 NC, his wife Annie Irene Kell is 25 GA and they have Lois 4 NC and Ralph Jr. 2 NC. He is a lumber hauler for a paper mill. Ralph Edgar Putnam is a son of Rufus Harden Putman and Hester Pressley from here in town. He was born January 6, 1888. He married Hester Pressley on December 17, 1909. He will die in Canton, Hayward County October 13, 1960. He lives next door to his folks on one side and a cousin Luches on the other side.

 

ROBERT PUTMAN  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is 58 NC, his wife Florence Roxie Stamey is 56 NC and their daughter Velma 18 NC is still at home. He rents part of his brother Wilson’s farm. Robert Coleman Putman is a son of Elias Putman and Margaret Ella Baker and was born here October 6, 1879 and will die here in Waynesville, Haywood County. Roxie is a daughter of Abel Stamey, Junior and Aretha Velvaridda Spence and was born here January 16, 1881 and will die here in Haywood County July 1, 1952. They were married August 7, 1904. The daughter Margaret Velma was a ‘Christmas Present’ born December 25, 1921. She will marry Robert Scott and die in Haywood County July 26, 1990.

 

VIRGIE PUTNAM  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is Rexie Virgil Putman a son of the above Robert Coleman Putman and Florence Roxie Stamey and is 34 NC, his wife Annie Kuykendall is 23 NC and they have Catherine Marie 12 NC, James A. 9 NC, and twins Harley 5 NC and Marjorie 5 NC. Annie’s brother Richard Kuykendall 28 is with them. Virgie was born August 28, 1905, and will die June 16, 1985. He married Annie Kuykendall, and later married Edith Meleda Hampton on May 29, 1946.

 

WILSON PUTMAN  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is 57 NC TN TN and still widowed as Cordelia Stamey died back in 1921. He owns his farm. At home still are Jennie Ellen 27 NC, Donald 25 NC and Arthur (William Arthur) 23 NC. Also here is his married daughter Flora Mae Rhodarmer 29 NC, her husband John Rhodarmer 56 NC and Cordelia’s widowed mother Reedy Stamey 91 NC. William Wilson Putman is a son of Elias Putman and Margaret Ellen Baker from here. He was born August 23, 1883, and will die December 8, 1957. He married Cordelia H. Stamey on August 1, 1909. She was born August 9, 1888 and died here on May 11, 1921. The son Donald will marry Roberta Messer and the son William Arthur will marry Emma Jean Sanford.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Beaverdam Township, Haywood County

He is 44 NC, his wife Sarah Jane Price is 31 NC and they have Clinton Ernest 11 NC, Ruby 9 NC, Alfred Kenneth 5 NC and Glenn Harrison 4/12 NC. He owns his own farm. Frederick is a son of Joseph Willis Putman and Matilda Conrad from here. Fred was born May 5, 1896. Still home in 1920 and then married Sarah Jane Price in 1927 and they were in Iron Duff, Haywood County in 1930. He will die in Clyde North Carolina in April 1979. Sarah Jane was born February 14, 1908 and died in Haywood County June 13, 1988.

 

GENERAL PUTNAM  Crabtree Township, Haywood County

He is General Roosevelt Putnam 22 NC and his wife Callie Burgess is 17 NC. He is a son of William Thomas Putnam and Lizzie Kerley listed below. He was born here March 12, 1918 and will die in Canton, Haywood County March 21, 1975. He will have kids in 1941 and 1945 with Callie. He will later marry Mary Lou Cooper and they will have a son in 1957 and he is still married to Mary Lou when he dies in 1975.

 

WILL (WILLIAM THOMAS) PUTNAM  Crabtree Township, Haywood County

He is 47 NC and now owns his farm. His wife Elizabeth Jane ‘Lizzie’ Kerley is 51 NC and they have William Arthur 24 his wife Ora Lee Lusk 23 NC and their son James or Jules 5 NC. Then their daughters Louise 17 NC, Fannie 15 NC, and son Joseph 13 NC. Then there is Lula Putnam 25 NC listed as daughter-in-law and her four daughters Vergie 6 NC, Jeneva 4 NC, Tilda 2 NC and Rosetta 1 NC. Lula or Louise Lula Lusk who is/was the wife of Will’s son Fred Wilson Putnam and they will get divorced. Will is a son of Joseph Willis Putman and Matilda Conrad. He was born here June 23, 1893 and will die in Waynesville March 15, 1955. Lizzie is a daughter of Manson Lee Kerley and Nancy Ann Conrad and was born April 5, 1889 and will die in Canton, Haywood County January 23, 1969.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Jonathan’s Creek Township, Haywood County

He is George Wilson Putman son of Montvale Putman and Mary Lou Conrad. He was born here December 16, 1889. He is 51 NC and owns a farm. His wife Mary Ethel Wright is 44 NC, and they now have Lucy Mae 21 NC, Virgil Lowery 18 NC, Montville Millard 15 NC, Loretta 13 NC, Laura Mae Caroline 10 NC, William Horace 7 NC and Hugh 3 NC. They will have Janice Elaine in 1941 and that’s all, whew! He married Ethel July 22, 1916. Ethel is a daughter of James Lowery Wright and Margaret E. Maggie Parker and was born May 11, 1896. They were in Jonathans Creek in 1920 and Iron Duff in 1930. He will die in Waynesville, Haywood County on February 27, 1969. Mary Ethel will die in Waynesville April 29, 1976.

 

HESTER PUTNAM  Jonathan’s Creek Township, Haywood County

She is 16 NC and a hired hand with a Caldwell family. She is a daughter of Mark Webb Putnam here in town and was at home with them here in 1930.

 

MARK PUTNAM  Jonathan’s Creek Township, Haywood County

He is Mark Webb Putnam 50 NC and widowed. His daughter Christine 20 NC is with him. He is listed as a nephew with Wilburn and Frances Conrad. He is a son of Montville Putman and Mary Lou Conrad and was born here March 27, 1891. He was married to a cousin Frances Burr Putnam who died February 17, 1930. She was a daughter of Joseph Putnam and Matilda Conrad. This is the Conrad connection. He later married a cousin Callie Putman. She was a daughter of James Putman and Linda Price from here and was born March 2, 1909. They separated after a while as she had a couple more kids with someone else and Mark wasn’t going to claim any more of them. Mark will die here on April 11, 1948.

 

CALLIE PUTNAM  Pigeon Township, Haywood County

She is 31 NC married but separated at this time from Mark Webb Putnam. They were in Waynesville before this. She has Nathaniel Kirk 7 NC, Hattie J. 5 NC, and John Thomas 2 NC. Also, she has Eva Lusk 14 NC, Helen Lusk 11 NC and Reeves Lusk from a prior marriage or more likely affair. Callie is a Putnam/Putman herself being a daughter of James Putman and Linda Price and was born in Haywood County March 2, 1909. She married Mark Putman, a cousin, in about 1931. Mark Webb Putnam is a son of Montville A. Putman and Mary Lou Conrad and was born March 27, 1891. He married another cousin, Frances Burr Putman on April 10, 1917. Frances was a daughter of Joseph W. Putman and Matilda Conrad. They were in Jonathans Creek Haywood County in 1920. She died February 17, 1930. He then married Callie about 1931. She was either married or had an affair with a Lusk guy for the three kids listed here. They separated after a while as she had a couple more kids with someone else and Mark wasn’t going to claim any more of them. There will be 4 more Putnam kids born between 1940 and 1947 and I’m not sure who the daddy was. Ditto the son John Thomas. Mark died on April 11, 1948, and Callie died September 8, 1971. Gotta remember Haywood County is way over in the bottom left of the State by Tennessee and deep into the Smokey Mountains and Appalachia, and where I am sure the term hillbillies came from.

 

CLARENCE PUTMAN  Hazelwood, Waynesville Township, Haywood County

He is 39 NC; his new wife Helen is only 19 NC and they have Eugene 8 NC and Lucile 6/12 NC. He works in a furniture factory. He is Clarence Levi Clingman Putman and is a son of Robena Putman from here. He was born July 1, 1900 and was with his mom in 1910. Then he joined the Army and was a private in Camp Marfa, Presidio County Texas in 1920. Then in 1930 he was married to a gal named Ruth Cleveland Jones in Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina. She is in Washington DC now. She was married to a guy before Clarence and will marry 2 more before dying in Arlington, Virginia January 26, 1995. Now, as to Clarence’s folks. His mom was Robena Emeline Brock and she was married to Edward Putman who died in 1897. Then she had 5 more kids out of wedlock. Never knew the dad or dads. But, just found Clarence’s Death Certificate and it says he died September 23, 1953 here in Waynesville and his mom was Robena Putman and his dad Dunk Robinson. FINALLY got the name.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Hazelwood, Waynesville Township, Haywood County

He is 26 NC and his new wife Catherine Celia Adkins is 22 NC. He works in a furniture factory. He is Robert Clyde Putnam a son of Robert Marion ‘Mird’ Putnam and Margaret Maggie Ellis Green. He was born April 25, 1914 in Waynesville and will die here March 17, 1984. Catherine was born November 24, 1921 and will die in Waynesville October 5, 2001. They will have a son, William Mark, born September 16, 1940 who will die fifteen years later on August 11, 1955.

 

LUTHER PUTNAM  Hazelwood, Waynesville Township, Haywood County

He is 59 NC, his wife Bertha L. Frie is 52 NC and they have at home David Luther Jr. 29 NC, Nellie Elizabeth 20 NC, Jennie Fay 15 NC and Norman C. 8 NC. He is David Luther Putnam a son of Thomas Cole Putman and Amanda Singleton. He was born April 15, 1880 and married Bertha February 15, 1902. He will die here October 15, 1970. He is a plumber and his son David a house painter.

 

R. M. (ROBERT MURDOCK) PUTNAM  Hazelwood, Waynesville Township, Haywood County

He is 56 NC, his wife Margaret Ellis Maggie Green is 48 NC and they still have Lloyd 19 NC, Ruth Mae 18 NC and Noah 13 NC at home. Also here are Maggie’s mother Cordelia Green 73 NC and her brother Western Green 53 NC. He is Mird Putman a son of Edmond Alston Putnam and Etta Jane Stewart from Mitchell County. He was born there January 28, 1885. He moved to Haywood County and married Maggie Green here April 15, 1908, and has been here ever since. He will die here August 25, 1949. Maggie was born October 9, 1891 and will die here April 9, 1966.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Hazelwood, Waynesville Township, Haywood County

He is 28 NC and his wife Ester Buchanan is 28 NC. They have Bobbie 5 NC and Billie 3 NC. He is Robert Edward Lee Putnam and was born January 12, 1912 and died March 12, 1971 in Hazelwood. His death certificate states his father was Robert Putnam and mom Robina Brock. He married Esther Buchanan. She is a daughter of Melvin Ross Buchanan and Lydia Clark and was born March 8, 1910 in Macon County and will die in Hazelwood April 28, 2006 at age 96. Now, as to folks. Robena was married to Edward Putman here. He was a son of Wilson Putman and Emily Coles from Rutherford County. Edward died in 1897 but Robena had another 5 kids out of wedlock. Maybe Robena later married Robert Putnam or just had out of wedlock.

 

MAGGIE PUTMAN  Hendersonville, Henderson County

She 66 NC widowed, and living with her married daughter Ruby 30 NC, her husband Lester Summerall 39 SC and their kids. Maggie Rosella Wise was married to Mack William Putman in Dallas, Gaston County in 1910 through 1930. Mack was born February 6, 1880 and won’t die until July 18, 1965. Obviously divorced or split. Maggie was born in 1883 and will die here August 10, 1957. Mack was a son of Rush Douglas Putman and Martha Jane Patterson. Maggie is not widowed and is also listed back at home in Gaston County with Mack and the 3 other kids.

 

PERLIE PUTNAM  Little River Township, Hoke County

She is a Negro 31 AL widowed with two kids born in North Carolina.

 

JOHN A. (ADAMS) PUTNAM  Fallstown Township, Iredell County

He is 67 NC NC NC and retired. His wife Alice Leeann Sherrill is 54 NC. He married Alice back in Rutherford County when she was only 13 years old. They have Thelma Estelle 26 NC, Antha Nadine 21 NC, Murial Onnas 19 NC and Lee Talley their son 14 NC still at home. He is a son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Isabella Gilleland and was born out here August 19, 1872 and will die here soon on September 5, 1943. Alice is a daughter of Taylor Lafayette Sherrill and Catherine Hudgspeth and was born in Iredell County May 15, 1886 and will die here in Statesville March 21, 1958.

 

SAMUEL P. (PRESTON) PUTNAM  Fallstown Township, Iredell County

He is 34 NC and a twister in a cotton mill. His wife Pleasey Baumgardner is 35 NC and a spinner in the cotton mill. Their only son Donald is 11 NC. He is a son of John Adams Putnam and Alice Leeann Sherrill listed above. He was born August 13, 1905 and married Pleasey March 19, 1929. She was born May 18, 1904 and will die in Mount Holly, Gaston County April 1, 1989. Sam will die in Gaston County June 10, 1982.

 

WAYNE L. (LAFAYETTE) PUTNAM  Fallstown Township, Iredell County

He is 38 NC, his wife Lura Opal Parker is 31 NC and they now have Edwin Keith 12 NC, James 10 NC, Doris June 6 NC, Anne 3 NC and Larry 5/12 NC. Wayne is a weaver at a cotton mill, He is a son of John Adams Putnam and Alice Leeann Sherrill listed above. He was born March 19, 1903 and will die February 22, 1981 in Statesville, Iredell County. Lura is a daughter of Henry Thomas Parker and Mary Etta Mayhew and was born August 15, 1908 in Mecklenburg County and will die here April 14, 1943.

 

TOM P. PUTMAN  Shiloh Township, Iredell County

He is 41 NC and his wife Mary Lou Laws is 37 NC. Their married daughter Gladys Mae 18 NC and her husband Herman L. Troutman 20 NC are living with them. They were in Thomasville, Davidson County in 1930 and I can’t find earlier. I find a birth index that his folks were Tom Putman and Rhoda Jane Josey and he was born September 13, 1898 in Iredell County. Found a family sheet that ‘thave any names of his folks, but says he married Mary Lou here in Iredell County December 24, 1920 and that he died in Mooresville, Iredell County May 21, 1976. Mary Lou is a daughter of Leonard Laws and Mary Ida Smith and was born in Wilkes County October 8, 1902 and will also die in Mooresville July 10, 1976.

 

ROBERT F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN  Statesville, Statesville Township, Iredell County

He is 25 NC and his wife Myrtle V. Fann is 27 NC and they are living with her folks Charlie and Maggie Fann. He is a son of John Adam Putman and Alice Sherrill. He was born here May 31, 1915 and will die in Mount Holly, Gaston County December 21, 1992. He is a doffer in a yarn mill.

 

J. (JOHN) PRESTON PUTNAM  Smithfield Township, Johnston County

He is 25 NC; his wife Sarah Ann Johnson is 22 NC and they have Elizabeth 3 NC and J. Douglas 1 NC. Also here is his widowed mother Edith 56 NC and a cousin Alma Parker 19 NC. Edith Parker is the second wife and widow of Pinckney Austin Putman from Cleveland County. He died of throat cancer August 24, 1915. Pinkney was a son of Samuel Evans Putman and Artie Harden from Cleveland County. John Preston was born May 30, 1914 and will die January 11, 1964.

 

RAY PUTNAM  Smithfield Township, Johnston County

She is listed as 22 NH a school teacher lodging with a Medlin family. Says her last residence was in Greensboro, Guilford County. Good luck.

 

CLARENCE L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Kinston, Lenoir County

He is 58 KY KY KY and his wife Sybil Hyatt Dawson 40 NC NC NC. They have Clarence D. 23 NC, Otis James 15 NC and Charles M. 12 NC. Also here is their daughter Jessie Elizabeth 19 NC, her husband John L. Hawkins 29 GA and their son John L. Jr. 1 NC. He is a foreman on a construction crew. He is a son of Robert Edward Lee Putnam and Ellen Elizabeth Neff from Boyd County Kentucky. He was born there in September 1885. He was back with his folks in Pineville, Kentucky in 1920 but obviously was here in the 1915-1919 period as Clarence was born there. In 1910 he was in the Army stationed at the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis County Missouri. The son Clarence Dawson was born here March 19, 1917 and will die in Pensacola, Florida July 20, 1986. The son Charles M. was born August 11, 1928.

 

CLARENCE L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Ironton, Lincoln County

He is 22 NC; his wife Ada C. Varner 24 NC and their daughter Ruby is 9/12 NC. He is a tenant farmer across his grandparents and folk’s farm. He is a son of Isiah Iverson Putnam and Rosa Lee Dellinger from here. He was born August 31, 1917 and will die in Lincolnton, Lincoln County on February 6, 1998.

 

LILLIE G. PUTNAM  Ironton, Lincoln County

She is Lillie G. Elliott the widow of Coustige Zachariah Putnam who shot two neighbors and then himself over a dispute about fence between the two properties. All that happened April 20, 1933. Lillie is now 73 NC and widowed of course. Her son Isaiah is 44 NC, his wife Rosa Lee Dellinger 45 NC and they have still at home Augusta ‘Gus’ Harold 19 NC, Cecil Blair 17 NC and Charles I. 11 NC. Lillie owns the farm but Isaiah runs it. His wife Rosa is the daughter of Benjamin Dellinger who along with her mother was shot with a shotgun by Lillie’s ex ‘Coustie.’

 

LUTHER PUTNAM  Ironton, Lincoln County

He is 56 NC SC NC and works in a cotton mill. He has his son Glenn 12 NC with him. He is Luther Oliver Putnam a son of Romulus Philmore Putnam and Laura Turbyfill. He was born February 28, 1884 in Iredell County, and will die in Lincoln County March 4, 1958. He was married to Minnie Teague and they were in Catawba County up through 1920. Minnie died December 9, 1924. He married a gal named Bertie in 1926 and Luther Glenn is theirs. They were in Gaston County in 1930. Luther says he is married by Bertie isn’t around. His 1954 death certificate has his wife then as Ruby Reep.

 

JAMES L. (LUTHER) PUTNAM  Lincolnton, Lincoln County

He is 64 NC NC NC and owns a hardware store. His wife Clevie H. Weathers is 57 NC, James Jr. 32 NC and Hugh Weathers 21 NC. He is a son of Benjamin Andrew Putman and Mary Ellen Gates from Cleveland County. He was born April 23, 1875, and was single here in 1900 and married to Clevie ever since. Clevie was born October 27, 1882 and will die here in Lincolnton on October 30, 1968. Jim will die here February 5, 1948.

 

MILLER A. (ALEXANDER) PUTNAM  Lincolnton, Lincoln County

He is 60 NC NC NC and owns a barbershop. His wife Cora Jane Hallman is 60 and they still have Dorothy 33 NC at home. He is a son of Thomas Dickson Putman and Frances Jennings from Waco, Cleveland County. He was born there September 16, 1879 and will die here in Lincolnton October 2, 1953. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Cora was born March 30, 1880 and will be here till she dies April 11, 1969.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Franklin Township, Macon County

He is 26 NC living in the North Carolina Prison Camp. Says he is married. He is Fred Wilson Putnam a son of William Thomas Putnam and Elizabeth ԌizzieӠKurley from Haywood County. He has been there up through 1935 anyway. He was born in Haywood County May 13, 1913 and will die there December 5, 1982. He was ԦreeՊand living in Hayward County in 1941 when he registered for the draft.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Laurel Township, Madison County

He is 48 NC NC NC and owns his farm. His wife Bessie Burnett is 44 NC and they have Robert Loyd 21 NC still at home. Also here is a niece Marie Wallen 18 NC. He is a son of William Weldon Putman and Alice Mauck from Buncombe County. They were here in 1920 and 1930.

 

ADDIE J. PUTMAN  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

She is 65 NC and widowed. Still at home are Pearl 42 NC, Effie N. 37 NC and Robert 25 NC. Addie Goodman is the widow of Robert Julius Putman from here. Robert was a son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Gilleland from Cleveland County. He was around here from 1900 through 1920. He died here October 7, 1925 and Addie and the kids have been here ever since. The two girls are stenographers and Robert works on displays at a retail store.

 

BEN F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

He is 60 NC NC NC widowed and a comber in a cotton mill. Benjamin Franklin is a son of Elias William Putman from Iredell County. He was born September 6, 1878 in Iredell County and will die June 4, 1959 here in Mecklenburg County. He has been in Gaston County married to Lula Belle Byers. Lula was a daughter of Emanuel Byers and Dorinda Adeline Stewart and was born in Iredell County July 26, 1872 and died in Gaston County November 3, 1938.

 

C. L. PUTMAN  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

He is 29 SC, his wife Pattie 28 SC and they have Calvis (?) Lee 8 VA and Jerome 7 VA. They were in Danville Virginia before this. I can’t find anyone that works. Name is probably Calvin Lee, but that doesn’t help either. Don’t think they are Putnams. Probably Pitman or Patman.

 

CLARENCE A. (AUSTIN) PUTNAM  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

He is 64 NC NC NC and works in a cotton mill. His wife Alice J. Northey is 75 SC and they still have Florence 36 SC and her daughter Alice 7 NC. Alice would be ԯut of wedlockՠas Florence never married and says she is single. Clarence and Florence still work in the cotton mill. He is a son of James Craton Putman and Amanda Wesson from Gaston County, North Carolina and was born September 4, 1875.  Alice was born in Cherokee County South Carolina March 16, 1875 and will die here in Charlotte July 8, 1957. They were in Cherokee County, South Carolina in 1910 and 1920 and here in 1930. He will be here till he dies January 27, 1947.

 

ETHEL PUTNAM  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

She is 28 NC single and boarding. She is a waitress in a confectionary. Looks like the daughter of Walter James Putnam and Sophronia Hodgen from Guilford County.

 

F. (FRANKLIN) WILLIAM PUTMAN  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

He is 46 SC SC SC and is an express truck driver. His wife Aletha Louise Davis is 43 NC and they have William Franklin Jr. 21 SC, John Dubois 16 SC, Doris 14 SC and Barbara 6 NC.  He is a son of William C. Putman and a first wife last name Smith. He was at home with his dad in Dials, Laurens County South Carolina in 1900 and in York County in 1910. They were married in York County South Carolina in 1920. He was born in 1893 and will die in Charlotte, North Carolina October 28, 1960. The son William Jr. was born July 5, 1918 and will die is Salisbury, North Carolina November 24, 1983. William and Aletha lived in Charlotte from here on though.

 

G. (GRADY?) J. PUTNAM  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

He is 26 SC, his wife Elizabeth 23 SC and they have Peggy 2 SC. Also here are an Aunt Lula Morris 49 NC and Uncle Blake Sullivan 54 NC. He is a motor Express driver. They have been in Spartanburg, South Carolina up till a year or so ago. Think he is Grady Putnam. He first appears in the 1930 South Carolina Census in Spartanburg as a nephew of Robert and Hattie Painter. The listing is Grady Putman 15 SC SC NC so we know his dad was from South Carolina as well.

 

GIRLIE PUTMAN  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

She is 71 AL and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Birgie 39 NC and her husband Earl H. Howard 44 NC. She and Birgie first pop up here in Charlotte in 1910. Still in Charlotte at age 45 AL this time, and her daughter Birgie is 20 NC. She now says she is widowed. She is 37 NC and says she is married. She has a daughter Birge 12 NC. They were in Stanley, Gaston County in 1900. They are both here in 1920 and she says she is widowed and from Alabama then. She is Eugenia Elizabeth Emerson Nixon who married John Birge Putnam August 19, 1897 and she was 5 months pregnant. After the daughter Birge was born December 2, 1897, John took off to Louisiana and married a gal named Bernice Orgeron in 1911 and was with her till he died 12, 1927.

 

HARRY J. (JAY) PUTNAM  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

He is 34 SD and his wife Nora Mae Ferris is 32 NC. He is an interior designer and she operates a beauty parlor. He is a son of Orrin Jay Putnam and Myra June Streeter and was born in Custer County South Dakota July 10, 1905. He was with his folks there in 1910 and in Chadron, Dawes County Nebraska in 1920 and then here by 1930. His dad was born in Iowa, his grandfather Jay Samuel Putnam was from Chenango County New York and the line goes back to Connecticut and then Massachusetts. This is the New England Line.

 

MAGGIE A. (ANTHONY) PUTNAM  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

She is 70 NC and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Rae Ross 45 NC and husband Robert Ross. They are all here in 1940. Maggie Anthony was married to Thomas William Marion Putnam in Shelby, Cleveland County. He married Margaret Anthony in Cleveland County on May 31, 1889. They were there in Cleveland County from then till he died in Cleveland County March 26, 1925. Maggie is a daughter of Stanhope Anthony and Margaret Graham and was born January 8, 1870 and will die May 26, 1942 in Charlotte. Their only child was Eliza Rae Putman born April 23, 1894 in Shelby and will die in Charlotte April 21, 1958. She married Robert Marion Ross. He was born March 14, 1893 and will die in Charlotte June 19, 1967. They have two sons, Robert Marion Ross Junior and William Putnam Ross.

 

MINNIE PUTNAM  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

She is 53 NC and widowed. She has James Miller 18 NC, Cyrus Wilburn 16 NC and Burgess Nicholson 15 NC with her. Her nephew Boyce Black 22 NC is with her. Minnie Belle Black was married to Audie Ensley Putnam here in 1920 and then they were in Limestone, Cherokee County South Carolina in 1930. He died back in Berryhill, Mecklenburg County April 8, 1936 and Minnie and the kids came back here where they were born. Audie was a son of James Craton Putman and Amanda Wesson from Cleveland County North Carolina. He was born April 13, 1886. He married Minnie in 1913. Minnie is a daughter of Cyrus Wilson Black and Flora Amanda Nicholson and was born May 31, 1885 and will die February 21, 1978.

 

REBECCA PUTMAN  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

She is 14 NC single and a niece of Paul and Mattie Eckland. She was with them in Belmont, Gaston County in 1930. She is a daughter of Julian Watson Putman and Effie Bass who just split up and were separated there in 1930, but are back together there now in 1940 and Rebecca is also listed there as well.

 

THEDA PUTMAN  Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

She is 20 NC single and lodging. She is a daughter of Walter Bryan Putman and Harriet Mauney. She was at home in Cherryville Gaston County in 1930 and 1935. She will marry a man last name Byrd and die in Pinellas, Florida March 17, 2004.

 

ALFRED E. (ELIAS) PUTNAM  Huntersville, Mecklenburg County

He is 38 NC and is now at the cotton mill. He was at the Ford Plant here in 1930. His wife Grace Carter is 36 SC and they have Alfred Elias Jr. 11 NC and Ronald Glenn 2 NC. He is a son of Samuel Glynn Putnam and Della Strider from Charlotte and now here. He was born in Charlotte August 6, 1901 and will die here in Huntersville July 24, 1967. Grace was born March 24, 1904 and will die in Iredell County December 2, 1990.

 

SAMUEL G. (GLYNN) PUTNAM  Huntersville, Mecklenburg County

He is 61 NC and owns a farm. His wife Della Strider is 59 NC, and they have William H.  36 NC still at home. They have two grandchildren as they did in 1930; Henry J. Irby 12 NC and Della E. Irby 11 NC. He is a son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Gilleland from Iredell County. He was born March 10, 1877. Della Strider was born March 20, 1881 and will die March 3, 1962. She is a daughter of Alfred P. Strider and Jennie Margaret Rogers from Mecklenburg County. Sam will die in Huntersville August 2, 1965.

 

ED A. (ALSTON) PUTNAM  Marion Township, McDowell County

He is 83 NC and widowed. He is Edmond Alston a son of Druary Alston Putnam and Ellen Cornelia Irby. He was born December 29, 1856. His wife was Etta Jane Stewart, and they were married about 1880. She was born March 7, 1867 in Mitchell County and died September 11, 1938 in the Marion General Hospital in Marion, McDowell County. In 1900 he was also listed with his brother William in Buncombe County. They lived in Snow Creek, Mitchell County North Carolina through the 1920 census when he was 63 and Etta 55. Ed will die here in Marion July 30, 1941.

 

ELMER PUTMAN  Harrell Township, Mitchell  County

He is a farmer 31 NC, his wife Mary Jarnigin is 28 TN and they have Velma 7 NC, a son J. C. 5 NC and Hazel 3 NC. Also here is Mary’s sister Vertie Jarnagin 19 TN. Elmer is a son of Charles Sidney Putman and Roxanna Bowman from here. He was born here November 1, 1909. He married Mary and lived in Rutherford County, and died at age 79 on May 10, 1989.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Harrell Township, Mitchell  County

He is now 74 NC SC SC. His wife Nancy Bryant is 75 NC and their son Roy is 31 NC. Roy’s wife Stella Street is 25 NC and they have Frances 8 NC, Fred 5 NC, Trula 3 NC and Lloyd 1 NC. Roy works in a sawmill. George Washington Putman is a son of James Webster Putman and Martha Reed and was born here April 4, 1866. He’ll be here till he dies June 22, 1950. Nancy will die here September 3, 1943. Roy was born December 6, 1907 and will die in September 1983.

 

HALDER PUTMAN  Harrell Township, Mitchell  County

He is 27 NC and living on his folk’s farm. His wife Bernice Ledford is 22 NC and they have Bobby Ray 2 NC and a son J. H. 8/12 NC. He is a son of Russell Putman and Dovie Greene from here. He was born January 24, 1912. He died in Burnsville, Tennessee February 12, 2002.

 

JASON PUTMAN  Harrell Township, Mitchell  County

He is a farmer 30 NC, his wife Frances ‘Fannie’ Forbes is 23 NC and they have Arnold 3 NC and Annie Allene 1 NC. Jason Alfonzo Putman is a son of Charles Sidney Putman and Roxanna Bowman from here. He was born here about 1910.

 

RUSS PUTMAN  Harrell Township, Mitchell  County

He is 68 NC NC NC and is now a farmer. His wife Dovie Green is 59, and they have Earl 35 NC, Arthur 21 NC, Daisy 18 NC, and Russell 16 NC. Also here is their now widowed daughter Ethel Bryant 26 NC. Russell B. Putnam is a son of James Webster Putman and Martha Reed and was born here August 12, 1872. He died of pneumonia December 25, 1965 in Bakersville.      

 

SIDNEY PUTMAN  Harrell Township, Mitchell  County

He is 64 NC, his wife Roxanne Bowman is 54 NC and Jim (James Delbert) 26 NC and Wash (George Washington) 20 NC are still single and at home. There is a granddaughter Ariel 14 NC here too. She is a daughter of their son Willard. Charles Sidney is a son of James Webster Putman and Martha Reed from here. He was born here in August 1879 and a family sheet says he died March 4, 1930 but is probably 1950.

 

HATTIE PUTNAM  Snow Creek Township, Mitchell County

She is 16 NC single and lodging with Retta Jarrett as she has for a while. She is a daughter of Samuel William Putman and Nola Wilson from here. She was at home with them in 1930.

 

M. H. (MARSHALL HARVEY) PUTNAM  Snow Creek Township, Mitchell County

He is now 77 NC NC NC and his wife Etta Howell is 73 NC and grandson Morris W. Gibson 29 NC who is a son of their daughter Harriet and her husband David Gibson. He still operates his farm and his son Samuel now owns a portion as well. He is a son of Marshall Harvey Putman and Mary Emily Irby. He was born February 15, 1963 and will be here until he dies December 14, 1953.

 

SAM PUTNAM  Snow Creek Township, Mitchell County

He is Samuel William Putman 42 NC NC NC and has part of his folk’s farm as a truck farm. He has been married 18 years to Nola Mae Wilson 38 NC and they have Wilma E. 17 NC, Georgia M. 13 NC and Amelia 3 NC. He is a son of Marshall Harvey Putnam and Sarah Etta Howell and was born here. He was born November 27, 1897. He was still at home in 1920 and married in 1930. He married Nola in 1922, and will die February 26, 1980 all in Mitchell County. Nola was born in 1900 and will die here in 1965.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Mount Gilead, Montgomery County

He is 24 NC single and lodging in a hotel or something with lots of people. He is a public-school teacher and there are about 10 more teachers in this place. He was in Cleveland County before this. He is Fred Mauney Putnam a son of Charles Sylvanus Putnam and Annie Miller and was at home with his widowed mother in Waco, Cleveland County in 1930. He was born there March 28, 1915 and will die in Morganton, Burke County July 8, 1983. He will marry Iva Spellman. She was born July 18, 1921 in Forsythe County and will die in Morganton, Burke County November 9, 2001.

 

NORRIS PUTNAM  Hemp, Sheffield Township, Moore County

He is 31 NC and his wife Mary Ann ԁnnieՠCole i3 39 NC. He is a clerk in a commissary and she is a weaver at a textile mill. He was in Blacksburg, South Carolina before this. Rodney Norris Putnam is a son of Robert Alexander Putnam and Willie Rosalie Rippy. He was born in Rippys, Cleveland County July 15, 1909 and was there in 1910 and then with his folks in Blacksburg, Cherokee County South Carolina in 1920. He will die in Clarksville, Mecklenburg County Virginia June 22, 1990. Annie is a daughter of Joseph Burl Cole and Margaret Bethal Blake and was born here in Moore County June 8, 1901 and will die in Clarksville, Virginia in 1986.

 

ROBERT LEE PUTMAN  Rocky Mount, Nash County

He is 21 NC, his wife Frances Erline is 22 NC and they have Charles 1/12 NC. He works in a Rush Mill whatever that is. Can’t find him before this. May be a Pitman.

 

WILLIAM R. PUTMAN  Wilmington, New Hanover County

He is 12 MD and a stepson of Robert P. Huffman 46 VA and his wife Eva 45 MD. Best guess is she is Eva Pickering who was married to James Oscar Putman in Tuscarora, Frederick County Maryland in 1920 and 1930. This is the German Butman/Putman family from Maryland.

 

LAWSON H. (HILLARD) PUTMAN  Franklinville, Randolph County

He is 45 NC, and his wife Ellen Barbara Taylor is 42 NC. They have Lavada Elizabeth 19 NC, Samuel 8 NC and their married daughter Mildred Molly Estelle 21 NC and her husband Athlee High Patterson 22 NC. He and the kids work in a cotton mill. Not Sam of course. Hill is a son of Isaac F. Putman and Barbara Ray Wright from Gaston County. He was born there July 2, 1894 and appears with his widowed mother Barbara there in 1900. She wasn’t widowed as Isaac was around till he died in 1910. She was there with the kids still in 1920. Hill and Ellen were in South Point, Gaston County in 1920 and in York County South Carolina in 1930, but I can’t find them then. Anyway, Ellen is a daughter of James Thomas Taylor and Margaret Frances ‘Maggie’ Morrison and was born in Cleveland County May 2, 1898 and will die in Gaston County March 7, 1954. Hill will die in Mount Holly, Gaston County May 23, 1958.

 

BENNY A. PUTNAM  Hamlet, Richmond County

He is 31 NC and his wife Isabelle is 31 NC too. He was in Durham in 1935. He is Benjamin Alexander Putnam a son of Robert Alexander Putnam and Willie Rosalie Rippy from Rippys, Cleveland County. Rippys obviously named after her family. He was born there May 3, 1908 and will die here in Richmond County August 4, 1953. He married Isabelle Howe June 13, 1934. He is in advertising for an ice cream company.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  Faith, Litaker Township, Rowan County

He is 10 NC and his brother Jerry is 4 NC. They live with their mother Nettie 28 NC who has now married Lawrence Watts. Juanita Robinette was married to Thomas Harold Putnam in Iredell County in 1930. Thomas was a son of DeWitt Preston Putman and Myrtle Berrier from Iredell County. Thomas died there September 24, 1935 and Nettie married Lawrence recently. This one is Thomas Harold Putman Jr. born September 9, 1929. He will marry Mary Elizabeth Gaither and will die here March 29, 1983.

 

HARRY S. PUTNAM  Salisbury, Rowan County

He is 25 NC, his wife Edna K. is 24 NC and they have Harry S. 4 NC and Harriet L. 4 NC. He is a son of William Adkin Putnam and his second wife Pauline Frances Elmore and was born in Gaston County March 9, 1915. He will die in August 1971. Both he and Edna work in a cotton mill.

 

LEE PUTNAM  Salisbury, Rowan County

Edward Lee is 71 NC and is retired from the railroad. His wife Nannie Mahaley is 65 NC. They were here in 1910, 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Elias William Putman and Margaret Isabella Gilleland. He was born August 26, 1868 and was at home in Iredell County in 1870 and 1880 and single here in 1900. He married Nannie L. Mahaley here August 27, 1901. Nannie was born November 23, 1874, and will die in Salisbury March 30, 1960. He will die in Salisbury a year from now on April 16, 1941.

 

IRA PUTMAN  Cool Spring, Rutherford County

He is 40 NC NC NC and still single and boarding. He is Ira William Putman a son of Isaac Andrew Jackson Putman and Sallie Ann Higgins. Isaac died May 26, 1906 and he was here in 1910 with his widowed mother Sallie. Ira was born October 24, 1899 and will die in Mountain Home, Tennessee March 20, 1979. He never married.

 

W. J. (WILLIAM JOHN) PUTMAN  Cool Spring, Rutherford County

Billy is 63 NC and his wife Betty Ann Owens is 48 NC. He is a son of Thomas Y. Putman and Sarah Jane Robbins and was born here August 23, 1876. He married Margaret Amanda Owens on December 30, 1896. She was born April 28, 1882 died on July 25, 1907. Billy then married her sister Betty Ann Owens on December 27, 1907. She was born October 2, 1891. Both were daughters of William L. Owens and Eva Malinda Allen. He will die in High Shoals, Rutherford County on May 9, 1952. Betty will die there on October 11, 1958.

 

ALONZO PUTMAN  High Shoals, Rutherford County

He is 38 NC and his wife Mary Johnson 28 NC and they have Shirley 3 NC. He is Thomas Alonzo Putman a son of William Putman and Margaret Amanda Owens and was born here March 24, 1902 and will die January 27, 1994. He married Mary Johnson. Their only child was Shirley born January 28, 1937. She married Max Toney.

 

BRISCO PUTMAN  High Shoals, Rutherford County

He is 40 NC NC NC and is a doffer in a cotton mill. His wife Thursie Wheeler is 34 NC and a spinner in the mill. They have Brisco Jr. 12 NC. He is a son of James Putman and Martha Jan Owens from here. Johnny Brisco Putman was born October 10, 1900 and died in Rutherfordton May 5, 1989. He married Thursa Wheeler September 20, 1924. They have been here all their lives.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  High Shoals, Rutherford County

He is 25 (actually 27) NC and his wife Vlaya is 21 SC. He is a son of William Andrew Putman and Mary Leona Pinson from here. He was at home here in 1930. They both work in a cotton mill.

 

GRADY PUTNAM  High Shoals, Rutherford County

He is 32 NC and his wife Rebecca Melvina ‘Minnie’ White is 27 TN and they have Sadie Lou 9 TN, James Willard 6 NC, Mary Jane 4 NC and Ima Jewel 1 NC. He is a carder at a cotton mill. He is Grady Avery Putnam, a son of James Alfred Putnam and Margaret Jane Owens and was born here in Rutherford County January 13, 1908. He was here with them in 1910 and 1920. His dad died in Tennessee in 1928 and he was with his widowed mother in Lawrence County Tennessee in 1930. That’s where he met and married Vinnie February 17, 1930. Vinnie was born September 6, 1912 and will die in Spartanburg, South Carolina December 15, 1992. Grady will become a Reverend and will die here January 17, 1973.

 

KENNETH PUTMAN  High Shoals, Rutherford County

He is 31 NC, his wife Inez 28 NC and they have Broadus 8 NC and Emily 2 NC. He is George Kenneth Putman a son of William Andrew Putman and Mary Leona Pinson and was born here April 28, 1939 and will die November 13, 2012 in Henrietta, Rutherford County.

 

(JAMES) LEE PUTMAN  High Shoals, Rutherford County

He is 41 NC, his wife Eula Belle Henson is 42 NC and they have Elizabeth 17 NC, Ernestine 14 NC and Janette 12 NC. He is a trimmer in a textile mill. He is a son of James Alfred Putman and Margaret Jane Owens. He was born here September 25, 1898, and will be here till he dies January 4, 1964.

 

MONROE PUTMAN  High Shoals, Rutherford County

He is 35 NC and his wife Lucy Ethel Dobbins is 34 NC. He is James Monroe Putman a son of William ‘Willy’ John Putman and Margaret Amanda Owens from here. He was born May 13, 1904 and will die in Rutherfordton November 11, 1996.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  Rutherfordton, Rutherford County

He is 40 NC and works in a lumberyard. His wife Gazzie Mahalla Hord is 36 NC, and they have Alvin H. 14 NC and Ruby 12 NC. Also here is Gazzie’s sister Edna Hord 28 NC. He is a son of Charles Franklin Putman and Betty Jane Kendrick from Rippys Cleveland County. He was born July 26, 1899 and will be here till he dies September 11, 1987. Gazzie is a daughter of George Clifton Hord and Lucretia Emma Lee and was born February 1, 1904 in Cleveland County and will die in Rutherford County July 13, 2003.

 

DEVANEY PUTNAM  Rutherfordton, Spindale Township, Rutherford County

He is 46 NC and his wife Nancy Ada Scruggs 47 SC and they have Melvin Odell 19 NC Lionel Thomas 15 NC and William Eugene ‘Willie’ a door-to-door peddler. Devaney is a son of Joseph Devaney Putnam and Roxana Jane Weathers. He was born March 20, 1893 in Spindale, Rutherford County. He married Nancy Ada Scruggs in 1912. They spent their whole lives in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. He will die here March 23, 1950. Ada is a daughter of Thomas Scruggs and Martha Jane Green and was born June 10, 1892 and will die here December 17, 1967. As to the kids they are: Leon Elmer Putnam born November 1, 1913 and died May 10, 1989. He married Mary Jones. They are here in town. Clyde T. Putnam born February 6, 1916 and died October 27, 1918. Melvin Odell Putnam born June 3, 1921 and died January 8, 1988. He married Cordie Lee Jenkins. Lionel Thomas Putnam born August 10, 1925, died January 16, 1994. He married Lorna Hill while in the Marines stationed in Rhode Island in 1944. Earl Putnam born in 1927 and died in 1930. William Eugene ‘Billy’ Putnam was born December 14, 1933 and died November 1, 1969. He married Betty Womack.

 

LEON E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Rutherfordton, Spindale Township, Rutherford County

He is 27 NC, and his wife Mary Jones is 29 VA and they have Richard P. 5 NC and Sandra 5/12 NC. They were in Shelby, Cleveland County before coming here. Leon is a son of Devaney Putnam and Ada Scruggs here in town. He was born here November 1, 1913. He will die in Buncombe County North Carolina May 10, 1989.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTMAN  Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is 52 NC and his wife Mary 52 NC. He is a son of Samuel W. Putman and Jane Holcombe from here. He was born November 15, 1887. According to their tombstones, George died December 4, 1975 and Mary was born August 24, 1886 and died June 19, 1967.

 

GROVER L. (LEE) PUTMAN  Sulphur Springs, Rutherford County

He is 33 NC NC NC and a farmer now. His wife Ada Belle Cole is 34 and they have Oneida 13 NC, William Darrell 11 NC, Margie Lee 8 NC, Willis 6 NC, Mary Jane 2 NC and Landrum Chivous 1 NC. He is a son of William Andrew Putman and Mary Leona Pinson and was born here April 15, 1906 and will die in Rutherfordton April 6, 1965. Ada Belle is a daughter of J. J. Cole and Lula Splawn and was born August 5, 1905 and will die in Rutherfordton July 16, 1960.

 

LEROY PUTMAN  Henderson Township, Vance County

He is 35 SC, his wife Etura Strother is 27 NC and her sister Katrina Strother 17 NC is with them. They work in a cotton mill. He is a fixer and she is a weaver. He is William Leroy Putman a son of William Putman and Minnie Brown and was born July 9, 1906 in Greenville, South Carolina. He and his divorced dad were in Nashville, Tennessee in 1930. William is a son of Cornelius Putman and Margaret Peden from Laurens County and then Greenville County. He has remarried and is here in Henderson now.

 

WILL MITCHEL PUTMAN  Henderson Township, Vance County

He is 58 SC and his new wife Nettie Lee is 44 SC. William is a son of Neal Cornelius Putman and Margaret Eleanor Peden from Laurens County and then Greenville County. He was married to Minnie Brown in Greenville, South Carolina in 1910 and 1920 and then divorced in Nashville with his son Leroy. He will e going back to Greenville and die there December 10, 1958.

 

GLENN W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Raleigh, Wake County

He is 38 SC SC SC and a repair man with the telephone Company. His wife Ellen is 34 NC and they have Glenn W. Jr. 13 NC, Betsy C. 6 NC and Carolyn S. 3 NC. They were in Greensboro, Guilford County in 1930 and 1935. They are in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1950. He just pops up in 1910 in Spartanburg, South Carolina at age 9 living as a nephew with a Jackson family from North Carolina. Found a great family sheet on Ancestry while trying to figure him in the 1950 Census in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Thank You! He was a son of Linsey Grady Putnam and Clarinda Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Jones, and was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina April 22, 1901. His mom died in Spartanburg July 18, 1904 and his dad died there April 27, 1909. That’s why the Jacksons took him in off the street. His dad Linsey was a son of Leonard Putnam and Margaret Swain from Rutherford County North Carolina to Spartanburg County South Carolina where Linsey was born and where his folks died, mom in 1899 and his dad in 1902. Glenn married Ellen up in Guilford County North Carolina November 4, 1925. She is a daughter of Oliver Perry Shelton and Addie Florist Rippey from Alamance County North Carolina where she was born January 31, 1906 and she will die in Columbia, Richland County South Carolina in April 1984. Glenn will die there May 15, 1963. Their son Glenn Junior was born January 27, 1927 in Guilford County North Carolina and will marry Linda Lewis in Gaston County North Carolina June 16, 1961 and they will head off to Texas where she will die February 10, 1996 and he May 14, 2002. That ‘mysterious’ family out of Guilford County North Carolina.

 

PERRY PUTMAN  Wilkesboro, Wilkes County

He is 75 (think 72) NC and his new young wife Mollie is 25 NC and they have Carrie Lee 5 NC. He was here in 1920 and 1930 married to Queen or something. Have no ideas as to who his folks were.

 

CARL C. (CLIFTON) PUTNAM  Wilson Township, Wilson County

He is 36 NC, his new wife Inez Atkinson Hobgood is 23 NC and they have Charles 5 NC. He is a painter of buildings. Carl is a son of John Samuel Putnam and Laura Agnes Hucks and was born in Gastonia, Gaston County March 8, 1904. His dad just took off and left Laura and the kids and married Dora Dean Costello and they were in Washington DC till he died July 30, 1921. Carl married Hallie May Owens May 20, 1923 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County. They divorced about 1929 and he then married Inez Atkinson Hobgood in Greenville County Virginia on June 3, 1932. Inez is a daughter of Eugene Simon Hobgood and Rebecca Dillard Caraway and was born in Pitt County March 1, 1917 and will die in Rocky Mount, Nash County February 17, 1989.

 

W. (WELDON) R. PUTMAN  Busick, South Toe Township, Yancey County

He is 79 NC and now widowed. He is Weldon/William Putman a son of Druary Alston Putman and Ellen Cornelia Irby. He was born in August 1860 in Cleveland County. He married Alice E. Mauck and was in Buncombe County North Carolina in 1900 and 1910. They were married in 1881 in Cleveland County. They were here in Yancy County in 1930.