SOUTH CAROLINA

Census Reports

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UPDATED AS OF APRIL 3, 2023

 

SOUTH CAROLINA 1950 CENSUS

MAMIE B. PUTMAN  Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County

She is 51 SC and separated getting divorced. Jerome Hillman Putman. Mamie Lee Burnette was married to Jerome Hillman Putman here in 1930 and 1940. He is a son of Leander Putman and Sarah E. Long from Laurens County. Two of the sons, Earl W. 19 SC and Maxey D. 15 SC are still with her. Mamie works in a cotton mill. She is a daughter of William D. Burnette and Ludia Sprouse She was born July 31, 1898 and will die here in Calhoun Falls November 9, 1970.

 

JOHN W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Clearwater, Aiken County

He is 43 NC and his wife Mildred Lee Goodman is 40 NC and they have Billie 17 SC. He works in Clearwater Bleaching Company. He is a son of Augustus Lee Putnam and his widowed dad 73 SC lives with him. His dad was born March 16, 1877 and will die February 22, 1963. His mom Cleo Black was born July 27, 1887 and died January 14, 1923. She was a daughter of John Black and Katie Heafner. John William Putnam was born in Cherryville, Gaston County North Carolina October 24. 1907 and will die there April 14, 1974. Mildred was born in Gaston County August 27,1910 and will die March 11, 1990. The son Billie Hugh Putnam was born June 27, 1932 and will die November 16, 2001. Billie married Wanda Sallie Matthews. They all are buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Cherryville.

 

J. P. PUTMAN  Anderson, Anderson County

He is a married Negro (Black) 65 SC Clara 60 SC. They were here in Williamstown in 1940.

 

JAMES R. PUTNAM  Anderson, Anderson County

He is 43 SC, his wife Margaret Elizabeth 37 SC and they have Ted 15 SC, Annie Laura 6 SC and Maxine E. born in September 1949. He just pops up Riverside Mills, in 1940 and he and Lizzie are around in Anderson in 1950. A city directory has James and Elizabeth in Greenville in 1935, James will die here in 1985. No clues as to who his folks were yet.

 

WILLIE C. PUTNAM  Anderson, Anderson County

He is 28 SC with a family. He is a Nego/Black and was here with his mother Mary in 1940 and earlier.

 

FLOYD PUTMAN  Belton, Anderson County

He is 7 SC and a nephew of Charlie Breazuale. His sister Anne Ruth 8 SC is here too. They are Negros/Blacks.

 

CLARK A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Goose Creek, Berkeley County

He is 29 PA and his wife Eula Lee Dangerfield is 30 SC and they have Mark A. 4 SC and Gregory Robert 2 SC. He is a son of Clark Albert Putnam and Mamie Hudson. Clark senior is a son of Joel A. and Amanda Putman and a grandson of Francis Allen Putman of Spaulding County Georgia. Clark was home with his folks in Dooley County GA in 1900 and with them in Turner County GA in 1910. Then in Allegheny County Pennsylvania in 1920. Clark junior and Eula were married in Charleston, South Carolina October 11, 1943. Clark was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania July 26, 1920 and died in Charleston, South Carolina  December 4, 1993 in Polk County Florida. Eula was born November 28, 1919 here in Berleley, and will die in Charleston December 3, 1995. She is a daughter of Lawton Dangerfield and Pearl Simms from here.

 

ALLEN D. (DERRICK) PUTNAM  Charleston, Charleston County

He is 20 SC and lodging, possible at a school as he will become a doctor. He is a son of Grover Lee  Putnam and Annie Connelly from Greenwood, Greenwood County. He was born in Greenwood County August 12, 1930 and will die there April 18, 2004. He married Mary Wardlaw August 16, 1952. She will die in Shelby County, North Carolina March 7, 2006. They will have an Allen Derrick Jr. July 2, 1951.

 

CLARK A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Charleston, Charleston County

He is 59 GA and his wife Eva Davis is 41 GA and are lodging. He is now working in a Navy Ship Yard. They were in Bibb County Georgia in 1940. Clark is a son of Joel Albert Putnam and Amanda Seymour. He was born in Spaulding County Georgia November 3, 1890. He was with his family in Dooly County Georgia in 1900 and in Turner County Georgia in 1910. Then his folks divorced. His mother was in Macon, Bibb County in 1920 and 1930. He married Margaret ‘Mammie’ Hudson July 7, 1917 and they were in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County Pennsylvania in 1920. She died back in Byron, Georgia August 25, 1926. I don’t find him in 1930, but he was in Lawrence County Georgia in 1935 and Bibb County Georgia in 1940. His second wife Eva Davis was born in Georgia July 1, 1909 and will die July 21, 1996 here in Bibb County.

 

VERLIE PUTNAM  Charleston, Charleston County

She is 45 SC and divorced. She has her son Wallace Gordon Putnam 18 FL and lives with her aunt Vera Padgett 43. She says she was in Jacksonville, Florida in 1935 but wasn’t in that 1935 census. Wallace’s wedding certificate states his dad was George Arthur Putnam. George Arthur Putnam was a son of George Bannister Putnam and Mary Holland from New York State and was born in El Paso Texas in June 1890 and he did go to Florida. If that’s the case his mom was Alice Gertrude Putnam. Makes it more confusing. Wallace was born September 27, 1931 in Duval, Florida, and will die May 21, 2021 in Middletown, Delaware. He will marry Clara Adella Farrow June 14, 1958 in Dover, Delaware.

 

T. (THOMAS) NEWTON PUTNAM  St. Michael & Phillip, Charleston County

He is 49 AL and his wife Tracy DeRossett 49 TN. He is a vice president at a furniture store and was working there in 1940. He is a son of Isaac Thomas Putnam and Mary Susan Wheeler and was born October 15 1900 in Borden Springs, Cleburne County Alabama. Tracy is a daughter of Zacharia DeRossett and Martha Lavada Dorton and was born April 28, 1900 in Crossville, Cumberland County Tennessee. They were first seen married in the 1930 census in Atlanta, Georgia. He was with his folks in 1910 in Bordon Springs, Cleburne County Alabama and again in 1920. They were in Charleston, South Carolina in 1940. Newer had any kids. Tom will die in Nashville, Tennessee September 8, 1968 and Tracy will wander over to Chattanooga, Tennessee and call it quits April 18, 1982. They are both buried in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

ARTHUR G. (GLENN) PUTNAM  Cherokee, Cherokee County

He is 68 NC NC NC and owns a farm. Ruby Evans, wife number 4, is listed as being a mere 23 NC. His son Leonard is 26 SC and they have a new one, Ray T., born in February. I think Art is a widower and lil ole Ruby is Len’s wife. Makes a lot more sense, and handwriting was still a big problem. He is a son of Anzie McFee Putman and Harriet McIntyre from Cleveland County North Carolina. He was born there April 9, 1882 and will die back in Shelby, North Carolina June 23, 1955. He was married to Bertha Ray McSwain here in 1940. She died in 1946 and he married Ruby Evans in 1949. Bertha was wife number 3. He was briefly married to Rebecca Jane Willman from 1909-1911. She died and he married Minnie Florence Grigg who died in March 1920 back in North Carolina. He married Bertha two months later in July 1920. He took off on the kids from his second marriage. They are back in Cleveland County North Carolina with their grandparents the Griggs.

 

HARLAND D. (DURANT) PUTNAM  Cherokee, Cherokee County 

He is 42 NC, his wife Ruth Towne McAbee 41 SC and they have Winifred Jean 15 SC. They both work in a cotton mill. He was single here in 1930 and married in 1940 and now. He was next door in York County in 1920 with his re-married mother Hattie and said he was NC NC NC then. Hattie Idella Rippy married John S. Putnam in Cleveland County North Carolina December 18, 1904 and he died there October 18, 1908. John was a son of Joseph Devaney Putnam and Roxanna Jane Weathers and was born in Shelby, Cleveland County North Carolina November 21, 1907 and will die in Simpsonville, Greenville County South Carolina November 13, 1971. His wife Ruth Towne McAbee was born in Cleveland County May 23, 1908 and will die there September 28, 1987.

 

HOBERT PUTMAN  Cherokee, Cherokee County

He is 52 NC NC NC and a station hand in a cotton mill. His wife Nellie Dorman is 46 SC and they have Charles B. 18 SC, George 12 SC, Martha 8 SC, Carolyn 7 SC and Kenneth 5 SC. The 4 older kids are all off and running. He is William Hobert Putnam, son of Edward Putman of North Carolina. His folks were Edward Putman and Robena Brock. He was born January 16, 1897, and will die in Blacksburg, Cherokee County April 30, 1977. Nellie is a daughter of Mason Edward and Mattie Dorman. She was born March 10, 1904 and will die in Blacksburg April 22, 1984.

 

SALLIE PUTNAM  Cherokee, Cherokee County

She is 76 SC and widowed. She is living with Marshall Batchelor as his aunt. Sarah M. Bates is the widow of Marcus Alexander Putman from North Carolina. They were in York County SC in 1910 and in Lancaster County SC in 1920. She was widowed in Spartanburg County in 1930 living with her married daughter Jennie Carr and her husband Timothy Carr. In 1940 she was here living with her sister Mary Neal.

 

SUDIE PUTNAM  Cherokee, Cherokee County

She is 54 SC and widowed. Sudie Boyd Foster was married to Thomas Lee Putnam here from December 11, 1911 when they were married to November 13, 1947 when he died. He was a son of Franklin A. Putnam and Eliza Allen from Cleveland County, North Carolina. She has her daughter Janelle 20 SC with her. She was born December 23, 1895 and will die in Shelby, North Carolina on April 10, 1990 at age 94.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Cherokee, Cherokee County

He is 33 SC and a weaver in a textile plant. His wife Mary Sue Barrett is 25 NC and they have Harold D. 4 SC and Sheila born in October. William Franklin Putnam is a son of Thomas Lee Putnam and Sudie Byrd Foster from here. He was born here February 23, 1917 and will die July 2, 1993 back up in Shelby Cleveland County, North Carolina. Mary Sue is a daughter of Charlie Glenn and Flossie D. Barrett. She was born in Earl, Cleveland County North Carolina and will die in Grover, Cleveland County North Carolina November 5, 2015.

 

DOROTHY H. PUTNAM  Gaffney, Cherokee County

She is 19 SC and living with her folks David and Ruth Hollyfield and she has a daughter Reda born in February. No clue to her husband except his name is William Putnam. In the 1940 here. George William Putnam, listed below, had a son Billie age 16 SC then. Bet a dime that’s him. He’s not here or with his folks

 

GEORGE W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Gaffney, Cherokee County

He is 61 NC NC NC and works in a cotton mill as does his wife and all their sons. His wife Frances Victoria Ramsey is 60 SC and they have their ‘separated’ daughter Marjorie Kennedy 28 SC and her son Christopher S. Kennedy 7 SC. She married Christopher Stephen Kennedy in 1942 and will keep the name Kennedy till she dies September 5, 2010. She was born December 3, 1921. George is a son of William Alexander Putnam and Zulia Ellen Bridges from Cleveland County North Carolina. George was born there May 4, 1888, and will die here December 12, 1960. He married Vickie November 4, 1906. Margie was born in South Carolina May 5, 1889 and will die in Gaffney November 20, 1977.

 

JOHN H. (HOWARD) PUTNAM  Gaffney, Cherokee County

He is a cotton cloth weaver. He is 33 SC and married to Annie Lee Motts 29 SC. They live with her folks John Motts and Gladys Whelchel. John Putnam is a son of George William Putnam and Frances Victoria Ramsey from here. He was born here October 24, 1916 and died right here March 10, 2006. Annie was born here January 22, 1924 and will die here July 13, 1986.

 

RALPH PUTNAM  Gaffney, Cherokee County

He is 36 SC and his wife Lavinia Lucille Greene is 31 SC and they have Barbara Ann 10 SC and Michael Larry 4 SC. Ralph is a loom fixer and Lucille a battery fixer in a cotton mill as they both were in 1940. He is a son of George William Putnam and Frances Victoria Ramsey from here. and works in the same mill they do. He was born January 27, 1913, and will die Christmas Day December 25, 1970. Lucille was born July 8, 1917 and will die here February 25, 1987.

 

W. P. (WILLIAM PARNELL) PUTNAM  Gaffney, Cherokee County

He is 42 SC NC NC and a loom fixer at the cotton mill. His wife Lois Best is 40 SC and they now have Charlie 23 SC, Harold Dean 22 SC, J. Thomas 19 SC, Patsy 17 SC, Corrine 16 SC, Carol Sue 14 SC, Joan 12 SC, Parnell Jr. 9 SC and Frankie 2 SC. They have been married 23 years and were here in 1930 and 1940 and will be all their lives. He is a son of George William Putnam and Frances Victoria Ramsey. His dad was a son of William Alexander Putnam and Zulia Ellen Bridges from Cleveland County North Carolina. He was born here July 27, 1907 and die in Gaffney in January 1964. He married Louise Best here in 1926. She is a daughter of William Martin Best and Cora Thomason and was born in Spartanburg County August 29, 1909 and will die here in Gaffney January 7, 1984. His folks are here and have been since the later 1890s.

 

DONALD D. (DAVID) PUTNAM  College Heights, Darlington County

He is 31 VT and his wife Mary Etta Langston is 22 SC and they have Donald D. Jr. 5 SC and Richard C. 3 SC. Donald is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Ida Bell Terrill and was born in Addison County Vermont May 8, 1918. He was there in 1920 and then with the family in Hague, Warren County in 1930 and 1935. His dad had died and his mom Ida Belle was there in town married to Rolland Granger. He was single in Ticonderoga, New York in 1940. He enlisted in the Army June 2, 1942. He came to South Carolina after the War and married Mary Langston here, and he will die in Hartsville, Darlington County April 25, 2007. Mary is a daughter of Clyde Hester Langston and Nellie Ham Langston and was born in Hartsville January 26, 1962 and will die there June 19, 2010.

 

ROY W. (WILLIS) PUTNAM  Darlington, Darlington County

He is 30 SC and his wife Dora Elizabeth Stokes is also 30 SC and they have Harvey Willis 3 SC. They are living with her widowed mother Minnie Stokes 64 SC. He is a son of James Butler Putnam and Elizabeth Ruth McCall. He was born in Florence, Florence County October 24, 1919 and will die here in Darlington Mar 9, 1970 probably from getting too excited at the NASCAR race track here in town. Elizabeth was a daughter of Harvey Witherspoon and Minnie Gray Stokes, and was born in Darlington on December 11, 1919 and will die October 16, 2000 in Florence, South Carolina. She and Roy were married here in Darlington October 20, 1945. After he dies, she will marry Louis Brown and then Robert Register.

 

MARY H. PUTMAN  Fairfield County

She is a Negro/Black 6 NC and a foster child of Sara Gunthorp.

 

GEORGE E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Florence, Florence County

George Junior is a farmer and now 43 SC, his wife Inez Clara Jones is 45 SC and they have James E. 19 SC, Ina Joyce 15 SC and Harris Wayne 11 SC. He is a son of George Edward Putnam and Ella Harris from here. He was born in Abbeville County April 18, 1906 and will die May 13, 1953. He was in Marion County in 1930 and back here by 1935. Inez is a daughter of Duncan Marvin Jones and Mary Elizabeth ‘Mamie’ Sawyer, and was born in Marion County March 11, 1905 and will die here in Florence November 15, 1987. She will marry a Smith guy after George dies.

 

GEORGE M. (MUNN) PUTNAM  Florence, Florence County

He is 46 SC, his wife Emma Lee Eagerton 45 and they have George Randall  10 SC. His widowed father James Putnam 72 SC is with them. Her widowed mother Amelia Margarite Eagerton 68 SC is also with them. He is a baker at a wholesale bakery. He is a son of James Butler Putnam an Elizabeth McCall here in town. George was born April 23, 1904 and will die in Anderson, South Carolina February 24, 1985. Emma Lee was born November 23, 1903 and will die December 3, 1988. They were married here Christmas Day December 25, 1935.

 

JAMES C. (CLAUDE) PUTNAM  Florence, Florence County

He is 33 SC and still single. He works for a radio station. Jim is a son of James Butler Putnam and Elizabeth Ruth McCall from here. He was born January 3, 1917 in Belton Green, South Carolina and will die June 25, 1979 in New Bern, Craven County North Carolina. He married Florence Edna Watson Hall in Craven County February 27, 1956.

 

TRAVIS E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Florence, Florence County

He is 20 SC and his wife Katherine Ann Ingram is 19 SC. He is George Travis Edward Putnam, son of the George Edward Junior listed above. He was born in Mullins, Marion County June 18, 1928 and will die here in Florence County June 9, 2011. Katherine is a daughter of Ivy Isaac Ingram and Dezzie Belle Courtney and was born May 7, 1930 here in Florence and will die here June 17, 2017.

 

JOHN CALVIN PUTNAM  Austin, Greenville County

He is 67 SC SC SC and wife Ruth Janette Thomason 50 SC and they have Betty Sue 17 SC. He is a plumber now. He was first married to Eva Maude Thomason up through the 1920 census. She died February 21, 1927. He was married in Jacks Township to her sister Janette in 1930. He is a son of John Abner Putman and Elizabeth Jane Cheek from Dials, Laurens County. His mom died there in 1930 and his dad in 1935. John and Janette were in Dials in 1940. John Calvin was born September 5, 1881 and will die here August 3, 1962. Janette was born September 12, 1899 and will die December 3, 1983. The daughter Betty Sue was born October 28, 1932 in Clinton, Laurens County and will marry a Moore guy and die November 30, 2021 in Laurens, Laurens County.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Butler, Greenville County

This is a Negro/Black family. He is 25 SC and his wife Lola 23 SC with 2 kids.

 

WILLIS B. (BYRON) PUTMAN  Chick Springs, Greenville County

He is 41 SC, his wife Kate Burnette 39 SC and they have Constance 11 SC and Byron Kendall 7 SC. Willis Byron is a son of Willis Robert Putman and Larissa Ann Woods and was born in Laurens County October 12, 1908, and was at home through 1935. He married Katherine Clarice Burnette in Greer, Grenville County November 13, 1937. He is an auto mechanic at a garage. He will die in Greer September 16, 1981. Kate is a daughter of Archie Perrin Burnette and Clarice Ann Smith and was born in Reidville, South Carolina February 14, 1910 and will die in Greer March 18, 1993.

 

CARL PUTNAM  Fairview, Greenville County

He is 47 SC and his wife Nellie Young is 37 SC and also here is his widowed mother Lola 81 SC. John Carl Putman is a son of John Walter Harrison Putman and Eulula Margaret Farrow from Greenville. He was born there October 16, 1902 and will die there November 3, 1970. Nellie was born January 30, 1909 and will die July 17, 1988. Both are buried in Cannon Memorial Park in Fountain Inn, Greenville County. His dad John was born September 9, 1871 and he died March 9, 1944. He was a son of Cornelius and Margarette Elizabeth Putman. Lola, his wife, was born March 4, 1869 in Greenville, and will die here February 22, 1958.

 

GEORGE L. (LEONARD) PUTNAM  Fairview, Greenville County

He is 47 SC SC SC and rents farmland. His wife Fannie Mae Abercrombie is 47 and they have Carl Lewis 17 SC and Lucie Jane 12 SC. He is a son of Lawrence Austin Putman and Maggie Thomason and was born here September 22, 1902 and will die here September 8, 1984. Fannie was born December 9, 1902 and will die January 12, 1993. They were married here November 6, 1922.

 

INEZ G. (GRIFFEN) PUTMAN  Fairview, Greenville County

She is 54 SC and now widowed. Inez Griffin was married to Thomas Lee Putman here in Fairview and he died here last year. He was a son of John Walter Harrison Putman and Lula Margaret Farrow of Greenville County. He was born December 5, 1892 and died here in Greenville February 23, 1949. Inez was born August 27, 1890 and will die May 25, 1987.

 

JOHN W. (WALTER) PUTMAN  Fairview, Greenville County

He is 31 SC SC SC and works in a textile mill like 99% of the people in South Carolina. Well, maybe not quite that many, but a lot do. His wife Virginia Ruth McKinney is 27 SC and they have Robert W. 10 SC. He is a son of Thomas Putman and Inez Griffin from here. He was born August 24, 1918 and will die right here August 12, 1999. Virginia was born May 12, 1923 and she will die here December 9, 2011.

 

CARROL B. PUTMAN  Fountain Inn, Greenville County

He is 41 SC SC SC and his wife Nona Welborn is 37 SC. They lived with her folks Frank and Maisy Welborn here in 1930. He was born September 15, 1908 and will die here July 29, 1969. He is a son of Orlando C. Putman from Davidson County North Carolina where he was 1 year old and born SC in 1910. Orlando died and Carroll isn’t found in 1920. Carroll and Nona are found here in 1930. Then they are off the books in 1940, but appear now in 1950. Carrol is buried in Cannon Memorial Park here in town. Nona was born April 11, 1913 and will die here in Fountain Inn April 14, 2006. She is a daughter of Frank W. and Maisy Welborn.

 

LAWRENCE A. (ARTHUR) PUTMAN  Fairview, Greenville County

He is 76 SC SC SC and owns a farm but is unable to work on it. One of his kids, John and his family live here and works the farm too. His wife Maggie S. Thomason is 71 SC. His son John Gideon is 37 SC and his wife Lucile Mary Babb is 36 SC and they have Clarabell 18 SC, Barbara Grace 18 SC, Johnnie E . , a daughter, 13 SC, James G. 10 SC and Betty Fay 7 SC. He is a son of John Abner Putnam and Elizabeth Cheek from Laurens County. He was born December 15, 1873. He married Maggie S. Thomason about 1896. She was born October 18, 1877 and will die here December 10, 1963. He will die here August 22, 1959.

 

MCDUFFIE W. (WILLIAM?) PUTNAM  Fairview, Greenville County

He is 32 SC and his wife Mary Jo Thomas is 30 SC. He is a son of McDuffie Putnam and Lillian Sprouse from Woodruff, Spartanburg County where he was born March 19, 1918. He will die back in Spartanburg February 15, 2015. He in an elementary school principal, and Mary Jo is a teacher there. They were married June 12, 1943 in Pickens County South Carlina. Mary Jo was born in Pickens County August 21, 1919 and will die March 25, 2020 in Roebuck, South Carolina. She is a daughter of Claude Columbus Thomas and Malinda Isabella Chastain from Pickens.

 

WILLIE A. (ANDERSON) PUTMAN  Fairview, Greenville County

He is 40 SC and his wife Hester Simms is 30 SC. He married Hester Simms November 24, 1927. They were here in 1930 and 1940. They have Joyce 11 SC and now Linda 4 SC. He is a son of Lawrence and Maggie Putman listed above. He worked on their farm in 1940, but has moved and works for a manufacturing company. He was born October 25, 1908 and died April 19, 1989. He married Hester Simms November 24, 1927. She is a daughter of Robert and Sallie Simms from Dunklin, Greenville County.  She was born May 21, 1908 and will die January 26, 1997.

 

J. O. (JAMES ODELL) PUTMAN  Gantt, Greenville County

He is 39 SC, his wife Mary Welborn is 36 SC, and they have James M. (Michael) 14 SC, Carolyn 11 SC, Jerry 8 SC and Susan 3 SC. He is a Constable here now. He is a son of William Jesse Putman and Belle Foster from Laurens County and then in Greenville.  He and Mary were in Greenville in 1940. He was born June 11, 1910 and will die in Greenville in March 1918. Mary was born May 6, 1913 and will die January 19, 1993.

 

ANNA PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

She is 66 SC and widowed. Her daughter Marie Frances 37 SC is still with her. They were in Dials Township Laurens County 1n 1940. Frances Louanna ‘Anna’ Woods had been married to Willis Robert Putman there since 1903. He was a son of Zadock Putman and Clarinda Woods and was born here October 29, 1879. He died there June 18, 1937. Anna was born there February 22, 1884 and will die here in Greenville September 28, 1958. She is a daughter of Robert and Emma Woods from Dial. The daughter Frances Marie was born there April 20, 1912 and will die here May 1, 1986. She never married. They are also listed now in Dials, Lauren County.

 

ARNOLD PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is Arnold Everett Putman 48 MN NY WI and a teacher at Greenville Woman’s College, and later at Furman University. His wife Alice Louise Parsons is 45 MN and they have William Arnold 20 GA, Allen Everett 19 SC and Mary Helen 10 SC. Alice’s mom Etta M. Parsons 81 WI is living with them now. He is a son of William Arnold Putman and Mary M. O’Hearn from Duluth, Minnesota. He was home there in 1910 and 1920 and then here in 1940. He was born December 1, 1901 and will die here in Greenville May 16, 1983. Alice was born June 8, 1905 and will die here January 19, 1993. Think this is the New York Dutch family.

 

BOBBIE MAE PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

She is 21 SC single and a typist. She and her brother Billie were in the Camille Maxwell Orphanage. They were there in 1935 and 1940. They are kids of Arthur Robert Putman and Olive Davenport and Bobbie was at home in Laurens County in 1930 and Billie wasn’t born then. Their mom died in 1938 and their dad was widowed in Greenville. Bobbie was born March 24, 1929 and will die December 30, 1994. She will marry George L. Coleman

 

BOYCE C. (CANADA) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 48 SC SC SC and works in a rayon textile mill. His wife Willie Lee Chaplain is 41 SC and they have Doris  Leona 19 SC, Joyce 16 SC, Boyce Jr. 15 SC, George W. 13 SC, Walter M. 12 SC and Robert 11 SC. He is a son of Robert David Putman and Martha Daisy Odom from Laurens County. He was born there September 3, 1901 and will die in Taylors, Greenville County July 30, 1987. Willie was born in 1908 and will die in August 1984.

 

CLAUDE F. (FARROW) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 54 SC SC SC and is a real estate agent with his own business. His wife Tommie Chiles is 52 SC. He is a son of John Harrison Putman and Lula Farrow from here. He was born August 22, 1895 and will die here January 15, 1973. He married Tommie Chiles June 4, 1915. She was born July 22, 1897 and will die in Greenville June 14, 1972.

 

CORA PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

She is 38 SC widowed and a housekeeper. She is a Negro/Black gal with 4 grandkids.

 

DEWEY PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 45 NC and his wife Bessie Edema Walker is 60 NC. He is Dewey Edgar Putman a son of Elias William Putman and Blanche Andrews and was born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County North Carolina August 3, 1899 and will die here in Greenville January 12, 1956. He was at home in Charlotte up through the 1930 and I can’t find him in 1940. Bessie was single with her sister Alma Walker here in Greenville. Bessie was born April 11, 1890 and will die in Greenville on January 18, 1975. She is a daughter of Manuel H. Walker and Belle Wix.

 

ELIZABETH & MAMIE PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

They are single sisters, Negro/Black, Elizabeth 25 SC and Mamie Lee 22 SC.

 

ERNEST PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 40 SC  single and living with his widowed sister Sunnie Porter 68 SC and her son Clarence Porter 35 SC and his wife. Ernest and Sunnie are kids of William Wister Putman and Evelyn Allen from here. In 1930 they were living with their widowed mother Evelyn who died here May 24, 1939. In 1940 Ernest was with his sister Cora Ballew, also widowed. Ernest Lawson Putman was born August 10, 1908. He will die February 10, 1980 in Rockingham, North Carolina. Sunnie married a Porter guy when she was about 20 and in 1910, she was back home with her folks at age 23 and divorced. Guess she learned a lesson and never married again.

 

EVERETTE M. (MARTIN)  PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 39 SC single and his wife Lois Ellen Snoddy is 33 SC. He is a son of Dixon Homer Putman and Nannie Martin from Youngs, Laurens County where he was in 1930. He was born May 22, 1910 and will die here May 19, 1991. Lois is a daughter of Patrick and Tessa Snoddy. She was born September 16, 1916 and will die here February 3, 2002. They were married out in California July 21, 1943 where he was stationed as a Sergeant in the Army.

 

FLOYD PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 34 SC, as is his wife, Lilly. This is a Black/Negro family.

 

GRADY D. (DEWITT) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 51 SC SC SC, his wife Nina Katherine Evatt 48 SC. He is a son of Archibald Creswell Putnam and Anna Estella Story from Greenville, Greenville County. They were in Pickens County in 1930 and 1940. They will be her the rest of their lives.

 

JACK B. (BUTLER) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 38 SC and his wife Mary Anona Bunot is 36 UT and they have Loretta 9 SC, Wayne 8 SC, Mary Nell 5, John Eugene 3 SC and Thomas B. 1 SC. Ah, yet another family that wants its own baseball team. They are over half way there now. Jack is a son of Roy Eugene Putnam and Nellie Pollard Morris from here. He was born here September 25, 1911 and will die here April 4, 1988. Mary is a daughter of John Alma and Mary Elizabeth Bunot and was born in Henefer, Summit County Utah May 31, 1919 and will die here in Greenville October 29, 1993. She was previously married to Charles James Hagen out in Utah on May 18, 1934. Must not have lasted very long before she snuck out late at night and hopped on a freight train and headed East.

 

JACK N. (NIMMONS) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is5 SC and lives with his mom Mary Nimmons 29 SC who has married James Edgar Brandon 30 SC. No ideas who the Putnam was his mom first married though.

 

JAMES PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is James Stephenson Putnam a son of John Rose Putnam and Lillie Martin from Laurens, Laurens County. He was born December 12, 1923 and will die December 13, 2012. Boy he really wanted to make that 89th birthday party he had been promised. He served in WWII. Don’t think he ever married.

 

JAMES B. (BENJAMIN) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 53 SC SC SC and is now widowed. His wife Gladys J. Wynn died October 13, 1946. He has Robert Wynn Putman 21 SC, and his widowed father James Robert Putman 83. He is a son of James Robert Putman and Anna Randall. He was at home with them in 1900 and 1910 here in Greenville County and they were all in Abbeville County in 1920. He was born March 14, 1897 and died February 7, 1958. He married Gladys Wynn in 1926. She was born March 2, 1898 and died October 13, 1946.

 

JAMES E. (EARL) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 28 SC and his wife Frances Batson is 21 SC. He is James Jr. son of James Earl Putnam and Ola Persley from Spartanburg where he was in 1940. He enlisted in the Army November 20, 1942 and was discharged till March 16, 1947. Reason he was discharged so late after the war was that he got wounded in April 1945 and was put into an army hospital. He had a fractured bone as a result of being hit by a bullet.

 

JOSEPH A. (ANDREW) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 52 NC, and his wife Harriet June Riley is 35 GA and they have Joseph A. 15 SC and a son Francis Riley born November 5, 1949 and not a year old yet. They were here in 1940 with her widowed mother Maybelle Riley 47 GA. He is a son of Martin Toliver Putnam and Anna Catherine Wilkes from Rutherford County North Carolina. He was born there November 17, 1899 and will die here November 19, 1969 after way too wild a birthday party 2 nights earlier. He is a life insurance District Manager. His wife June was born June 7, 1914 and will die January 25. 1974. They were married June 21, 1933.

 

L. J. (JIMMY LEE) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 19 SC, and his wife Gladys is 19 SC. They have a son Tyron 1 SC. This is a Black/Negro family.

 

LEON P. PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 39 SC and his wife Ethel Reeps or something is 38 SC. He is a son of Elzie Putman and Maggie Whitmire and was born January 21, 1911 and will die in Greenville January 22, 1976. Ethel was born October 1, 1912 and will die here August 3, 1966.

 

LEWIS F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 29 SC and a student at Furman College here in town. He is a son of John Irvington Putnam and Bessie Holmes from Greenwood, Greenwood County. He was at home there in 1940. Lewis Franklin was born July 25, 1920 and will die in Central, Pickens County South Carolina August 21, 2002. He will marry Carol Brown in December 1952. She is a daughter of Robert Charles Brown and Anna Jeanette Reynolds, and was born in Syracuse, New York April 6, 1931 and will die in Central, South Carolina August 17, 2010.  He was in the Navy in WWII. He mustered in September 30, 1941 before the fun action actually began.

 

MARION PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 33 SC and his wife Katherine is 33 SC. They are a Negro/Black family that were in Anderson County earlier. He was born there May 15, 1918 and will die out in Lima, Ohio September 3, 1996.

 

NELLIE S. (STONE) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

She is 42 SC and now divorced. She has Clyde Jr. 23 SC and Miriam W. 16 SC.  Nellie Stone had married Clyde Putman here in 1935 and they were here in Oaklawn, Greenville County with these two kids in 1940. Clyde is a son of James Robert Putman and Hattie Ann Randall from here. Nellie is a daughter of John and Sarah Stone also from Oaklawn.

 

OSCAR B. (BEARDEN) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 33 SC and his wife Dora Vivian Blanton is 30 SC. They were married in Laurens February 23, 1941. Oscar is a son of John Rose Putman and Lillie Martin and was with them in Laurens in 1940. He was born March 16, 1917 in Laurens, Laurens County and will die here September 2, 1994. Vivian is a daughter of Olin Isaac and Dora Blanton. She was born in Horry County December 4, 1919 and will die here in Greenville May 2, 2012.

 

OTIS H. (HEYWARD) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is an electrician and is 32 SC. His wife Virginia Helen Pearce is 30 SC and they have sons Heyward Pearce 6 SC and David Miller 4 SC. Otis is a son of Jessie William Putnam and Belle Foster from here. He was born August 17, 1917 and will die here in Greenville July 24, 1985. Virginia was born October 20, 1919 and will die at age 95 on December 28, 2014 after a great Christmas time. Heyward was born February 21, 1944 and will die July 18, 2009. He married Helen Louise Nolan Brazil in Blacksburg, Virginia August 29, 1980. David was born in March 1946. He will marry Kathryn Lynn Tate November 23, 1967

 

PAUL PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 32 SC single and has his widowed mother Olivia Putman 59 SC with him.

Olivia ‘Ollie’ Massey was married to Robert Lee Putman since they were married here in Greenville in December 1907. He was a son of William Wister Putman and Evelyn Allen from here in Greenville. He was born October 11, 1889 and died in Greenville June 27, 1938. Ollie Massey was born November 6, 1890 and will die here August 25, 1970. Paul was born here August 31, 1917, and will die here May 19, 1982.

 

ROBERT L. (LEE) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is Robert Junior 24 SC and married to Frankie 19 GA. He is a son of Robert Lee Putman and Olivia Massey from here. His dad died June 27, 1938 and he was with his widowed mom Ollie in 1940. He was born February 26, 1962 and will Die Here November 13, 1956.

 

ROY E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 59 SC SC SC and now owns a wholesale grocery. His wife Nellie Pollard Morris is 57 VA and they have a granddaughter Mary Nell 5 TX. Mary is a daughter of their son John Butler Putnam and his wife Mary Anona Bunot. She was born in Potter County Texas April 17, 1944. He is a son of William Butler Putman and Mattie Dell Garnett from Laurens County. He’ll be here all his life and die September 14, 1974. Nellie will die in Greenville February 21, 1982. She is a daughter of John and Addie Morris.

 

SAMUEL PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 69 SC and widowed. He is a ‘resident’ in the Greenville County Home for the Aged. He is Samuel William Putman a son of Alexander Putman and Elvira Brown. He was at home in Youngs, Laurens County in 1910 and married to Kate Wilson in Pickens County in 1920. He was in Greenville in 1930 married to a Maggie and then widowed here in 1940.

 

SAMUEL R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 57 SC SC SC and a pharmacist in a drug store. His wife Myrtle Lucille Aull is 54 SC. He is a son of Samuel Harrison Putman and Clittoria Charlotte Rose from Laurens County. He was born February 27, 1893, and will die in Greenville September 15, 1981. He was at home in 1920 and got married a month or so later. Myrtle was born January 16, 1896 and will die here in Greenville January 28, 1988. She is a daughter of Adam Luther and Lillie Clara Aull.

 

SHANNON E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 34 SC and his wife Ellen Frances Blanton is 29 SC. He is a son of Luther W. Putnam from North Carolina and Hallie Roberts from South Carolina. He was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina October 27, 1914. He and the family were there in 1920 and then in Gaston County North Carolina in 1930 and Rutherford County North Carolina in 1940. In 1940 the folks had split and he was with only his mom Hallie. Shannon will die January 25, 1988 in Jacksonville, Duval County Florida. Ellen was born in Cherokee County South Carolina May 20, 1920 and will die November 19, 2000 in Wellford, Spartanburg County South Carolina. She is a daughter of Alfred Blanton and Rosa Poale.

 

THOMAS A. (ALEXANDER) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 76 SC and his wife Blanche Watson is 75 SC. He is a son of Cornelius Putman and Margaret Peden. He was born in Laurens County December 6, 1873. He married Ida Abbott June 2, 1894 and Ida died a few years later. He then married Blanche Watson in 1905. Blanche was born October 28, 1874 and will die August 18, 1968.

 

THOMAS A. (ANSEL) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 51 SC SC SC and runs a textile supply manufacturing company. His wife Virginia Galloway is 49. He is a son of Thomas Alexander Putnam and his first wife Ida Abbott from here in Greenville County. He was born December 17, 1898, and he will die in Abbeville County August 16, 1994. Virginia is a daughter of Robert Speer Galloway and Mary Eleanor Stone. She was born here October 27, 1899, and will die also in Abbeville August 1, 1990.

 

THOMAS C. (CARLISLE) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 39 SC, his wife Chessie Ruth Waites is 36 SC and they have Robert Durrell 19 SC and Tommy Waits 14 SC. He is a son of Archibald Creswell Putman and Annie Estella Story and was born here August 16 1910. He married Chessie here on April 26, 1930. She is a daughter of George Osborne Waites and Louanne Adelle Derrick and was born September 25, 1913 and will die here in Greenville in November 1965. Tom will die here in May 1986. They both work in a cotton mill. The son Robert was born  1931 and will die March 17, 2021. He married Patsy Ruth Williams. Their son Tommy was born April 15, 1935 and will die December 26, 1975. Once again like several others here, he just had too many drinks while opening the presents, more than his body could handle. He married Georgia Ann Watkins September 5, 1959.

 

THOMAS E. (EDWARD) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 23 SC and has a wife named Constance Cooper Maugans 21 SC and they have a daughter Connie M. 3 SC. Tom is a son of Thomas Lee Putman and  Inez Griffin from Fairview, Greenville County. He was born there November 19, 1926 and was there in 1930 and 1940. He will die November 6, 2009 in Brunswick, Glynn County Georgia. Connie was born October 18, 1928 in Norfolk, Virginia, and will die in Brunswick, Georgia August 3, 2012. They were married here January 5, 1946.

 

WILLIAM A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 25 SC and is an optometrist. His wife Madalyn Gore is 24 SC. They have Linda C. 5 SC and Patricia A. born in February 1950. He is a son of Albert L. Putnam and Ella Pearl Higgins from Laurens. He was with his widowed mother Pearl there in 1940. He was born in Columbia, Richland County South Carolina June 12 1924. Madalyn is a daughter of Grover Cleveland Gore and Millie Kate Hardee and was born December 21, 1924 in Greenville and will die in Greenville January 26, 2013. William will die in Greenville March 22, 2014. His dad Albert, who died in Laurens October 2, 1937, was a son of Peydon Putman and Nancy Jane Burns.

 

W. J. (WILLIAM JESSE) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 63 SC SC SC and of course works in a cotton mill. Mary Belle Foster his wife is 60 SC and they have David D. 20 SC still at home. He is a son of William Wister Putman and Evelyn Allen from here in Greenville. William Jesse Putman was born December 11, 1887. He married Belle Foster March 24, 1910. They are in Greenville for the rest of their lives. He will die here in January 1984. Belle was born June 30, 1885 and will die in Greenville December 9, 1949. The son Otis was born August 17, 1917 and will marry Virginia Pierce and die here in July 1985. Raymond was born in 1920 and will marry Ruth Allen in 1954. He will die out in Granada Hills, California January 6, 2000. David was born November 21, 1929 and died March 15, 1992.

 

WILLIAM J. (JESSE) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 29 SC and married to Doris Odell Smith 27 SC, and they have a son William J. Jr. 1 SC. He is a son of Robert Lee Putman and Olivia ‘Ollie’ Massey from here. He was with his widowed mom here in 1940. He was born September 6, 1920 and will die here in Greenville December 27, 1994 after too much fun and drinking with Santa couple of days before. He is a life insurance salesman. Doris is a daughter of Daniel Franklin and Rilla Ola Smith and was born December 12, 1922 and will wander out to California after Will dies and she will die in Dixon, Solano County April 30, 2014. Doris served in the Army during WWII and will be buried in a Veteran’s Gravesite in Sacramento, California.

 

WILLIAM M. (MORRIS) PUTNAM  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 33 SC and now married to Agnes Lenore Riddle 31 SC and they have William M. Jr. 3 SC. Her widowed father William J. Riddle  65 SC and her brother Charles B. Riddle 25 SC are living with them. He is the manager of a self-serve laundry in town. William is a son of Roy Eugene Putnam and Nellie Pollard Morris from here. He was born October 21, 1916 here in Greenville and will die here May 2, 2012. Lenore was a daughter of William Jasper Riddle and Mary Etta Stone. She was born  July 27 1918 and will die here February 28, 2013. Her dad is a civil engineer in his own business here.

 

WILLIAM T. (THOMAS) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 48 SC SC SC and “unable to work.” His wife Ella Mae Darnell is 42 SC and they have their son Wallace Harold Putman 23 NC and his wife Bonnie Lusk 19 SC and their daughter Carol E. 1 SC. He is a son of William Wister Putman and Evelyn Allen from here. He was born November 29, 1901 and will die in Greenville November 14, 1985. Ella is a daughter of W. B. and Laura Darnell. She was born here February 8, 1908 and will die here September 27, 1970. The son Wallace was born in Canton County North Carolina November 6, 1925 and will die September 7, 2004.

 

JAMES R. (ROBERT) PUTMAN  Oaklawn Township, Greenville County

He is 83 SC and now widowed as his wife Harriet Ann Randall died here November 6, 1949. His daughter May 55 SC, and  son Clyde 44 SC are still with him as they were in 1940. He is a retired farmer. He is a son of Cornelius Putman and Margaret Peden from Laurens County. He was born September 29, 1866. He married Margaret Bryson in 1884 and she died in 1888. He then married Harriet Anna Randall in 1891. Anna was born October 17, 1870. She was a daughter of Benjamin Pope Randall and Henrietta Rebecca Snow. In 1900 and 1910 they are in Greenville County South Carolina and in 1920 in Abbeville County. James will die in Greenville January 10, 1952. The daughter May was born November 20, 1894 and never married. She will die here January 17, 1979. Clyde was married to then divorced from Nellie Stone. He was born September 10, 1976 and will die out in Pelzer, Arizona in October 1976.

 

BILLIE P. PUTMAN  Fountain Inn, Greenwood County

She is an orphan as she was here in 1940. She is 18 SC in the Connie Maxwell Church Orphanage. She and her sister Bobbie were here in 1935 as well. They are kids of Arthur Robert Putman and Olive Hart and Bobbie was at home in Laurens County in 1930 and Billie wasn’t born then. Their mom died in 1938 and their dad was widowed in Greenville. Billie was born here January 16, 1933 and abandoned. She will marry Claiborne Merle Kelly in 1962, and die in Raleigh, North Carolina April 16, 1969 at the age of only 36.

 

GROVER L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Greenwood, Greenwood County

He is 44 SC SC SC and works in a cotton mill. His wife Annie Lou Connelly is 44 SC. They live with Annie’s sister Eula Connelly 50 SC. He is a son John Rivington Putnam and his first wife Annie May Hill. He was born October 1, 1905 and will die here December 14, 1988. Annie is a daughter of David Derrick and Mary Susan Connelly and was born May 16, 1905 and will die here in Greenwood June 16, 1898.

 

JESSIE PUTNAM  Greenwood, Greenwood County

He is 63 SC SC SC and works in a cotton mill. His wife Bessie Sligh is 57 SC, and they have, James Alvin 39 SC, a daughter whose name looks like Genable 26 SC. There are 2 grandkids, Shirley 15 SC and Charles 8 SC.  Jessie Lee is a son of Leander Putman and Sarah Long from Laurens County. He was born February 15, 1887 and will die here March 23, 1977. Bessie was born August 6, 1892 and will  die Christmas Eve December 24, 1967. She was playing around with Jessie and Santa and his reindeer, and simply had too much to drink.

 

CLARENCE PUTNAM  South Greenwood, Greenwood County

He is 31 SC and his wife Mary is 28 SC. Clarence Howard Putnam is a son of Jessie and Bessie Putnam listed above. He was born in Greenwood on March 21, 1919 and will die here on his birthday March 21, 2008 or that is what’s on a tree I found.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Walnut Grove, Greenwood County

He is 44 SC his wife Lillian Armstrong is 42 SC. He is a manager in a retail meat market. Alphus James is a son of Lawrence Austin Putman and Maggie Thomason. He was born April 7, 1905 and will die December 22, 1988. He married Lillian Armstrong in Laurens County on May 22, 1926. Lillian was born in Greenville, Spartanburg County September 1, 1904 and will die November 13, 1985. He was in Fairview, Greenville County up until 1935 when they were here.

 

RICHARD T. (THOMAS) PUTNAM  Conway, Horry County

He is 39 SC and his wife Dorothy Alma Pendergrass is 31 SC. I can’t find anything on him nor can Ancestry. But Dorothy’s Find-a-Grave gives his full name and her folks Edward Connor and Lorena Pendergrass and gives her birth as January 1, 1919 and death December 20, 2007 in Darlington, South Carolina. We find Dickie was a son of George Edward Putnam and Frances Ella Harris and was born in Abbeville during the fireworks on July 4, 1910 and he will die March 28, 1985 in Florence, South Carolina. They were married in Florence June 29, 1946. Yep, lil ole Richie age 19 was with his folks in Tans Bay Florence County in 1930. Can’t find him in 1940. Not in the Service till October 29, 1942 when he joined the Army, but was in the woods brewing moonshine, I guess.

 

BEAUFORD PUTNAM  Lancaster, Lancaster County

He is 41 SC NC SC and his wife Vivian Viola Ashe is 39 SC. They have Donald 18 SC, Charles 16 SC and Melvin 11 SC. Beauford Thaxton Putnam is a son of Flavious Cicero ‘Frank’ Putnam and Leila Bailey from Union County where they also have been. He was born May 23, 1908 and will die in March 1961. Vivian is a daughter of James Lee Ashe and Lena Mitchell. She was born October 4, 1910 and will die in North Charleston August 16, 2005.

 

CLYDE C. (COOPER) PUTNAM  Clinton, Laurens County

He is 33 SC and his wife Sudie Lillian Seigler is 24 SC. They have a son Wallace 7 SC. He is a son of William Guy Putman and Elizabeth Cooper from here. His widowed dad is listed below. Clyde was born April 2, 1918 and will die here May 14, 1998. Lillian was born July 11, 1924 and will die in 2013 here in Clinton. Clyde joined the Army November 29, 1943 and made it through the War in one piece.

 

LIDDY L. PUTMAN  Clinton, Laurens County

She is 73 SC and says widowed. No one by that name around here in 1930 or 1940. Not here or anywhere in the state.

 

MARGARET PUTNAM  Clinton, Laurens County

She is 35 SC and divorced and lives with her folks Clinton and Sara Cooper. She was married to James Alvin Putnam in Anderson, Anderson County in 1940. They were married February 2, 1934 and then divorced. James is a son of Jesse Lee Putnam and Bessie Sligh from Greenwood.

 

WILLIAM G. (GUY) PUTNAM  Clinton, Laurens County

He is 67 SC widowed and out of work. His daughter Edna Helen 24 SC and son Jerry Benjamin 37 SC are with him. Bill is a son of Jeremiah Young Putnam and Clarinda Riddle and was born in Hunter, Laurens County September 14, 1882 and will die here January 15, 1951. He was married to Elizabeth Cooper. Elizabeth was born September 23, 1882 and died December 10, 1948. Both are buried at Rosemont Cemetery in Clinton, Laurens County. Edna will marry Rufus William Ballard and die here November 20, 2018. The son Jerry was born April 12, 1912 and will die here April 10, 1954.

 

WILLIAM T. (THOMAS) PUTMAN  Clinton, Laurens County

He is 82 SC SC SC and widowed since his wife Rosanna Riddle died here in Clinton July 10, 1945. He is a son of Bluford Putman and Mary Brown from Laurens County. Anna was born March 15, 1880. He was born July 20, 1867 and will die here February 27, 1957. They have been here since 1910.

 

ANNA PUTMAN  Dials Township, Laurens County

She is 66 SC and widowed. Her daughter Marie Frances 37 SC is still with her. They were here in Dials Township Laurens County in 1940. Frances Louanna ‘Anna’ Woods had been married to Willis Robert Putman there since 1903. He was a son of Zadock Putman and Clarinda Woods and was born here October 29, 1879. He died there June 18, 1937. Anna was born there February 22, 1884 and will die in Greenville September 28, 1958. She is a daughter of Robert and Emma Woods from Dial. The daughter Frances Marie was born here April 20, 1912 and will die here May 1, 1986. She never married. They are also listed now in Greenville, Greenville County.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Dials Township, Laurens County

He is a Negro/Black 27 SC and his wife Bernice is 20 SC.

 

PINKNEY PUTMAN  Dials Township, Laurens County

He is a Negro/Black 69 SC and his wife Evelin is 65 SC. They have a son Glenn 24 SC.

 

TABITHA C. PUTMAN  Dials Township, Laurens County

She is a Negro/Black 23 SC and living with a cousin. She has a son Ronald born August 1949.

 

WHEELER PUTMAN  Dials Township, Laurens County

He is a Negro/Black 65 SC and his wife Lottie is 42 and they have 9 kids ages 1-14 so have a full baseball team coming along. Not Bad.

 

W. (WILLIAM) FRED PUTMAN  Goldville, Laurens County

He is 26 SC and living with his married sister Louise 39 SC and her husband Charles Cole 41 SC. He works in a cotton cloth mill. They are kids of William Guy Putman and Elizabeth Cooper from Hunter, Laurens County. His dad is widowed in Clinton, Laurens County now in 1950. He was born August 22, 1923 and will die October 7, 1981 in Clinton, Laurens County where he was born. He will marry Doris Jean Humphrey sometime. She lives here in Goldville and is 16 years now in 1950. She is now living here with her folks James and Julia Humphrey and works in a cotton textile mill, probably the same on Freddie works in and that’s how they met, I’ll bet. However, she was previously married to Ralph Wicker and I guess that didn’t fit her right. She was born May 9, 1933 and will die August 21, 2000.

 

JOHN R. PUTMAN  Gray Court, Laurens County

He is 24 SC and his wife Catherine 22 SC and they have two kids. He is a house painter. This is a Negro/Black family.

 

ALTON L. (LEON) PUTNAM  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 36 SC and drives a truck for a poultry company. His wife Catherine Hanna is 25  and they have Alton Junior 2 SC. Alton is a son of Eugene Harrison Putnam and Amy Jamison from here. He was born May 11, 1918 and will die here September 1, 2000. Catherine is a daughter of Lewis and Kate Hanna and was born January 31, 1925 and will die April 15, 1997. Alton’s dad is a son of Samuel Harrison Putnam and Cittoria Charlotte Rose.

 

ANNIE & KITTY PUTNAM  Laurens, Laurens County

Annie is 65 SC and her sister Kitty 61 SC. They are single daughters of John Abner Putnam and Eliza Jane Clark from here. They were here with their widowed father in 1930 and he died in 1935. They were just the two of them here in 1940 too.

 

ARTHUR PUTMAN  Laurens, Laurens County

He is a Negro/Black 57 SC and is separated. He was his son Harry 22 SC with him and he works as a painter for the U. S. Navy.

 

CLARENCE PUTNAM  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 36 SC a Negro/Black living with his wife Alta and her folks the Blakeys.

 

FLOYD M. (MARVIN) PUTMAN  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 46 SC and his wife Susan Ruth Thomason 40 SC and they have Floyd Junior 12 SC still at home. He is a son of John Calvin and Eva Maude Putnam and was born here January 7, 1904 and will die in November 1981. Susie was born March 2, 1910 in Greenville County, and will die here in Laurens July 29, 2013. She is a daughter of Warren Preston and Corrie Thompson.

 

HAROLD R. (RUSSELL) PUTNAM  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 34 SC and his wife Edna Marcelles Waldrop is 33 SC and they have Judy Carol 1l SC. He and Edna were married here February 14, 1937. He is a son of Eugene Harrison Putnam and Amy Jeanette Jamison from here. He was born January 18, 1916 and will die here in Laurens November 20, 1998. Edna Waldrop is a daughter of Herbert Waldrop and Kate Bagwell. She was born here October 10, 1916 and will die in Clinton, Laurens County May 5, 1990. They both work in a cotton mill.

 

JOHN R. (ROSE) PUTNAM  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 65 SC SC SC and works a drug store. His wife Lillie Martin is 56 SC and they now have James Stephenson 26 SC and David Martin 19 SC. He is a son of Samuel Harrison Putnam and Cittoria Rose. He was born April 26, 1886. He owns Putnam Drug Store in Laurens and will operate it into the 1950s. He will die January 17, 1956. Lillie was born May 3, 1893 and she’ll die in Laurens November 28, 1954. The son James was born December12, 1923 and will die December 13, 2012 in Anderson, South Carolina. The son Dave was born February 15, 1931 and will die August 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Florida.

 

JOHN R. (ROSE) PUTNAM JR.  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 35 SC and his wife Mary Maxine Littlejohn is 29 SC and they have John R. 3rd 2 SC. He is a knitter in a hosiery mill. Maxine’s job is keeping house and maybe watching and feeding lil Johnny. John  Junior is a son of John Rose Putnam and Lillie Finley Martin listed right above. He was born here March 14, 1915 and will die in Greenville City October 25, 1964. He married Maxine here May 24, 1941. She was born August 4, 1920 and will die in Greenville April 19, 2008.

 

ROBERT H. PUTNAM  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 30 SC and married to  Elizabeth L. 28 SC and they have Robert H. Jr. 3 SC and Walter C. 1 SC. He is a son of John Rose Putnam and Lillie Martin listed just above. He is a pharmacist at his dad’s drug store. He was  born August 2, 1920 and will hang it up December 8, 1997.

 

R. O. (ROY OCTAVIS) PUTNAM  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 58 SC SC SC and now married to Mildred Fuller 40 SC. His first wife Bertha Wade died January 9, 1934 and he was widowed here in 1940. He is a son of Samuel Harrison Putnam and Cittoia Rose from here in Laurens County. He and his brother John run a drug store here. Roy will die August 26, 1971 and Mildred will die here March 18, 1972.

 

WALTER B. (BUTLER) PUTNAM (JR.)  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 42 SC manages a billiard parlor. That’s what they called a pool hall then. But in pool you shoot balls into holes or pockets as they were called. But, in billiards there are no pockets. His wife Bobbie Frances Thomason 40 SC is a now a bookkeeper at a motor company. They have Beverly 15 SC. He is a son of William Butler Putnam and Mattie Dell Garrett from Laurens County and then Greenville. He was born February 22, 1898, and will die May 3, 1985 in Greenville. He was with his brother Roy in 1920. He was single in Waycross, Georgia in 1930. He married Frances Thomason August 27, 1933. Bobbie was born November 2, 1909 in Anderson and will die April 6, 1903 in Greenville County.

 

WILLIAM P. (PERRY) PUTMAN  Laurens, Laurens County

He is 60 SC, his wife Jane Scott Foster 47 and they have William Perry Putman Jr. 16 SC. He is the son of Perry Jackson Putman and Rose Etta Pearson. He was home with his widowed dad in 1930 in Fairview, Greenville County. He was single at the time. He married Jane here October 11, 1933 and they were here in 1940. He was born here April 6, 1890 and will die here September 3, 1963. Jane was born here March 26, 1903 and will die in Clinton, Laurens County March 16, 2000.

 

J. D. (JAMES DAVID) PUTMAN  Watts Mills, Laurens County

He is 32 SC and his wife Ollie May Davis is 33 SC and they have J. D. Junior 10 SC, Billie 7 SC, Vivian 6 SC and Richard just born in May 1950. He is a son of Robert Putman and Daisy Odam and was born in Laurens County June 13, 1918 and will die there April 14, 1995. He was with the family in Richland County North Carolina in 1920 and 1930 and was married in Greenville County in 1940. He is a loom fixer in a cotton mill.

 

MARVIN B. (BRYSON) PUTMAN  Youngs, Laurens County

He is 34 SC and his wife Bertha Rhodes is 43 SC and they have twins Alfreda and Juanita 6 SC and Martha 4 SC. He is a son of Homer Dixon Putman and Nannie Martin from here. His dad died here in 1930 and his mom is listed below. Marvin was born August 23, 1915 and will die in Gray Court July 16, 1998. Bertha is a daughter of Robert Oscar and Cora Elizabeth Rhodes and was born January 15 1907 and will die in Gray Court, Laurens County July 17, 1989.

 

MATTIE PUTMAN  Youngs, Laurens County

She is 88 SC and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Nora 64 SC and her husband Graves C. Gwinn 66 SC. Martha Susan Montjoy was married to Stephen Perry Putnam in 1880 and they were here in Laurens County till he died July 9, 1914. Mattie was born March 22, 1862 and will die October 12, 1953. They were in Laurens County through the 1910. Then after he died Mattie and the kids were in Greenville County. By 1930 through 1935 at least, she is with her sons in Cleveland County North Carolina. She and the Gwinns were here in Youngs in 1940. They are both buried in the Patterson Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Enoree, Laurens County. Nora was born March 15, 1887 and will die in 1966.

 

NANNIE PUTNAM  Youngs, Laurens County

She is 73 SC and widowed. Nannie Martin has been married to Homer Dixon Putman here since 1910. He was a son of Jeremiah Young Putman and Callie Riddle form here in Youngs. He was born here July 19, 1877 and died here on March 24, 1930. Nannie was born June 27, 1876, and she will die here March 21, 1965. Her daughter Carrie Lou was here with her in 1940. She married Clarence Lester Britton in Woodruff, South Carolina March 21, 1946.

 

JOHN F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN  Mullins, Marion County

He is 47 SC and his wife Elizabeth Johnson is 47 SC as well. He is a son of George E. Putnam and his first wife Lillie Pryor from Abbeville County he was there in 1920 and married to Myrtle Mabel Jones here in 1930. He is divorced here in 1940.  He is now married to Lizzie Johnson. She was born March 25, 1902 and will die in Horry County July 18, 1988. John was born in Greenville April 16, 1903 and will die here in Marion May 24, 1971. He is a son of George Edward Putman and Ella Harris and was in Abbeville County in 1910 at age 7 SC.

 

SAMUEL R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM JR.  Clemson College, Oconee County

He is 26 SC and a Professor of Architecture at Clemson State College. His wife Miriam Westmoreland Anderson is 25 SC and they have Debora A. 1 SC. He is a son of Samuel Rufus Putnam and Myrtle Lucille Aull from Greenville where they all were in 1940. He was born in Newberry County South Carolina June 1, 1922 and will die in Greenville May 17, 2020. Miriam is a daughter of William Anderson and Mary Rebecca Westmoreland and was born in Woodruff, South Carolina February 4, 1925 and will die October 7, 2003 back in Greenville. They were married in 1946 in Greenville.

 

ELBERT P. (PAUL) PUTMAN  Newry, Oconee County

He is 36 SC and his wife Pauline Jane Carver 31 SC and they have Thomas Milton 15 SC, Ardath, a son, 11 SC, Anthony 9 SC, Derrik 7 SC, Janie 4 SC, David 1 SC. Paul Elbert is a son of William Ebenezer Putman Jr. and was born here. He and Pauline work in a cotton mill. They were here in 1940 then in Bay County Florida in 1945. Elbert or Paul was born March 2, 1914 and will call it quits January 5, 2000. Paulene was born April 10, 1918 and will die April 5, 2003. My birthday is April 10th, but a bit later than hers. This entry and the next 3 list their home in Newry, but all said Seneca in 1930 and 1940. Same house. Newry must be a section of Seneca or vice versa.

 

THOMAS E. (ELBERT) PUTMAN  Newry, Oconee County

He is 58 GA SC SC and a supervisor at a Cotton Mill. His wife Lola Montez Price is 56 SC and they have Ronald 26 SC and James T. 24 SC. He is a son of William Ebenezer Putman Jr. and Mary Ann Compton. Not sure about the middle name it appears as Ebenezer and the Elbert a lot. He was born in Georgia, but has been here since 1900. Lola was born February 18, 1894 and will die here August 19, 1983. She is a daughter of George and Mary Eugenia Price. The son James Thomas became a minister and married Runett Rhodes and they had James Dean, Wayne, Greg and Donna. James died in Walhalla, South Carolina April 18, 2006 at age 80.

 

WILLIAM E. (EBENEZER) PUTMAN  Newry, Oconee County

He is William Ebenezer Junior and has been here since the late 1890s. He is 56 GA SC SC and works at the Auto cotton mill. His wife Nezzie Mae Stephens is 46 GA and they have Audrey L. 18 SC still at home. Not sure about the middle name it appears as Ebenezer and the Elbert a lot. Oh well, Willy was born in Georgia in 1893 and will die here in November 1976. Nezzie is a daughter of Thomas Jefferson Stephens and Lou Belle Miller. She was born in Georgia December 25, 1893 and will die in Newry, Oconee County in September 1984. He is a son of William Ebenezer Putman and Mary Ann Crumpton from here, and a grandson of James Hamilton Putman.

 

CARL E. (EBEN) PUTNAM  Newry, Oconee County

He is 30 SC and married now to Montine Evelyn Vickery 23 SC and they have Carl E. Jr. 3 SC. He is a son of Thomas Ebenezer or Eben Putman and Lola Montez Price from here and Atlanta Georgia before that. He was married to young Margaret Burdette here with his folks in 1940. They divorced and she is in Toccoa, Stephens County Georgia married to Benjamin Savage now. They had two daughters Patricia and Brenda and Margaret has them with her now and forever. Anyway …. Carl was born May 2, 1919 and will die in June 1972. Montine is a daughter of Marion and Geneva Vickery. Montine was born February 14, 1926 and will die in Anderson, South Carolina  September 27, 2010.


ADALINE PUTNAM  Orangeburg, Orangeburg County

She is a Negro/Black and a student at the State A&M College. She was at home with her folks, Jim and Callie Putnam in Woodruff, Spartanburg County in 1900. She was born July 19, 1928 and will die October 25, 2012.

 

GLENN W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Orangeburg, Orangeburg County

He is 47 SC SC SC and a repair man with the telephone Company. His wife Maud Ellen Shelton is 43 NC and they have Betsy C. 16 NC and Carolyn S. 14 NC. They were in Greensboro, Guilford County in 1930 and 1935. In 1940 they were in Raleigh, Wake County North Carolina. 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. 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. His 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.

 

KATE W. (WILSON) PUTMAN  Central, Pickens County

She is 63 SC and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Mollie Kate 36 SC and husband Porter Dobson 46 SC and their son Charles 16 SC. Kate Wilson was married here to Samuel William Putman who died here August 8, 1938. He was a son of Alexander Putman and Elvira Brown from Laurens County. Kate and Mollie and Porter were living here in 1930 and 1940

 

A. C. (ARCHIBALD CRESWELL) PUTNAM Easley, Pickens County

He is 49 and his wife Clara Belle Harris is 48 SC. Clara’s mom Fannie Harris is 71 SC. Archie and Clara Belle are weavers in a cotton mill. He is a son of Archie Senior and Anna Estella Storey from Greenville County. Archie was born August 20, 1900 and will die here in Easley February 26, 1969. Clara was born November 13, 1901 and will die September 23, 1984.

 

JAMES R. (RANDOLPH) PUTNAM  Easley, Pickens County

He lists himself as Sr. because he has a son James R. Jr. Anyway, he is 24 SC and his wife Barbara Gillespie is 20 SC and they do have James Jr. 1 SC. He uses the nickname Randal and is a son of Archibald Creswell Putnam and Clara Belle Harris from here. He was born July 7, 1925 and will call it quits March 7, 2016. Barbara is a daughter of John Gillespie and Kate Cothren and was born October 16, 1929 and will die here November 1, 2010. The son James was born in 1949 and will marry Beverly Rose Cook July 29, 1973.

 

WILLIAM E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Easley, Pickens County

He is 29 SC and his wife Lucille Hood is 30 SC and they have Myra A. 9 SC. He is a son of Archibald Creswell Putnam and Annie Story listed below. He was born here October 19, 1920 and will die here October 9, 1988, just 10 days shy of his 69th birthday. Lucille was born July 22, 1919 and will die March 20, 2008. He joined the Army September 15, 1944, and I don’t think he got into any fighting overseas.

 

ARCHIE C. (CRESWELL) PUTMAN  Pickens, Pickens County

He is 76 SC and his wife Annie Estella Story is 72 SC. He is a son of Robert Thomas Putman and Sarah Emma Willis from Dials, Laurens County where he was born July 27, 1874. He will die here in Pickens November 21, 1961. Annie was born September 30, 1877 in Greenville, and will die here in Pickens February 4, 1962. She is a daughter of Jack and Mary Storey from Greenville County.

 

HILIAM PUTNAM  Richland County

He is 58 SC divorced and a patient at the County Sanitorium at T. B. Hospital. Hiliam Jerome Putnam is a son of Leander Putman and Sarah ‘Sallie’ Long from Laurens County. He was married to Mamie Lee Burnette in Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County in 1930 and 1940.

 

BESSIE PUTNAM  Columbia, Richland County

She is a patient at the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane. She is 55 SC. She was here in 1920 and eversince. She is a daughter of Jordan David Putman and Lester Ann Poston from Cleveland County North Carolina through 1900. The family was in Chester County South Carolina in 1910.

 

BLUFORD H. (HUGH) PUTNAM JR.  Columbia, Richland County

He is 35 SC and married to Dorothy Sue ‘Dot’ Page 38 SC and they have Dorothy 9 SC. He is a USPS letter carrier. He is a son of Bluford Hugh Putnam and Lucy Rose Self. He was born in Florence, Florence County January 14, 1915 and will die here in Columbia February 15, 2008. Dot is a daughter of James A. Page and Minnie Irene Rudisill and was born in Clover, York County South Carolina December 10, 1911 and will die in Lexington, South Carolina January 17, 1998.

 

ELIZABETH PUTMAN  Columbia, Richland County

She is 47 SC. She is a patient in the State Hospital Mental Institution. She was in Greenville in 1935 and then in here in 1940. Mary Elizabeth Griffin was married to John Carl Putman before she was committed. She was born July 1, 1902 and will die November 3, 1970. John is a son of John Harrison Putman and Lola Margaret Farrow from Greenville. He was born there October 16, 1902 and will die there November 3, 1970.

 

JULIA PUTMAN  Columbia, Richland County

She is 27 SC and divorced she has a daughter Marjorie 3 SC. There is also a lodger, Marjorie Walford 29 SC also divorced. They are both nurses probably in the same doctor’s office. No good ideas. Walter Cleveland Putnam here in town is 26 so the age fits might be him.

 

NANCY B. (BOYD) PUTNAM  Columbia, Richland County

She is 67 and widowed. She is working and living in Epworth Children’s Orphanage Informatory. She is a daughter of George Washington and Francis Emeline Boyd and was born in Chester County South Carolina July 14, 1882. She will call it quits May 29, 1965. Nannie Elizabeth Boyd married William Commodore Putnam November 25, 1913. He was born March 2, 1874 and died March 14, 1925 here in Columbia. Not sure of his folks though.

 

WALTER C. (CLEVELAND) PUTNAM  Columbia, Richland County

He is 53 SC and widowed and lodging. He is a son of William Cleveland and Carrie Putman from York County. He was born there July 23, 1896. He will wander down to Dallas, Texas and die there in February 1977. He served in WWI from July 26, 1915 till February 9, 1920. He was married to Rhoda Vernice Donahue who was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas September 13, 1906 and then they divorced.

 

WALTER CLEVELAND & VIRGINIA PUTNAM  Columbia, Richland County

He is 26 SC and she 23 SC and they live with their uncle Dewey Shull and aunt Rosa Shull as they did in 1940. They are kids of Walter Cleveland Putnam who was alone, but said married, in York County in 1930. Walt Senior was a son of William Cleveland and Carrie Putman from there. Walter Senior is listed right above. Young Walter was born in Columbia March 19, 1924 and will die right here June 27, 2011. He will marry Ruby Ellis Stoudemeyer here October 28, 1950. She is a daughter of George Zachariah Stoudemeyer and Alberta Eargle and was born here June 2, 1927 and will die here in Columbia February 7, 2005. Virginia was born August 17, 1926 and will die here in Greenwood May 17, 2010. Walter and Mary Virginia were right here in 1940.

 

BOBBY PUTNAM  Beech Springs, Spartanburg County

He is 10 SC and lives with his grandparents Colbert and Sallie Sutton. Can’t figure his folks. And he was not around in 1940 that I can see. May not be a Putnam at all.

 

CARRIE PUTMAN  Beech Springs, Spartanburg County

She is 34 SC single and lodging. She was born November 30, 1915 in Anderson County, and will die there February 18, 2003. The U. S. Social Security Death Index has her as Carrie Belle Gaines. I guess only briefly married to a Putman as I don’t find her as a Putman or Putnam in 1930 or 1940 here in South Carolina where she was born.

 

GORDON PUTMAN  Beech Springs, Spartanburg County

He is 44 SC NC NC, and of course works in a cotton mill. His wife Elizabeth Myrtle Pittman is 42 SC and they have Gordon 13 SC and Forrest 12 SC. They were married here September 3, 1925. Alexander Gordon Putman is a son of William Alexander Putman and his second wife Evie S. Hughes. He was with his widowed mom here in 1920 and here with Elizabeth and the kids in 1930. William was a son of Samuel Evans Putman and Artie Hardin from Cleveland County and then Rutherford County, North Carolina. Gordon was born September 7, 1905 and died in Greenville September 5, 1957. Myrtle was born January 20, 1907 and will die here in Spartanburg County March 10, 1996.

 

RICHARD PUTMAN  Campobello, Spartanburg County

He is a Negro/Black 40 SC and his wife Anna is 38 SC.

 

EDWARD H. (HOBERT) PUTMAN  Cowpens, Spartanburg County

He is 27 SC and his wife Allie Annette Henderson is 27 SC and they have Mitchell 2 SC. Edward ‘Josh’ Putman is a son of William Hobert Putman and Nellie Mason Dorman. He was born in Cherokee County March 9, 1923 and was with the family I Spartanburg in 1930 and 1940. He will die here in Cowpens September 22, 2009. Allie is a daughter of William Anderson Henderson and Dorothy Mitchell ‘Cub’ Cash. She was born October 28, 1922 and will call it quits August 10, 2016 here in Cowpens.

 

CHARLES A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM  Saxon, Spartanburg County

He is 44 SC and his wife Alice Elizabeth Smith is 27 GA. They have Gladys A. 5 SC, Charles Robert 3 SC and Velma 2 SC. He works in a retail furniture store. He was born June 6, 1904 and will die February 10, 1972. Alice is a daughter of Alfred and Ruby Smith, and was born May 18, 1922 and will die May 1, 1970. He is a son of Elias Napoleon Putnam and Pearl Ethel Lindsey. Elias was a son of Martin Toliver Putman from Rutherford County North Carolina. They have been here in Spartanburg since the early 1900s. Charles was with his folks in Spartanburg in 1910 and 1920. In 1930 he lived here with his folks and was married to Ethel Lowrey. I don’t find him in 1940, handwriting probably, but he was married here in 1942 when he signed up for the draft. He referred to his wife simply as Mrs. C. A. Putnam. Now he is right here with a new wife. Ancestry found a newspaper clipping that said he married Ethel in 1929. Probably here in 1940 but spelled poorly.

 

BRODUS L. (LANDRUM) PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 50 SC SC SC and is now widowed. He is a son of Samuel Putman and Jane Holcombe from Rutherford County North Carolina. He was married to Stella Mems who died here September 9, 1948. They were in Laurens County in 1920 and here ever since. He was born March 8, 1889 and will die here in Spartanburg January 15, 1960.

 

CLYDE M. (MONROE) PUTMAN  Greenville, Greenville County

He is 51 SC and works at a cotton textile mill. His wife Laura Elizabeth Hanvey is 54 SC and they have Derrell Darby 26 SC and Wilma Jean 18 SC. He is a son of Thomas Fowler Putman and Martha Jane Harden from Oconee County, South Carolina. He was there in 1920 and married to Laura in Spartanburg in 1930 and they were in Greenville in 1935 and 1940. He was born Oconee County October 13, 1899 and will die in Seneca, Oconee County May 3, 1979. Laura was born there May 30, 1895 and will die Seneca March 8, 1961. She is a daughter of John Joshua Hanvey and Lillie Cordella Mason from here.

 

ETHEL L. PUTNAM  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

She is 37 GA and separated. She has her son Boyd Terry Putnam 7 SC with her. Ethel Lowery was married to Charlie Putnam here in 1930 when she was 18 years old. Can’t find in 1940, but must have been around here. Charlie was or is a son of Elias Napoleon Putnam and Pearl Ethel Lindsey from here in Spartanburg. Ethel was born in 1912 and will die up in Ashville, North Carolina November 10, 2001. She is a daughter of Ervin Lowery and Hortense Anderson.

 

EVERETT B. (BOYD) PUTNAM  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 35 and his wife Willie Mae Gilreath is 29 SC. They have Hassie G. a daughter 9 SC, Linda H. 2 SC and Patsy E. 1 SC. Reason for the gap in kids was that he was in the service in WWII in the first half of the 1940s. Also here is Willie Mae’s sister Ruby F. Gilreath 16 SC. Everett Byrd Putnam is a son of Flavious ‘Frank’ Putnam and Elizabeth Leila Florence Bailey. He was born March 16, 1915 and will die in Spartanburg in August 1960.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 66 SC SC SC and has retired from his grocery store. His wife Addie Jane Montjoy is 62 SC. He is Martin Toliver's son from Rutherford County North Carolina. They have been here since 1920. George was born March 23, 1884 and will die here October 20, 1961. Addie was born November 30, 1887 and will die here April 27, 1973. She is a daughter of John Franklin Montjoy and Nancy Freeman.

 

GRADY J. (JACKSON) PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 35 SC and married to Elizabeth Della Cannon 32 SC and they have Peggy 12 SC and Robert Hugh 3 SC. Also here is an aunt, Eulu Morris 59 SC and widowed. They only time I can find him is in1930 in Spartanburg at age 15 and a nephew of Robert and Hattie Painter. No clue as to daddy. Ancestry didn’t even find this one and no ideas where he was in 1920 and 1940. He was born October 21, 1912 and will die here in Spartanburg November 8, 1998.

 

HELEN PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

She is 34 SC and widowed. She is living with her mother Lula B. Saxton 65 SC. She is a City High School Teacher. This is a Negro/Black family.

 

JAMES C. (CALVIN) PUTNAM  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 55 NC NC NC and an insurance agent. His wife Jessie M. Kistler is 54 SC and they have a daughter Frances E. 23 SC. He is a son of Samuel Anderson Putman and Ira Jane Wilkie from Rutherford County North Carolina. They have been here since 1920. He was born in Rutland County April 20, 1895, and he will be here till he dies June 4, 1965.

 

JOHN A. (AUGUSTUS) PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 51 NC and his wife Gertrude Mae Landers is 53 NC. He is a son of Samuel W. Putman and Jane Holcombe from Rutherford County North Carolina. He was born November 20, 1898. He was single in Greenville in 1920 then married in Spartanburg in 1930, 1940 and now in 1950. He will die here November 29, 19161. Gertie was born July 17, 1897 and will pack it in Drayton, Spartanburg Countye December 1, 1973.

 

LEWIS E. (EDGAR) PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 34 SC, his wife Mildred Wolfe 33 SC and they have Thomas Lewis 14 SC born June 11, 1935, John Allen 6 SC born May 8, 1943 and Joseph Edwin 3 SC born August 12, 1964. Louis Edgar Putman is a son of Thomas Martin Putman and Mamie Powell and was born here May 29, 1915 and will die here January 31, 1963. Mildred is a daughter of Claude Wolfe and Elizabeth Camp. She was born in South Carolina March 18, 1917 and will die in Spartanburg June 19, 1906.

 

PEARL M. (MASON) PUTNAM  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

She is 34 SC and widowed. She has Jennette 16 SC. In 1930 she was with her mother Sadie Mason and said she was 21 SC and widowed with Ralph 1 SC. She lives next door to Ralph Donald Putman, son of Ralph Martin Putman listed below.

 

RALPH B. (KENNETH L.) PUTNAM  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 21 SC and his wife Marjorie Lee Hance is 18 and they have a daughter Barbara born in September 1949. If this is correct, they will split as he will marry Shirley Alice Abernathy soon in June 1950. BUT…think this is Kenneth Lee Putman  who did marry Marjorie. He is a son of Larry Putman and Minnie Lee Stephens from Woodruff, Spartanburg County. Think a really fouled up entry running right after Pearl Putnam’s entry.

 

RALPH M. (MARTIN) PUTNAM  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 43 SC and his wife Naomi Gardo is 39 SC and they have Ralph Donald 21 SC. He is a son of George Washington Putman and Addie Jane Mountjoy from here. George is a son of Martin Toliver Putman and Ann Catherine Wilkes from Rutherford County North Carolina. Ralph was born in Laurens County September 2, 1906 and will die here in Spartanburg February 11, 1977. Naomi was born here December 13, 1910 and will die here December 21, 1996. They were married in Woodruff, Spartanburg County May 17, 1925. The son Ralph Donald was born January 21, 1929 and will die right here June 6, 1996. He will marry Shirley Alice Abernathy soon in June 1950.

 

ROBERT D. (DEAN) PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 21 SC and his wife Mattie Sue Lytle is 22 SC. He is a son of Elias Herman Putman and Zena Sawyer from here. He was born here November 24, 1928 and will die here December 29, 2020. His wife Mattie Sue is a daughter of George and Agnes Lytle from Spartanburg. Mattie was born October 10, 1927 and will die here May 19, 2013.

 

THOMAS M. (MARTIN) PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

He is 57 NC and his wife Mamie Sue Powell 53 SC. Also here is their ‘separated’ daughter Nellie Sue Lee 31 SC and her 3 kids Thomas E. Lee 12 SC, Daria Ann Lee 11 SC and James Cecil Lee Jr. 10 SC. He is a son of Samuel W. Putman and Jane Holcombe from Rutherford County North Carolina. He was born June 18, 1892. Mamie is a daughter of David and Ida Powell and was born in Duncan South Carolina December 21, 1896 and will die in Spartanburg February 22, 1971. Tom will die here February 7, 1960. They both work in a cotton mill. He is a second hand and she is a spooler.

 

ZENA PUTMAN  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County

She is 44 NC and now widowed. She has her son Broadus Eugene Putman 27 SC with her. Zena Alma Sawyer was married to Elijah Herman Putman here in 1930 and 1940. He died December 15, 1940. Zena still works in a cotton textile mill. Zena was born October 5, 1905 and will call it quits  here on April 8, 1995.

 

GORDON A. (ALEXANDER) PUTNAM  Wellford, Spartanburg County

He is 23 SC and freshly married to Joyce Pittman 23 SC. He is Gordon Jr. His folks are here in Beech Springs, Spartanburg County. He was born June 22, 1926 in Wellford, and will die here June 24, 1960. Too bad he missed his 34th birthday by 2 days. He married Joyce November 28, 1948. She is a daughter of Houston and Eula Pittman from Greenville County was born April 4, 1928 and will die in Rockledge, Brevard County Florida on September 16, 2016. They will have a son Gregory Scott Putnam in Wellford June 12, 1958. She will marry a Caldwell fella later and that’s her last name when she dies.

 

BENJAMIN F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Woodruff, Spartanburg County

He is 27 SC and his wife Janie Marie Waddle is 27 SC and they have Martha W. 6 SC. Ben is a son of Lawrence William Putnam and  Minnie Lee Simmons from here. He was born in Laurens County December 4, 1922 and will die here in Woodruff September 17, 2011. Janie was born June 26, 1922 in Cross Anchor, South Carolina and will die here November 20, 1995. She is a daughter of Borden L. Waddle and Electa Devue. They were married January 3, 1942.

 

FRED S. (STEPHEN) PUTNAM  Woodruff, Spartanburg County

He is 40 SC and his wife Adgelee Godfrey is 34 SC and they have Adelia 12 SC and Larry R. 2 SC. Fred Stephen Putnam is a son of William Larry Putnam and Minnie Simmons from Laurens County and then here in Spartanburg. He was born August 29, 1909 in Laurens County. He married Adgelee Godfrey there October 1, 1936. He will die September 11, 1964. Adgelee was born September 7, 1910 in Laurens County and will die there August 25, 1989. The daughter Adelia was born November 4, 1937 and will marry Roy Earl Leake. She will die April 7, 2015. Larry was born December 20, 1947 and was still up and at ‘em in 2023 when I was doing this 1950 census. I was born in 1937 and plan on another 25 years of hanging around.

 

M. D. (McDUFFIE) PUTNAM  Woodruff, Spartanburg County

He is 61 SC SC SC and still a police officer for the city. His wife Lillian Epton Sprouse is 55 SC and they have Dorothy Dix 24 SC and William Frank 20 SC still at home. He is a son of William Dogan Putman and Sarah Knight. His widowed mom was with them here in 1920, but has died June 21, 1930. McDuffie was born August 10, 1888 and will die here in Woodruff May 15, 1977.  Lillian was born June 25, 1894 and will die in May 1984.

 

RALPH PUTNAM  Woodruff, Spartanburg County

He is a weaver in a cotton mill and is 44 SC. His wife Ruth Lawrence is 38 SC and does weaving at the cotton mill. They have a son William Ralph Jr. 19 SC. William Ralph is a son of Lawrence William Putnam and  Minnie Lee Simmons from here. He was born June 1, 1904. He married Ruth Lawrence on February 19, 1927. He will die here in Woodruff on December 29, 1975. Ruth will die here January 18, 2005.

 

WILLIAM L. (LAWRENCE ‘LARRY’) PUTNAM  Woodruff, Spartanburg County

He is 58 SC SC SC and like most folks works in a cotton mill. His wife Minnie Lee Simmons has recently died on September 4, 1949.  Their separated daughter Vera Kate Peace 34 SC and her kids are here as they were in 1940. She has Kenneth Lee 17 SC, Jimmie Irene 12 SC, and Peggy Diane 11 SC. He is Lawrence William Putnam a son of Stephen Perry Putman and Martha Susan Lovejoy from Laurens County where they had been up until 1930. He’ll be here till he dies May 16, 1960. Vera was born August 29, 1915 and will die here February 26, 1992. She has married James Robert Peace and will marry Alvin Godfrey and be married to him the rest of her life.

 

BILLIE J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Woodruff, Spartanburg County

He is a son of the above William Larry Putnam. Billie is 30 SC and married to Juanita Oleen Rhodes 25 SC and they have Teresa Louise 1 SC. Billie was born in Laurens June 2, 1919 and then the family came here to Woodruff. He married Juanita March 9, 1947. She was born December 31, 1924 and will die in Anderson County March 7, 2010. Billie was a Warrant Officer in WWII.

 

MARJORIE W. PUTNAM  Kingstree, Williamsburg County

She is 31 SC. Single, a teacher and lodging. Never appears anywhere in North American as a Putnam in last 20-30 yeas. Bad writing or she married a Putnam secretly and snuck away a couple nights later.

 

ROY F. (FINNEY) PUTNAM  Ebenezer, York County

He is24 SC and his wife Sara Irene Armstrong is 22 SC and a spinner at a cotton mill. They have a daughter Sara Ruth 1 SC and his mother Annie Barr Putnam 66 SC living with them. They were married November 10, 1945. Roy was born August 16, 1925 and will die in York, York County June 26, 2005. Roy and his mom were in Clover, York County in 1940. Sarah was with her folks Warner and Nannie Armstrong in Bethel, York County in 1940. Sarah was born in York County March 21, 1927 and will die in Rock Hill, York County August 1, 2015.

 

JESSIE PUTNAM  Rock Hill, York County

He is 47 NC lodging and says he was never married. He is a pharmacist in a retail drug store. Can’t find him anywhere in 1940. The only info Ancestry can find is that he is Jessie E. Putnam a son of Robert and Willie-Hippy Putnam and that he was in Rock Hill when he died May 9, 1974.

 

SYLVANUS V. (VANCE) PUTMAN  York Township, York County

He is 35 NC, his wife Thelma Crawford 30 SC and they have Jerry E. 12 SC and Phyllis D.10 SC. Both are weavers in a cotton mill. He and Thelma were in Gaston County North Carolina in 1935 and here in 1940. He is Sylvanus Vance Putnam from Gaston County. Sylvanus is a son of Thomas Vance Putnam and Etta Lulu Chancy and was born in Gaston County February 25, 1914 and will die February 1972. Thelma was born November 11, 1918 and will die in February 1987.