INDIANA
CENSUS
REPORTS
1820
– 1880
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UPDATED AUGUST 19,
2021
The
first Federal Census for Indiana was in 1820. Indiana was a territory in 1800,
with Michigan being taken out of it in 1805 and Illinois in 1809. The Battle of
Tippecanoe was fought in 1811 and our Putmans were all in it. In 1816, Indiana
became the 19th state. In 1816, Daniel Putman was a help in forming Gibson
County where his family lived. The first Putmans/Putnams in Indiana in 1820 are
old familiar names to us Southern Putman
folk.
In
the 1820 census males are broken down 0-9, 10-15, 16-18, 19-25, 26-44, 45 and
older. Females are divided 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.
In
the 1830 and 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14,
15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.
From
1850 on the actual names, ages and states of birth are shown. In 1880 places of
birth are listed for the person, and for their father and their mother.
INDIANA
1820 CENSUS
JAMES PUTMAN Fayette County
He is
John Putman and Mary Long's son from Culpeper County Virginia. He was born in
Virginia in about 1777, and married Mary Collins about 1802. He went to
Kentucky with his folks and his uncle Henry Putman about 1797. He was in
Pendleton County Kentucky in 1810, and has moved up here. He married Mary back
in Kentucky. Listing is 101010 31010. They will be here in 1830 and then by
1840 Mary will be here, but a widow. This line is James > John >
Zachariah II > Zachariah I > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam the
immigrant from England.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Gibson County
He is
a son of Daniel Putman and Prudence Skelton. He was born in Anderson, South
Carolina March 15, 1796. He and his folks came up from South Carolina via
Warren County Kentucky and got here in Indiana about 1806. He is on the old
farm near Princeton. He married Alla Bridges here in
Gibson County on August 8, 1817. The family is shown as 100100 10111. The older
women are Prudence, his mother and Lavinia his sister. Daniel had died three
years earlier. These folks will be off to Fulton County Illinois in a few
years, as will his brother Reding and his family. Reding currently has slipped
back to Barren County Kentucky for four years. This line is William > Daniel
> Barnet > Thomas > Zachariah I > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas
Putnam.
HOWARD PUTMAN Knox County
He
hails from Sutton, Massachusetts, and is actually a cousin of the John Putman
in Bath County Virginia that I told you about earlier in the Virginia Section.
The family Listing is 001112 33120. His wife Hannah Green has died in 1817. He
will marry Rosy Washburn here July 24, 1824. She will die and he will marry
Caroline Bush. Howard was born in Sutton on February 10, 1762. He is number 987
in Eben's books. They were in Delaware County New York before they came here.
The family will be heading to Wabash County Illinois in about twelve years.
Howard will die there on January 24, 1834. He served a long time during the
Revolution all over New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His line is Howard 987 >
Samuel 388 > Jeptha 158 > Eleazer 131 > John
8 > John Putnam the New England guy.
HAZEAL PUTMAN Vanderburgh County
Daniel
and Prudence's son has moved from Gibson County to Vanderburgh just south of
where his folks lived. He was born in Union County South Carolina May 7, 1787.
His wife is Isabel Combs, sister to my Reding’s Stacy Combs. They were married
in Bowling Green, Kentucky October 18, 1806. The listing is 300210 11010. The
family will be moving to Illinois, first to Schuyler County and then to Fulton
County. The line here is Hazeal > Daniel > Barnet > Thomas >
Zachariah > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam
LABAN PUTMAN Warrick County
He is
Barnet Putman's son, born in Union County South Carolina in the mid 1770s. He
and his wife Betsy Young are listed as 110010 41010. Laban had gone to Kentucky
in the late 1790s, and married Betsy in Livingston County on March 1, 1800. This
was two years before his dad moved up from Anderson, South Carolina into Warren
County Kentucky. They were probably in Caldwell County Kentucky in the 1810,
but I don’t find them there or here in Indiana. He was on the 1809 tax list in
Caldwell County though. They will be off shortly to White County Illinois where
Laban will die in about 1834. The rest of the family will remain in Gallatin
and then Hamilton Counties in Illinois for some time. This line is Laban >
Barnet > Thomas > Zachariah > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam.
INDIANA
1830 CENSUS
JOSEPH PUTMAN Fayette County
The
eldest son of James Putman and Mary Collins. He was born about 1804 in
Pendleton County Kentucky, and has married Polly Hackleman
here on February 16, 1823. The family is shown as 20001 11001. They are both in
their 20s. Polly will die in 1831 and Joseph will marry Eliza Conklin March 16,
1834. They will be here in 1840 and Rush County in 1860 and Whitley County in
1870.
JAMES PUTMAN Fayette County
He is
a son of John Putman and Mary Long from Virginia and then Kentucky, and he was
here in 1820 as well. He is in his 40s and Mary Collins in her 30s. The family
is shown as 0001001 002011. He will die and Mary is widowed here in 1840. This
line is James > John > Zachariah II > Zachariah I > Thomas >
Thomas > Thomas Putnam the immigrant from England.
HOWARD PUTMAN Knox County
He is
now in his 60s and has now married Caroline Bush. The family listed as
110000001 0012201. This whole gang will leave for Wabash County Illinois is a year
or so and he will die there in 1834. In 1835, the sons will be listed there in
the State Census. His widow will be back here in 1840.
JAMES PUTMAN Monroe County
He is
a son of Henry Putman and Elizabeth Kenton from Bracken County Kentucky, and a
grandson of Zachariah and Margaret Putman of Virginia. They moved up here in
1825. He is now in his 60s and his wife Elizabeth Kendrick in her 50s. Family
is 00110001 01001001. This line is James > Henry > Zachariah II >
Zachariah I > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam the first guy over from
England.
HENRY PUTMAN Monroe County
James
and Elizabeth' son is just under 20, his new wife Agnes Ann Jones is just over
20. The family is listed 0001 10001. They will be here in 1840. He will die in
1847 and Agnes will marry Stockton Lundy in 1849 and be here in 1850.
G. W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON)
PUTNAM Ripley County
He is
George Washington Putnam Junior number 1582 from Marietta, Ohio. He is in his
20s as is his wife. The family is 00011 10101. George was a son of George Washington
Putnam number 652, and grandson of Col. Israel Putnam (241) and Sarah Waldo of Ohio and Connecticut
before that. His wife is now Prudence LeClair. The family will head off to
Louisville, Kentucky shortly and be there in 1840. Prudence will die in
Louisville in 1838, so George will be widowed in 1840, but will marry Mary
Richardson there in 1844. This line is George > George > Israel >
Israel > Joseph > Thomas > John Putnam from Massachusetts.
INDIANA
1840 CENSUS
THOMAS PUTNAM Cass County
Listing
is 20001 10001. They are in their 20s. He is a son of Thomas Putman and Nancy
Grover. Thomas Senior was a son of Henry Putman and Elizabeth Kendrick from
Mason County Kentucky. He was born April 22, 1813 in Kentucky, and his family
moved to Champaign County Ohio. He married Elizabeth Weaver on February 17,
1837 in Piqua, Champaign County Ohio. He will be in Clark County then in
Vermilion County Illinois and finally to Carroll County Missouri where he will
die May 5, 1866.
FREDERICK E. (ELISHA)
PUTNAM Delaware County
Listing
is 00003 20001. He is here in 1850 and it states he is from New Hampshire and
his wife Susan J. from New York. It seems that he has two of his brothers with
him. He was born in 1818 and married Susan Jane Sawyer here in Muncie on May
20, 1840. He is number 2559, a son of Elisha D. Putnam (1150) and Nancy
Melville. He was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire February 11, 1818. He came
out here in the 1830s and runs an iron and hardware business, F. E. Putnam
& Co.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Fayette County
He is
James Putman and Mary Long' son and the family is growing, now it is 210001
00101. He married Polly Hackleman here on February
16, 1823. Polly died in 1831 and Joseph married Eliza Conklin March 16, 1834.
MARY PUTMAN Fayette County
James
Putman died June 5, 1836 and Mary Collins Putman, in her 60s, is now a widow.
Listing is 00001 000020001.
REUBEN PUTNAM SR. Richland, Fountain County
000110001-30001001.
He is number 1739 in Eben’s books, the son of John Putnam and Abigail Small. We
haven’t seen him since 1800 when he was in Salisbury, Vermont but he’s been
busy in upstate New York and Indiana all this time. He may have been the Reuben
in Hamilton County Ohio in 1820 but not really sure. He is in his 60s. His wife
Fanny Wamsley is in her 50s. Reuben married Fanny Wamsley here on December 18, 1833. Looks like a married son
or daughter and grandkids are with him. Reuben’s son Thomas Jefferson Putnam,
whose mother is unknown, appears to be living with dad as well. Reuben will die
here in just a few months. Thomas will remain on the old farm and be here in
1850 and then in Vermilion County Illinois by 1860. This line goes Reuben > John > John
> John > John > Nathaniel > John. New England family.
REUBEN PUTNAM JR. Logan, Fountain County
00000100001-11101.
Obviously Reuben's son. He is in his 30’s. His wife
Nancy Fix is in her 20. There is also an elderly man in his 80s living with
them. No idea who he is. Both these families will be gone in 1850 and we will
find Reuben Jr. living in Will County, Illinois. He was a character. Check out
the 1850 IL listing. Now, speaking of wives. There are several marriage records
for these various Reubens. On June 30, 1825 a Reuben married Margaret Johnson
in Marion County Indiana. Pretty sure that was Reuben Jr. Margaret died and
Reuben married Nancy Fix on August 18, 1830 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Reuben issued a ‘warning’ about his wife Nancy in Tippecanoe County on
September 26, 1833. Family is out of Vermont.
CAROLINE PUTNAM Knox County`
Howard
Putnam's second wife and now widow, Caroline Bush, is in her 60s, probably with
a son and his wife, or two of her own kids with her still. 0001 000010001. They
were here in 1830 and then went to Wabash County Illinois and Howard died there
in 1834.Caroline came back either with or back to one of her kids. She will die
in a couple of years.
DANIEL PUTNAM Knox County
He is
Howard and Hannah's son. 220001 01001. He is Daniel Green Putnam. He was born
in Ovid, New York October 10, 1802 and will die in Lee County Iowa in 1843. He
married Elizabeth Washburn. They will be in Wabash County Illinois with his
brothers in 1850. Elizabeth will die in Lee County in 1851. Line is Daniel >
Howard > Samuel > Jeptha > Eleazer > John
> John
JAMES F. (FRENCH) PUTNAM La Porte County
11001
00001. He is number 2864, a son of Peter Putnam (1286) and Susannah Keep. He
was born June 29, 1814 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The family moved to Hebron,
New York when he was an infant. He will be in Athens, Michigan by 1850.
BENJAMIN PUTMAN Monroe County
James
Putman and Elizabeth Kendrick's son. He is in his twenties as is Melvina Baker,
his wife since June 5, 1836. The listing for the family is 10002 20011. He will
be moving to Linn County Missouri shortly. There is an older couple living with
them. I think it is Henry who is missing.
HENRY PUTMAN Monroe County
Henry
had married Agnes Jones. He is not
listed here in the 1840 census, but I'll bet he and Agnes are the extra two older people listed with
Benjamin above. Henry will die in Monroe County in about 1846. Agnes later
married Stockton Lundy on January 18, 1848.
JAMES PUTMAN Monroe County
Like
Henry, he is not listed, but he
appears in 1850 in Brown County Indiana widowed at age 72 living with his
grandson in law Bluford Reddick, and near Stephen Harper who was a son of
William Harper and James' sister Anna Putman. He will then return here to
Monroe County and die in the early 1850s.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Montgomery County
Now
in his 60s and his wife in her 50s, this is Henry and Elizabeth's son who was
in Bracken County Kentucky in 1830. The listing is 000000001 00100001. He
married Elizabeth Bromley on October 27, 1802. She died in 1815 and he married
Lucy Johnson September 14, 1816. She will die here on July 28, 1842. He then
will marry Mary Ann (Harper) Chambers on June 6, 1849. They are here in 1850.
HARRIETT PUTNAM Union County
This
county is just over from the Ohio line. I think she is the widow of William D.
Putnam from Columbia, Hamilton County Ohio as shown in 1820. Ages of her and he
daughters are perfect. She is in her 30s. Listing is 02 011001. At any rate,
she will marry Andrew Nixon here in 1843. Then in 1860, Henry Clay Putnam from
Marietta, Ohio will be living here. So there is probably a connection here to
her first husband somehow. Her son John is here in 1850.
NEWTON PUTNAM Wells County
Listing
is 101001 000001. He and his wife Elmira Baldwin will be here in 1850. Newton
came with his father and the whole family from Cavendish, Vermont in 1836. In
1837 there was an epidemic that killed his brothers Kendall, William, Ezra and
Charles. Dad Ezra and the 'survivors’ headed right back to Vermont in 1837.
Newton remained. Newton, by the way is 35 and was born in Danvers,
Massachusetts January 13, 1805. The line is Newton (#2005) > Ezra (838) >
Phineas > Stephen > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John Putnam.
CLARISSA PUTNAM Wells County
Listing
is 10 020001. Clarissa Baldwin is the widow of Ezra Putnam's son Kendall
Putnam. She will marry Lyman Simpson April 25, 1841. He too lost his wife in
the epidemic.
INDIANA
1850 CENSUS
The
1850 Census is the first one finally
to list everyone by name and age and place of birth and relationship to the
family. Gonna make things a lot clearer and easier.
Here we go……
HARRY N. (HENRY NEWTON)
PUTNAM Wayne Township, Allen County
He is
37 NY, Alvira Lampher 31 NY
and Annette Elizabeth 10 NY. His name, I think is Henry, but it is spelled
differently now through the 1870. They will be here through 1870. Harvey is a
son of Malachi Putnam and Sarah Blount and was born in Lowville, Lewis County
New York December 10, 1812 and will die here in Fort Wayne November 23, 1876.
Malachi is a son of Andrew Putnam and Lucy Parks from Winchester, Cheshire
County New Hampshire.
AARON J. (JEFFERSON) PUTMAN Pleasant Township, Allen County
He
is 36 NY, Catherine Relyea 31 NY and Melvina M. 9 OH. He was born in Johnstown
NY, a part of the New York Dutch family, but I can’t really figure out his
line. They will be here in 1860 and then in Newton County in 1870 and 1880. He
is widowed with his son Edward in Jasper County in 1900. Catherine died about
1897-1898. According to an article from the Fort Wayne Paper on September 20,
1900: “Aaron J. Putman, of Newton County this state,
is in the city enjoying the meeting with old friends and a glance at scenes
with which he was familiar more than forty years ago. Mr. Putman first
came to Allen County in October, 1840 locating in Pleasant
township near the old Godfrey farm. In 1847 he removed his family to this
city and opened a blacksmith shop at the corner of Calhoun and Jefferson
streets. This was his place of business until 1881, when he removed to
Newton County which has since been his home, and this, is his first visit to
the city since his removal forty years ago. This aged gentleman was born
at Johnstown, N.Y. in September 1813, and is now eighty-seven years old, but he
made the present trip by driving through in his family carriage - a rather
remarkable feat for one of his advanced age. Mr. Putman's memory is
excellent and he is able to tell many incidents of the pioneer days in Fort
Wayne. His faithful wife died two years ago, at the advanced age of
eighty-one years and after the venerable couple had enjoyed sixty years and
five months of wedded life together.” Anyway Aaron is a son of
Johannes Victor Putman and Catarina Hanson and was born in Stone Arabia,
Montgomery County New York August 23, 1813 and will die in Union, Jasper County
Indiana in 1900. Catherine is a daughter of James Relyea and Deborah Pruyn and was born in Albany County New York December 12,
1818 and will die in Pilot Grove Newton County, Indiana July 26, 1898.
ELIZABETH PUTMAN Harrison Township, Blackford County
She
is 17 VT. She is living with William and Sarah Shull. Sarah is 20 VT and
probably her sister. Interesting there is an Eiza
Putnam 28 VT living in Johnson County. Wonder if it’s the same gal, what with
horrible handwriting those days.
JAMES PUTMAN Washington Township, Brown County
He is
72 VA widowed and soon will go back to Monroe County where he will die in 1854.
He is a son of Henry Putman and Elizabeth Kendrick or Kenton from Bracken
County Kentucky, and a grandson of Zachariah and Margaret Putman of Virginia.
They moved out here to Monroe County in 1825. His wife Elizabeth Kendrick has
just died in June. This line is James > Henry > Zachariah II >
Zachariah I > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam the first guy over from
England. Southern Putmans.
F. E. (FREDERICK ELISHA)
PUTNAM Muncie Township, Delaware County
He is
the Frederick Putnam who was here in 1840. He is a merchant 32 NH, Susan J.
Sawyer 31 NY, Mary F. 3 IN. He is number 2559, a son of Elisha D. Putnam (1150)
and Nancy Melville. He was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire February 11,
1818. He came out here in the 1830s and runs an iron and hardware business, F.
E. Putnam & Co.
DYER PUTNAM Middlebury Township, Elkhart County
He is
in the index as Dire. He is 50 VT (actually CT), Lucy Conger his wife 39 CAN,
and a couple of Andrews children from Lucy’s first marriage to William Andrews.
They were married in 1833 and William died in 1837. The kids were Helen Andrews
16 CT and William Andrews 14 CT. The kids here that are theirs are Louisa 8 NY,
Dyer 6 NY and Harriet 2 NY. He is Jedediah ‘Dyer’ Putnam 2nd, number
2254 in Eben’s books. He is a son of Jedediah Putnam (979) and Lois Cheesborough from Preston Connecticut. He was born in
Stonington, Connecticut on July 22, 1800. He moved to Phoenix, Oswego County
New York about 1815 with his folks. He married Lucy Conger December 24, 1839.
She was born in New York February 7, 1811. Dyer is going to die here December
16, 1851. Lucy and the kids will be in Ottawa, Ontario in 1861, and then head
to Allegan County Michigan. She will die there March 6, 1890. This line is Dyer
> Jedediah > John > Eleazer > Eleazer > John > John.
JAMES PUTMAN Harrison Township, Fayette County
He is
a son of Joseph Putman and Eliza Conklin. He is 23 IN and living down the
street from his dad with the John Smith family. He will marry Elizabeth Smith
in Fayette County November 11, 1849. Southern Putmans.
DANIEL PUTMAN Harrison Township,
Fayette County
A son
of James and Mary. He is 35 IN and, not married, but has Nancy Putman 20 (a
daughter of his brother Joseph), and his widowed sister Rebecca Kinder 33 IN
and a son of hers, Alexander Kinder 9 IN, with him. Then there is an Elizabeth
Hawkins 85 NC staying there. Elizabeth is the widow of Joseph Hawkins and
mother-in-law of two of Daniel's sisters. Because of this relationship,
Elizabeth may well have been his mother in law as well. He probably also
married a Hawkins. Southern Putmans.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Harrison Township,
Fayette County
Dan's
brother. Joseph is 47 KY, Eliza Conklin is 37 PA, Henry 13, John 11, Amanda 7,
Savannah 5, Amos 5 and stepdaughter Harriett Conklin 18. All the kids are IN
born. So it seems Conklin was Eliza’s married name, not her birth name. They
will be in Rush County Indiana in 1860 and Whitley County Indiana in 1870.
Southern Putmans.
THOMAS J. (JEFFERSON)
PUTNAM Logan Township, Fountain County
He
is a son of Reuben Putnam, Sr. who was here in 1840. Tom is 26 IN, Mary Cedars
his wife is 26 OH, William 7 IN, Polk 4 IN and Andrew R. 1 IN. They were
married here December 27, 1842. They are in Vermilion County Illinois by 1860
and will remain there. This line goes Thomas Jefferson > Reuben > John
> John > John > John > Nathaniel > John. New England family.
STEPHEN C. (CARLOS) PUTNAM Huntington County
He is
35 NH and widowed. Benjamin C. is 10 OH, Andrew M. 8 OH, Sarah Ann 6 OH,
Melissa E. 4 OH and Adelia F. 2 IN. Also there are Anna Ross 51 NH and Belinda
Ross 28 NH. He is a son of John Adams Putnam from Hanover, New Hampshire. He
was in Ohio, where his folks are presently. He had married Melissa Ross who has
recently died. Those are her mother and sister shown here. He will soon marry
Lavinia Tenney. They will be here a while and then
head off to LaSalle County and Livingston County Illinois and finally to Coryell
County Texas.
JOSEPH PUTNAM Madison, Jefferson County
Well
this guy was in Lexington, Kentucky for ages. He was a furniture maker. He is
staying in a boarding house and in 1852 will go by wagon train to Douglas
County Oregon. His sons Nathan and Charles went there in 1846 and I guess wrote
home that it was pretty nice out there. They will be there in 1860. Anyway
Joseph is 60 MA, Susan Frances Hall, his wife is 50 KY, Francis 17 KY and
Catherine 12 KY.
ELIZA PUTNAM Pleasant Township, Johnson County
She
is 28 VT and living with George Noble. Interesting there is an Elizabeth Putnam
17 VT living with a Shull family in Blackford County. Wonder if she is the same
gal, what with horrible handwriting those days.
JAMES L. PUTMAN Kent County
He is
45 KY, Susan 34 KY, John H. 6 IN and James E. 1 IN. He's a stone cutter. He
might be the son of James Putman, born in Pendleton County Kentucky and in
Fayette County Indiana in 1820. Not certain at all.
HORACE PUTNAM Michigan City, La Porte County
He is
a teamster 39 (actually 35, born 2/24/1815) NY, Mary 29 NY, Hannah M. 10 WI,
Henry 2 MI and Horace 5 months IN. The family was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in
the 1840 census. They will still be here in 1860 and will be in Jackson County
Michigan in 1870 and in Conway, Livingston County Michigan by the 1880 census.
He is a son of Asa Putnam and Mary Taggart of New Hampshire and then New York.
ALVA B. (ALVIN BLISS)
PUTNAM Marshall County
He is
a peddler 43 MA, Lucy Ann Lobdell, his wife, 27 NY, David M. 9 IN, Florence M.
7 IN, Alva B. 1 IN. They will be in South Bend in 1860. He is a son of John
Adams Putnam and Anna Bliss from Hanover, New Hampshire (and a grandson of
Aaron Putnam and Sarah Colbert). He was born, it seems, back in Sutton Mass.
His folks moved to Ohio in the 1830s, and he moved here to Indiana about 1841.
He married Lucy Ann Lobdell in St. Joseph’s County Indiana July 20, 1848. So
She was a second wife. I have no clue as to his first wife. They will be in St.
Joseph’s County from 1860 on.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Montgomery County
He is
now 70 and his new wife is Mary Ann (Harper) Chambers 37 with her daughter from
her first marriage, Martha Chambers 10. William applied for and received a
marriage certificate for him and Mary Ann Chambers and they were married in
Montgomery County on June 6, 1849. Sly old guy still has it! This is the last I
see of either one of them. Southern Putmans.
HENRY PUTMAN'S FAMILY Monroe County
James'
son Henry Putman died in 1847. His wife Agnes Jones has remarried to Stockton
Lundy in 1848. She is listed with his family and with her are Lucinda Putman
17, Louisa Putman 16, Sarah Putman 12 and Henrietta Putman 7. All the kids are
IN. Elizabeth Putman, 21, had married James Matlock and was with him. Southern
Putmans.
LUCINDA PUTMAN Wayne Township, Owen County
She
is 17 IN living with a Crissman family. This must be
a dual listing for Henry’s daughter. She is also shown back home in Monroe
County. She will marry James Martin here on September 17, 1853 and move to
Michigan.
PHILANDER PUTNAM District 85, Parke County
He is
7 IL living with a John Piseley from NC. He is a son
of Sylvester Putnam and Elizabeth Baird. He is also shown at home in Wabash
County Illinois. No idea what he is doing over here though.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Union Township, Rush County
He is
a son of Joseph Putman and Polly Hackelman from
Fayette County. They will be here in 1860 but Bill will be in Wayne County
Iowa. He is 25 IN working on the farm of John Clifford. Southern Putmans.
JOHN PUTNAM Union Township, Union County
He is
19 OH working on the farm of Wilson Griffin. He should be a son of Harriet
Putnam who was widowed here in 1840. She has remarried Andrew Nixon and still
lives here in town.
GEORGE PUTNAM Noble Township, Wabash County
He is
32 NH, Elizabeth 36 IN, Martin 13 IN, and William H. 8 months IN. He and
Elizabeth McKinney were married here April 5, 1847. Then there are a bunch of
stepchildren, last name of McKinney, they are Elizabeth 15 IN, Sally 8 IL, John
6 IN, Maria 2 IN. They would be Elizabeth’s from her first marriage. Now,
things will get interesting by 1860. In that census, we find his brother
Joseph, who would be 30 now according to the 1860, living right here with
Elizabeth, Maria and William, and some new kids. Sorta
looks like George and a couple of the kids died, and his brother came down from
New Hampshire and took what was left of the family. Must be a good story here
somewhere. Both George and Joseph are sons of Joseph Putnam (Eben’s number
1943) and Sarah Shattuck of Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County New Hampshire.
George was born there October 24, 1817, and Joseph on May 4, 1819.
NEWTON PUTNAM Chester Township, Wells County
Ezra's
son is still here. He was born January 13, 1805 in Danvers Massachusetts. He is
45 MA, Elmira Baldwin, his wife, is 44 VT, Ezra 13 IN, Charles 10 IN. They were
married in Windsor County Vermont in 1826. Elmira will die here in the mid
1850s and he will marry Mary Corrsen and they are
here in 1860. They will be here through the early 1880s and then move to Clay
County Kansas where he will die October 29, 1888 and Mary in 1899.
EDWIN G. (GRANGER) PUTNAM Chester Township, Wells County
Newton's
eldest son is 23 VT, Hannah Oswald, his wife, is 23 OH, Helen 1 IN. He was born
August 30, 1827 in Cavendish Vermont. They were married here August 20, 1848.
Also there is Matilda Holloway 6 IN. Hannah will die November 6, 1856, and
Edwin will marry her sister Sarah Ann Oswald on September 30, 1857. They will then move to Appanoose County Iowa,
and be there in 1860. They will then go to Kansas and finally to Oklahoma where
he will die October 29, 1899.
INDIANA
1860 CENSUS
AARON J. (JEFFERSON) PUTNAM Allen County
He
is 46 NY, Catherine Relya 39 NY. They were here in 1850 and will be in Newton
County 1870 and 1880. He has a son Edward 4 who is not listed here but is in
1870. Aaron is a son of Johannes Victor Putman and Catarina Hanson and was born
in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County New York August 23, 1813 and will die in
Union, Jasper County Indiana in 1900. Catherine is a daughter of James Relyea
and Deborah Pruyn and was born in Albany County New
York December 12, 1818 and will die in Pilot Grove Newton County, Indiana July
26, 1898. The son Edward Miller Putman was born in Allen County February 1,
1856 and will die May 16, 1943 in Newton County Indiana.
HERMAN (HENRY NEWTON)
PUTMAN Allen County
He is
47 NY, Alvira Lampher 41
NY. They were here in 1850, but he was listed as Harry and as Harvey in 1870.
Their daughter Elizabeth has since married. Henry or Harvey is a son of Malachi
Putnam and Sarah Blount and was born in Lowville, Lewis County New York
December 10, 1812 and will die here in Fort Wayne November 23, 1876. Malachi is
a son of Andrew Putnam and Lucy Parks from Winchester, Cheshire County New
Hampshire.
LEVINA PUTMAN Manchester, Dearborn County
She
is listed as 48 KY, and has her daughter Lucretia 5 KY with her. They are
living in a large Dearborn County Poor House.
JOHN H. (HENRY) PUTTMANN Salt Creek Township, Decatur County
He is
75 GER, Christina Storig 45 GER and Francis 27 OH.
They were in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1850. Their son Henry is here in Vanderburg
County and the eldest son, Anthony, still remains back in Cincinnati, and their
daughter Josephine is over in Randolph County Indiana. This family first popped
up in Hamilton County Ohio for the 1850 census. Christina will be widowed here
in 1870.
C. (CHAUNCY) W. PUTMAN Stafford Township, DeKalb County
He is
40 MA, Abigail Raesin 42 NY, Mary Etta 14 OH, Godwin
(?) 12 OH, Mary 9 OH, Charles 9 OH, William 7 OH and Orrin 1 IN. No idea. In
1870 there is a Chauncy Putman 50 MA and wife Abigail 52 NY in Appanoose County
Iowa, but none of these kids. I assume same guy, but still no idea who he is.
There is, however, a marriage record of Chauncy marrying Abigail Raesin here June 28, 1857.
FREDERICK E. PUTNAM Muncie, Delaware County
He is
42 MA (NH in 1850 and 1880), Susan J. Sawyer 41 OH, Mary F. 14 IN and Mary E. 8
IN. They were here in 1850. He is a merchant. He is number 2559, a son of
Elisha D. Putnam (1150) and Nancy Melville. He was born in Charlestown, New
Hampshire February 11, 1818. He came out here in the 1830s and runs an iron and
hardware business, F. E. Putnam & Co.
ZACHARIAH PUTMAN Richland Township, Fountain County
He is
a son of Thomas Putman and Nancy Grover. He is from Kentucky, then Champaign
County Ohio, and will be heading to Vermilion County Illinois shortly. He is 35
OH, Mary Ann Whitmer his wife 28 OH, David C. 12 OH, Hattie V. 8 OH, Dorothy
Ann 5 IN, Charles T. 2 IN. Also here is his mother Nancy Grover Putman 68 MD
and Clark Sanders 17 OH, who is a son of his sister Mary Ann who married Clark
Sanders (senior) back in Kentucky.
PETER PUTNAM Henry Township, Fulton County
He is
indexed as David, but is Peter Putman 42 OH, Sarah Shuman 39 PA, Frederick 16
OH, Henry 15 OH, Joseph 12 OH, Lucy 9 OH and Sarah 7 OH. Sarah Shuman and the
kids were the family of Peter Putman in Wyandotte County Ohio in 1850. This is
the same family, and in 1870 will be listed Peter again. This was just a poor index, name might even be Peter David Putman. He is part of the German family from
Pennsylvania. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Elizabeth Gross, and was born in
Wayne County Ohio. His brother Jacob is listed next. He will be here in Fulton
County at least through 1900 at age 82.
JACOB PUTNAM Henry Township, Fulton County
He is
a son of Jacob Putman and Elizabeth Gross from Somerset County Pennsylvania.
German family. He was in Amanda, Hancock County Ohio in 1850. He is now 38 OH,
Susan Linninger is 33 OH, James 11 OH, Celia 9 OH,
John 7 OH (in 1850 there was an older John who must have died), Mary 6 OH,
Jacob 3rd 5 IN and David 2 IN. They will be here again in 1870.
SUSAN PUTMAN Noblesville, Hamilton County
She
is 30 VT and a teacher. She is a daughter of John Putnam and Roxanna Howard and
was born in Grafton, Vermont October 8, 1829. She was at home there in 1850.
Her dad died in 1853 and she and her brothers William and John moved out to the
Mid-West. They are all listed out in Galva, Henry County Illinois now. She will
be getting married there to George Holmes July 1, 1868.
HORACE D. PUTNAM Michigan City, La Porte County
He is
48 NY, Mary 30 NY, Henry 12 NY (MI in 1850), Horace 10 NY (IN in 1850), a
daughter 8 NY, Elizabeth 6 NY and Jared 3 NY. The last three are also obviously
born in Indiana. He is a son of Asa Putnam and Mary Taggart of Washington
County New York. They were here in 1850, he is a teamster. They will be off to
Jackson County Michigan shortly.
SPENCER PUTMAN Noble Township, La Porte County
He is
50 NY, Mary 30 ENG, Charles 8 OH and Spencer B. 2 MN. This sure looks like the
Spencer who was in Huron County Ohio in 1850, but with a whole new family. See
that listing. If the same, he is Dutch. On the other hand he might be the
Spencer in Franklinville, Cattaraugus County New York in the 1840.
WHEELER PUTMAN Marion Township, Lawrence County
He is
20 NY and boarding. Well actually, his dad was born in New York, but Wheeler
was born in Warren County Georgia. His folks were Gideon and Stella Putnam from
Saratoga County New York. Gideon and his brother Charles were attorneys. Gideon
went to Georgia in the 1830s, his brother joined him in the 1840s. They both
headed back north in the 1850s, probably to get out of the way of the Civil
War. Gideon was a son of Benjamin Risley Putnam and
Eunice Morgan of Saratoga, and Vermont before that. His folks must be splitting
up as his dad will be out here by himself by 1870 and be here forever. His mom
is back in Saratoga Springs. The line goes back to Massachusetts. Wheeler is
going to get married here, have two kids, and be in Effingham County Illinois
in 1870, and in East St. Louis, St. Clair County Illinois in 1880.
ADRIEN PUTMAN Tobin Township, Perry County
He is
listed Adrent, 26 KY, Jane 24 KY, Alfonzo 4 KY and
Nancy 1 (listed NY but must be KY?). He is a son of George Washington Putnam of
Louisville, Jefferson County Kentucky.
JOSEPH PUTNAM Ross Township, Posey County
He is
60 GER and a clerk.
WORTHY PUTNAM, Posey County
He is
48 NY, but that's all that's listed in the index. He is a son of Andrew Putnam
of Stockton NY. He married Nancy Sinclair in 1857 and will marry Mary Dalrymple
in Michigan in 1857. He'll be off to Michigan where he will become a Judge.
ERNESTUS PUTMAN White River Township, Randolph County
He
has moved over from Darke County Ohio. He is now 84 NY, Elizabeth Gray is 72
IRE. They live next to their son Ernestus. We have
followed them from Schenectady, New York to West Virginia to Ohio to here. He
is a son of Arent (Aaron) J. Putman and Elizabeth De Spitzer from Schenectady,
Albany County New York, and has arrived here via West Virginia (Virginia at the
time). He was born in Schenectady October 27, 1776. He married Nancy Becker
there, but she died June 8, 1812. He then headed off to West Virginia (Virginia
at the time), and married Elizabeth Gray, born in Ireland. They were married
March 24, 1814 in Shepardstown, Virginia. They were
in New Madison, Ohio for some 38 years. In 1857 they came here to Indiana. He
will die here October 20, 1865. Elizabeth will die here the year before on
February 15, 1864. Dutch Family from New York State.
ERNESTUS PUTMAN (JR.) White River Township, Randolph County
The
son is a merchant 33 OH, Sarah Jane Deem his wife 33 OH and John D. is 10 OH.
They were married in Preble County Ohio February 13, 1849 and were in Darke
County Ohio in 1850. He will keep moving. In 1870 he will be in Henry County
Iowa and in 1880 in Douglas County Colorado. I don't find him in 1900.
JOSEPHINE PUTMAN White River Township, Randolph County
She
is 17 OH and working for a dentist. Her folks are the above John and Christina.
PHOEBE PUTNAM Franklin Township, Ripley County
She
is 15 IN and boarding. I do not find her here in 1850.
DANIEL PUTMAN Union Township, Rush County
He is
another of James kids and is living with his brother Joseph. Dan is 38 KY and
unmarried.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Rush County
Listed
as Jasper, this is Joseph Putman son of James and Mary Putman. He is over from
Fayette County. He is now 55 KY, Eliza Conklin is listed as 65 but is really
45, Henry 22, John 20, Amanda 18, Samantha 15, Amos 13 and Charley 10. They
will be Whitley County Indiana in 1870. Southern Putmans.
ALVA B. PUTNAM South Bend, Saint Joseph County
He is
53 MA, Lucy Ann Lobdell 37 NY, Alva jr. 12 IN and Lillian 2 IN. In 1850 they were
in Marshall County Indiana. See that listing for this line. They are here but
not listed in 1870, and are here in 1880, but Lucy is then a widow.
JOHN PUTMAN Hammond Township, Spencer County
He is
a cooper, 29 KY, Lavinia North 19 KY, John Michael 4 IN and Mary Elizabeth 2
IN. He is a son of Henry Putman and Ruth Childers and was born in Bracken
County Kentucky in 1831. He married Lavinia Jane North June 10, 1853 in Bracken
County. She was born there in May 1832. They may be the ones here in 1870, but
kids gone and born Ohio. Think them and just bad handwriting and recording.
When the census taker sits drinking a beer and picking at his nose, it can get
a bit sloppy.
MALINDA PUTMAN PLACKARD Spencer County
She
is Malinda Long, the widow of Michael Putman. She married Henry Plackard recently and has all her children, except the John
Above, with her. Malinda is 51, Henry Plackard is 59.
The Putman kids are: Jane 21, Benjamin 17, Moses 14, Nancy 11 and John
R. 5. The kids will be around in 1870. Malinda and her son Benjamin will be in
Lawrence County Illinois in 1880. She will be widowed once again then.
J. W. (JOHN WARREN) PUTNAM Wayne Township, Stark County
He is
29 NY, Mary J. Rogers his wife is 25 PA, Lovina 5 IN
and Ernest Frank 2 IN. This family will be in Marshall County Indiana in 1870
and in Archer County Texas in 1880. He is a son of Norman Putnam and his first
wife Sally Shepard from Ontario County New York. His dad and second wife are in
Crawford County Pennsylvania now.
HENRY C. (CLAY) PUTNAM Union Township, Union County
He is
26 OH and a farm laborer with Andrew and Harriet Nixon. He looks to be the son
of Henry D. Putnam and Harriet Clark from Cincinnati, Ohio. The elder Henry
died there. Harriet Nixon here looks like his mother who has remarried. He will
marry Isabelle here in Indiana, and move to Clay County Kansas. Then it looks
like the Mary Clark here in 1860 will be his new wife in 1880.
NO NAME PUTNAM Terre Haute, Vigo County
He is
a clerk, 22 NY but there is no first name or initial listed at all.
A. D. (DOUGLAS) PUTNAM Terre Haute, Vigo County
He is
23 OH and a clerk in a shoe store. He is Douglas Putnam, son of Norman W.
Putnam of Knox County Ohio. He'll be off to Fort Scott, Kansas soon. He never
married.
HENRY PUTNAM Pigeon Township, Vanderburg County
He is
24 Bavaria, Dena 20 Holland. He was with his folks, John and Christina Puttman in Cincinnati, Hamilton County Ohio in 1850.
WILLIAM PUTNAM Armstrong Township, Vanderburg County
He is
33 TN, Elizabeth Meyers 23 TN. He is a son of Morris and Nancy Putman and was
born in Rhea County Tennessee March 27, 1827 and will die in Jackson County
Alabama August 6, 1877. Right now they are listed back in Franklin County
Tennessee with his widowed mother Nancy.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Noble Township, Wabash County
He is
39 NH, Elizabeth 47 IN, Maria 12 IN, Levi 12 NH, William H. 10 IN, Joseph 8 IN
and George 1 IN. This is a portion of the family here in 1850 listed under his
brother George Putman from New Hampshire. Take a look back at that one. Looks
like George died in the mid 1850s as did a son Martin. Maria, William and
Joseph are George’s kids. Joseph had married Mary Jamison in Nashua, N.H.
February 26, 1846. The son Levi here was their child and was at home with his
folks in 1850. Mary must have died in the late 1840s, and I don’t find Joseph
in 1850. Joseph came out and married his widow around 1857-1858 (young George
is their son). Joseph is a son of Joseph Putnam and Sarah Shattuck. George was
also. He was born in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire May 4, 1819. I don’t find them
in 1870, but Elizabeth will be widowed here in 1880, some of the kids will be
here through 1900. The son Levi will be in Kansas in 1870 and 1880 and then
married in Kansas City, Missouri about 1882 and be there from then on.
AARON PUTMAN Hagerstown, Wayne County
He is
49 VA and is a painter. His wife Eliza Jane Smith is 41 OH and they have
Josephine (Martha in 1850) 17 OH and Emma 15 OH. He is a son of Ernestus Putman and Elizabeth Gray from Darke County Ohio
and Virginia before that. Dutch family originally from New York State. He was
born January 11, 1811 and will die in Los Angeles California October 3, 1893.
They were in Preble County Ohio in 1850. They are in Clay here in Wayne County
in 1870.
NEWTON PUTNAM Chester Township, Wells County
He is
55 MA, Mary Corrsen 50 PA, Ezra 22 IN, Charles 19 IN
and Sarah 17 OH. He is a son of Ezra Newton Putnam and Sally Eppes Putnam from
Danvers, Massachusetts via Cavendish, Vermont. He has been here since the
1830s. See the comments back in 1840 for more on this family. His first wife Elimira Baldwin has just died March 11, 1860. Mary Corrsen is his second wife. The son, Ezra, is Ezra Nelson
Putnam, and will be in Rutland, Vermont in 1870 and Clinton, Massachusetts in
1880 single in both cases. The Sarah here is Sarah Lancaster who just married
his son Charles Ezra Putnam here October 16, 1859.
JAMES PUTMAN Jefferson Township, Whitely County
He is
35 IN, Elizabeth Smith his wife 30 IN and his father James Putman 80 VA is with
them.
JAMES PUTMAN Jefferson Township, Whitely County
He is
80 VA as stated above. He is a son of Henry Putman from Culpeper County
Virginia. I had him listed as having died in 1854, but by golly he is still
hanging in there. He was in Brown County in 1850.
INDIANA
1870 CENSUS
HARVEY
PUTNAM Fort Wayne, Allen County
He is
now 57 NY a railroad bookkeeper, Elvira Lampher 51
NY. Been here a long time. Harvey or Henry Newton is a son of Malachi Putnam
and Sarah Blount and was born in Lowville, Lewis County New York December 10,
1812 and will die here in Fort Wayne November 23, 1876. Malachi is a son of
Andrew Putnam and Lucy Parks from Winchester, Cheshire County New Hampshire.
CHRISTINA
PUTTMAN Salt Creek Township, Decatur
County
Christina
Charlotte Storig is the widow of John Henry Puttmann also from Germany. They have been here a bunch of
years. She is now 55 OLDENBERG, Frances 24 OH, Louis 19 OH and John 13 IN. They
started off in Cincinnati in the 1840s.
FREDERICK E.
(ELISHA) PUTNAM Muncie, Delaware County
Been
here forever. See 1850 for who he is. He is still running a hardware store and
is now 52 NH, Susan J. Snyder is 51 NY. Also here are their daughter Mary
Frances 24 IN, her husband John M. Kirby 30 IN, son Thomas Putnam Kirby 3 IN
and Ada Kirby 11/12 IN. There are also a black family as servants, and a nurse.
FREDERICK
PUTMAN Georgetown Township, Floyd County
He
is 42 SWITZ, Phoebe 43 SWITZ, Catherine 14 IN, Ulla 12 IN, Frederick 10 IN,
John 8 IN, Maggie 6 IN and Christ 4 IN. Must have just changed their name, as
they weren't here in 1860. And probably the spelling of Putnam is wrong anyway.
Not one of ours at any rate.
EMMA
PUTNAM Covington, Fountain County
She
is 18 IN and a hired girl with Virginia Cade. She is a daughter of Thomas
Putnam from here. She was born here October 12, 1850 and will die in Vermillion
County Illinois June 27, 1905. She married John W. Westfall there April 22,
1873.
JAMES
PUTNAM Covington, Fountain County
He is a barber 25 IN, Jane
McCollum his wife 27 IN, Thomas J. 3 IL and James E. 1 IL. They were married
here July 3, 1866. He is a son of Thomas Putnam (from Vermont) who was here in
Fountain County until the late 1850s, then went to Vermilion County Illinois.
They will be in Vermillion County Illinois in 1880 themselves.
WILLIAM F.
PUTNAM Covington, Fountain County
He
is 26 IN, Melissa Slusser his wife 22 IN, Mary E. 3 IL and James H. 1 IL. He
looks to be the son of Thomas J. Putnam (New England family). They were here in
1850 and then moved to Vermillion County Illinois. William hopped back across
the line again and probably took over the old homestead.
JACOB
PUTMAN Henry Township, Fulton County
He
is a farmer, 49 OH, Susannah Linninger 44 OH, Keziah
17 OH, Mary C. 16 OH, Jacob 14 IN, David 11 IN, Hiram 9 IN and Margaret G. 7
IN, Louvina E. 4 IN and Ira 1 IN. Also here are their
daughter Sarah Ann 19 and her husband George Wines 24 OH. They were here in
1860. German family originally from Pennsylvania. He and the following Peter
are sons of Jacob Putman and Elizabeth Gross from Wayne County Ohio.
LETTA &
JAMES PUTMAN Henry Township, Fulton
County
She
is 19 OH and he is 21 OH. They are working on a farm of Emily Nye. Letta or
Lucy is a daughter of Peter Putman and James is a son of Jacob Putman. They
were in their respective homes in 1860. Guess just helping out a widow lady who
is probably kinfolk of sorts.
PETER
PUTMAN Henry Township, Fulton County
Another of Jacob and Elizabeth's
sons, and he too was here in 1860. He is now 52 PA, Sarah Shuman 50 OH,
Frederick 26 OH, Joseph 21 OH, Sarah Ann 16 OH and Mary E. 9 OH. They'll be
here through the 1900.
MIKE
PUTMAN Campbell Township, Gibson County
He
is listed 40 Prussia, Margaret 22 Prussia and Magdalena 1/12 IN. Not any of our
Putman/Putnam folks.
WILLIAM
PUTMAN Pakota
Township, Gibson County
He
is 41 TN, Mary Elizabeth Hoard 31 KY, Lucy 2 IN, John J. 1 IN and an un-named
son (Joseph William) 3/12 IN. Elizabeth will be widowed with Lucy, Joseph and a
daughter born in 1872, and will be in Stewart’s, Christian County Kentucky. I
can’t pin William down yet.
ANNIE
PUTMAN Kokomo, Howard County
She
is 70 PA and living with William Edwards.
VINA PUTMAN La Porte, La Porte County
She
is 19 IN and a servant with Ira Chase. I found a death certificate in Michigan
where Lavina Jewell died March 15, 1912. Says she was
born in Indiana November 19, 1850 and her father was William Putman. Bad news
is I can’t find a William in 1850 or either of them in 1860. Oh Well.
GIDEON
PUTNAM Shawswick
Township, Lawrence County
He
is a lawyer 50 NY and staying by himself in a hotel. He is a son of Benjamin Risley Putnam of Saratoga, NY. In 1850 he was in Georgia.
Then went back to New York in the early 1850s and was in Poughkeepsie in the
1860 with his wife Stella Shaw. His son Wheeler was here in 1860, but has moved
on to Illinois. Gideon is number 2973. He will be in nearby Bedford in 1880,
still practicing law. Now, there must be a divorce or something. I don’t find
her now in 1870, but she and their daughter are in Saratoga Springs, New York
and she calls herself Mrs. Gideon Putnam, but he is never there.
SARAH
PUTNAM Indianapolis, Marion County
She is 66 ME, her daughter Lydia
is 32 MA and teaches school. She is Sarah Soule Ludden, ex-wife of Silas Putnam
number 1315. She was in Waltham, Middlesex County Mass. in 1860, but Silas was
back in Webster, Worcester County. Looked then like a divorce, and probably
was. Silas died in Sutton Massachusetts in 1866.
JOHN W.
(WARREN) PUTMAN Tippecanoe Township,
Marshall County
He
is a factory hand, 38 NY, Mary L. Rogers his wife is 35 PA, Lavina
15 IN, Ernest 12 IN, Willard 8 IN, Rose 6 IN and Minnie 10/12 IN. They were in
Stark County in 1860, and will be in Archer County Texas in 1880, and in 1900
John and Mary are in Wise County Texas with their daughter Rosa. He is a son of
Norman Putnam and his first wife Sally Shepard from Ontario County New York.
His dad and second wife are in Pennsylvania now and have been since the 1840s.
JAMES
PUTNAM Crawfordsville, Montgomery County
He
is 31 IN and a laborer for J. F. Coleman. Probably age 21, and probably the
same guy as the next James.
JAMES
PUTNAM Crawfordsville, Montgomery County
He
is listed 19 IN and a day laborer with William Frost. The age is probably 20-21
and he is the son of Jacob Putman from Fayette County. He is 'missing' from
that family right now.
AARON J.
(JEFFERSON) PUTMAN Jackson Township,
Newton County
He
is 56 NY a farmer, Catherine Relyea 50 NY and Edward 14 IN. Dutch folks, they
were in Allen County in 1850 and 1860. Aaron is a son of Johannes Victor Putman
and Catarina Hanson and was born in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County New York
August 23, 1813 and will die in Union, Jasper County Indiana in 1900. Catherine
is a daughter of James Relyea and Deborah Pruyn and
was born in Albany County New York December 12, 1818 and will die in Pilot
Grove Newton County, Indiana July 26, 1898. The son Edward Miller Putman was
born in Allen County February 1, 1856 and will die May 16, 1943 here in Newton
County.
JOHN
PUTMAN Lockhart Township, Pike County
He
is 59 KY, Sarah Jane, probably his daughter, 25 KY. He is a son of James Putman
and Mary Collins from Pendleton County Kentucky, and a brother of the Joseph
Putman in Whitley County. Thought he was dead. Haven't found him in any state
since about 1840.
HENRY
PUTNAM Union Township, Rush County
He
is a son of Joseph Putman and Eliza Conklin, Southern Putmans. He was with the
family here in 1860 and is now married. He is 33 IN, a farmer, Mary Frances
Alte, his wife, 22 KY, Avery 1 IN. Also here is his brother John Putman 31 IN.
Their folks have moved over to Jefferson County. Guess the kids took over the
old farm.
JOHN
PUTMAN Hammond Township, Spencer County
He is
40 OH a laborer, Louisa Riley 30 OH and Arena, a daughter, 5 IN. He is the guy
in Union County Indiana in 1850, I think. Age and birth just fine. So then he
was with his widowed mother Harriett there in Union in 1840 and if so his dad
was likely William D. Putnam from Columbia, Hamilton County Ohio in 1830.
Hamilton County is in the corner near both Kentucky and Indiana. Take a look at
the Ohio 1830 and 1840 and then Indiana 1850. Don’t find in 1880, but is
probably around just bad spelling and indexed as someone way different. He will
have a son Mike in Gibson County Indiana in 1900 who’s death certificate lists
him being born here in Spencer County June 30, 1871 and lists his folks as John
Putman and Louise Riley.
MORRIS
PUTMAN Hammond Township, Spencer County
He
is 25 KY a farmer, Nancy Jane Hunter 17 KY and his sister Nancy 1/12 IN. He is
a son of Michael Putman and Malinda Long. He was here at home in 1860 and was
then listed as Moses. He married Nancy here May 23, 1869. I don’t find him
after this.
ELFINA
PUTNAM Olive Township, St. Joseph County
She
is listed 36 NC, and is a housekeeper for William Warren and his family.
He is
a farmer 52 NH, Ellen Moore, his wife, 45 Quebec, Sarah 18 IN, James 16 MI
(IL), William 14 IL, Mary 10 IN, Isaac 8 IN and John 3 IN. He is a son of
Benjamin Putnam (1948) and Sarah Tenney. He was born
June 20, 1819 in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. They were in Champaign County
Illinois in 1860. Ellen and some of the kids will be in Pottawattamie County
Iowa in 1880.
CLARA L.
PUTMAN Lafayette, Tippecanoe County
She
is 22 NY and listed as a sister of W. G. Atwell.
EDWARD
PUTNAM Harrison Township, Union County
He
is 11 IN and living with Thomas McIntosh.
She
is 14 M0, Jonas 13 M0, Rosa 10 M0. They live with Joseph and Huldah Smith from
Pennsylvania. Hulda Richtor
was the second wife of Andrew Putman and they were in Van Wert County Ohio in
1850 and 1860 and he died in the Civil War in 1864. Hulda
married Joe Smith and they are here now and will be in Oakwood, Vermillion
County Illinois in the 1880. Andrew was a son of Peter Putman and Maria
Schneider from Pennsylvania. German Puttman family.
ELLEN
PUTMAN Wabash, Wabash County
She
is 13 OH and lives with Jimmie Huff.
AARON
PUTMAN Clay Township, Wayne County
He
is still around. He is now 58 VA a cabinet maker, Eliza Jane Smith 52 OH. Also
here are their daughter Josephine 26 IN and her husband Ezekiel McCoy 37 NJ and
their daughter Alice 3 IN. Dutch family from New York State. He was born in
what is now West Virginia, a son of Ernestus Putman
and Elizabeth Gray from Darke County Ohio. He was born January 11, 1811 and
will die in Los Angeles California October 3, 1893. His dad is in Randolph
County right now. They were in Preble County Ohio in 1850 and here in 1860.
They are here still in 1880.
NEWTON
PUTNAM Chester Township, Wells County
Ezra's
son is still here, will be till the mid 1880s when he will go to Clay County
Kansas and die there October 29, 1888. He is 65 MA, Mary Corrsen,
his second wife, is 58 PA. They have a family (not related) living with them.
JAMES
PUTMAN Jefferson Township, Whitley
County
He
is 42 IN, Elizabeth Smith 36 IN. He is a son of Joseph Putman and his first
wife Polly Hacklemen, and lives next door to them. He
was born August 8, 1827 in Fayette County and will die in Andrews, Indiana.
Elizabeth was born July 30, 1834 and will die here in Indiana May 22, 1907.
They were married in Fayette County November 11, 1849. They will be in
Huntington County in 1900.
JOSEPH
PUTMAN Jefferson Township, Whitley
County
He
is 57 KY, Eliza Conklin, his wife, 57 PA and they have Charles 20 OH with them.
He is a son of James Putman of Pendleton County Kentucky. Joseph was in Rush
County Indiana in 1860 and in Fayette County before that. Southern family.
INDIANA
1880 CENSUS
This
is the full 1880 Census, not just the Soundex listing. This covers all
families.
JANE PUTMAN Blue Creek Township, Adams County
She
is 13 OH PA OH. She lives with her mother Catherine 57 OH, and her stepfather
William Mallomee 78 MD. Can’t find the family in
Ohio, so no clue as to her dad.
WILIAM PUTMAN Root Township, Adams County
He is
49 PA PA PA, Susan 38 OH OH OH, Jane 16 IN, George 14 IN,
and Charlie 12 IN. They were in Dublin, Mercer County Ohio in 1870 and the kids
should be listed as being born in Ohio. He first appeared in Dublin Ohio in
1850 with his widowed mother Eliza Jane and no dad. Don’t find them again.
George will be in Fort Wayne, Allen County by 1900 though. He will be there
through 1930 and in 1930 his brother Charles will be there as well.
ALVINA L. (ALVIRA LAMPHER)
PUTMAN Fort Wayne, Allen County
She
is widowed 62 NJ NJ NJ. She
and Harvey Putnam were here for ages. Harvey was a son of Malachi Putnam and
Sarah Blount and was born in Lowville, Lewis County New York December 10, 1812
and died here in Fort Wayne November 23, 1876. Malachi is a son of Andrew
Putnam and Lucy Parks from Winchester, Cheshire County New Hampshire. Alvira will die here in Fort Wayne November 11, 1889.
CHARLES PUTMAN St. Joseph, Allen County
He is
80 NY and a laborer on the McDaniel Farm.
ALLA PUTMAN Lewis, Clay County
This
is Alla Bridges, widow of William Putman of
Washington County Arkansas. She is 78 SC SC SC, and is living with her daughter Pridence
Stout 37 AR, her husband Elijah Stout 37 IN and kids Charley M. 9 IN, Elsworth 4 IN and James W. 2 IN. Then in 1882, she will
move to Harvey County Kansas to live with another of her daughters, Lavina and her husband Thomas Sims. Alla
died in Walton, Kansas on August 12, 1887 at age 85.
WALDO PUTNAM Jennings Township, Crawford County
He is
18 IN OH OH. He lives with his mother Caroline Long
52 OH OH OH. Gotta somehow be connected to Malinda Long the widow of
Michael Putman of Spencer County.
MAGGIE PUTNAM Aurora, Dearborn County
She
is 22 IN BAVARIA BAVARIA, and lives with her parents
Frank and Anna Ulrich. She is also shown in Indianapolis with her husband James
Perley Putnam.
JULIA ANN
PUTNAM Wilmington Township, De Kalb
County
She
is 47 IN OH PA, and is listed as married, but hubby is around. She also has
three daughters by a previous marriage, Alluda ? 14
IN VT IN, Almira 12 IN and Emma H. 9 IN, all named Thomas. There is a marriage
record that Julia Thomas married Chauncy Putnam here on June 7, 1877. Guess
they split up. There is a Chauncy Putman married to Abigail Raesin
in DeKalb County Indiana in 1870 and in Appanoose County Iowa in 1870.
Obviously who she married but have no ideas as to who he is except he was born
in Massachusetts in about 1820. He had kids in 1870 and I guess ran off with them
to somewhere.
CHRISTINA
PUTTMANN Salt Creek, Decatur County
John
Henry Puttmann has died back in 1861, and she was
widowed here in 1870. She is here with a bunch of boarders to make ends meet.
Christina Storig is now 65 GER GER
GER.
JOHN
PUTMAN Salt Creek, Decatur County
He
is 23 IN GER GER, Hester Elizabeth Osborn 22 IN and
Rosa 10/12 IN. He is a son of John and Christina Putman both from Germany. His
mom is listed right above. He is a telegrapher. He was born right here June 4,
1857 and will die here in New Point April 18, 1923. He married Hester here June
19, 1878. She will die in 1914 and he will marry Ottilia
R. Enneking in 1917.
F. (FREDERICK)
E. PUTNAM Muncie, Delaware County
Frederick
is another guy that has been here since the 1830s. He is now 62 NH NH NH, Susan J. Sawyer 61 NY.
Their daughter Mary (should be Margaret) E. Alcott 28 IN is also there with her
husband Edward Alcott 33 NH and their daughter Emily 2 IN. See 1850, he's from
Charlestown, NH.
HENRY
PUTMAN Columbia Township, Fayette County
He
is a son of Joseph Putman and Eliza Conklin. He is 43 IN KY IN, and Mary
Francis Alte is 33 KY KY KY.
Children then were Avery 11 IN, Lola 9 IN, Atha 7 IN and Emery 5 IN. Henry will
be here in 1900 and 1910.
He
is 40 IN KY IN, Louvinia 38 KY KY
KY. He is another son of Joseph Putman and Eliza
Conklin. The 1870 here was poor and no one showed in Fayette County so this is
the first time I’ve seen him since he was at home in 1860. He’s gone by 1900.
He
is 22 NY NY NY and a
bookkeeper. He lives with John (born in NJ) and Melvenia
(born in VT) Force, and they have a daughter born in Michigan. Charles is
listed as their grandson. Charles will be married here in 1900 to Daisy
Frederick who is his second wife.
He
is an agent for a lumber company, 45 NY NY NY, Emma A. Graves his wife 40 VT MA VT. There is a niece
Etta Graves 20 IN VT IN. They were married in Orange County April 16, 1874.
John is a son of Francis Winnie Putman and Ann Lowe from Cherry Valley, Otsego
County New York. He was born there July 2, 1845. Emma will die here February
26, 1882. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.
They
were here in 1870, German family. He is now 59 OH PA PA,
Susanna Linninger is 53 OH PA PA,
David 21 IN, Hiram 19 IN, Maggie 17 IN, Lavina E. 14
IN and Ira 11 IN. Jacob will be widowed here in 1900, Ira and David will have
families and Hiram is gone someplace.
He
is 27 IN VA IN and works on the Trotter farm
He
is a watchman at a factory, 42 MA -- --.
He
is 24 OH OH OH and works on
the Shoup Farm. He is a son of David Putman and his first
wife Elizabeth ’Betsy’ Shoup. He was born in Wyandot County Ohio July 15,
1894. He was with his folks in Wyandot County Ohio in 1860 and in Hancock
County Ohio in 1870. He will marry Catherine ‘Kate’ A. Dean in Monroe County
Michigan December 19, 1895. They are in Hancock County Ohio in 1900. He will
die in Hancock County Ohio May 14, 1909. German family out of Pennsylvania.
He
is 24 VA VA VA and works on
the Mitchell farm. He is a son of William Robert and Mary E. Putnam of Warren
County Virginia. He was born there in 1846 and wandered around. He never
married. Southern Branch. The Fauquier County Virginia folks always used the
Putnam spelling.
L. D. (LEWIS
DAVID) PUTNAM La Porte, La Porte County
He
is 50 NY, Emilene 39 NY, Lizzie 20 NY, Ida 20 NY, Louis
17 NY, Carrie 10 NY. Dutch guy from Fulton County New York. He was in Johnstown
in 1860 with his first wife Phoebe Gilchrist who died in 1863 and then in 1870
with Emily. In 1900 they will all be in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Interesting that
for three straight censuses, dad uses Lewis and the son Louis. Dad is a son of
Ebenezer George Putman and Rebecca Frey and was born in Johnstown, Montgomery
County New York March 12, 1830. He will die in Kalamazoo Michigan January 6,
1904. Emeline will die there March 1, 1916. New York Dutch Poutman
folks.
He
is now 60 NY NY NY, still a
lawyer and boarding by himself. Gideon is a son of Benjamin Risley
Putnam and Eunice Morgan. He was born in Saratoga, New York, moved to Georgia in
the 1830s and then back to New York around 1851. He was here in 1870 and
married to Stella Shaw back in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1860. His son Wheeler
was here in 1860, but then moved to Illinois. I don’t find Stella in 1870, but
now in 1880 she is back in Saratoga Springs with her daughter and lists herself
as Mrs. Gideon Putnam. I guess they either divorced or just split. I don’t find
either in 1900.
JOHN C. (COLBY)
PUTNAM Brightwood, Marion County
He
is 29 ME, Mary Malinda Westfall 26 OH and Lilia 1/12 IN. There is what seems to
be a twin, John W. also 1/12 living nearby with Annie Putnam 25 OH and the
Charles Branahan family. John, and his two brothers
coming up, Lyman and William, are all sons of Daniel Putnam Jr. and his first
wife Abigail Tasker of Dixmont, Penobscot County
Maine. He was born there August 15, 1850. I don't know who Annie is, she is not
a sister (wasn't in any of the Maine Census reports with the family). John
married Mary here February 13, 1879. Then this line is, going back from John to
Daniel Jr. to Daniel Putnam and his first wife Nancy Jones to John Putnam and
Joanna Eames to Israel Putnam and Sarah Hutchinson > Israel Putnam >
Benjamin > Nathaniel > John Putnam of Salem, Massachusetts.
LYMAN (CRAIG)
PUTMAN Brightwood, Marion County
He
is 36 ME ME ME, Abbie H. 31
ME ME ME and Lulu 2 IN. He,
John, and William are all brothers here. He is another son of Daniel and
Abigail Putnam. He was born in 1843 in Dixmont,
Penobscot County Maine May 15, 1843. I don't have Abbie's last name. He will
return shortly to Maine, be there in the 1890 Veteran's listing and again in
the 1900 Census. He will have a poultry farm back there.
He
is 28 NH NH NH, Annie 25 OH
and John W. 1/12 IN. He is a son of Hervey Putnam (2037) and Lavinia Hall of
Wilton, NH. He was working in Chelmsford, Mass. in 1870, home before that.
WILLIAM T.
(TASKER) PUTMAN Brightwood, Marion
County
He
is 33 ME ME ME, Lilla E.
(Lillie Estavilla McGahan),
30 OH OH OH and Sadie G. 2
IN. Yet another son of Daniel Putnam jr. and Abigail Tasker of Dixmont, Maine. He was married to another gal back in Maine
in 1870 with a couple of kids. Must have simply left them behind. Don’t know.
He was born in Dixmont May 1, 1847, and married
Lillie February 20, 1876 here in Brightwood. They will be in Chicago in 1900,
and then in Danville, Vermilion County Illinois after that until he dies
February 12, 1916. Lillie was born August 27, 1849 and will die in Danville,
Illinois June 12, 1919.
He
is 56 VT VT VT, and is
married to a widow Margaret McDerment 57 SCOT. She
has her son Joseph McDerment 30 SCOT with her. Horace
is a son of Perley Putnam and Mary Ann Cole. He was married to Antoinette
Woodward in Vermont in 1860. She died later that year in December and he moved
to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and married Margaret. They were there in 1870 and here
by around 1874. He is a machinist and so is Joseph.
James
Perley Putnam is 24 VT VT VT,
Maggie Ulrich is 22 IN PRUS PRUS. He is a son of
Horace Putnam and his first wife Marianna Antoinette Woodward, and was shown at
home with them in the 1860 census in Northfield, Washington County Vermont. He
was with his father (listed just above) and his stepmother in Milwaukee in
1870. Everyone is here now. He married Maggie here June 19, 1876. They will be
here in 1900.
She
is 39 MA and is with her mother Sarah Soule Putnam 60 ME. They were here in
1870, and in Waltham, Mass. in 1860. Sarah was divorced from Silas Putnam
(1315), and they were living separately in 1860. Sarah lists herself as
widowed, but probably just to avoid questions or whatever.
AARON
PUTNAM Jackson Township, Newton County
He
is 66 NY NY NY, Catherine
Relyea 61 NY. Also there are his son Edward and his family. They have been
around since the 1840s. They were in Allen County Indiana in 1850 and 1860 and
here in 1870. He will be widowed and with his son Edward in 1900 in Jasper
County. Aaron Jefferson Putnam is a son of Johannes Victor Putman and Catarina
Hanson and was born in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County New York August 23, 1813
and will die in Union, Jasper County Indiana in 1900. Catherine is a daughter
of James Relyea and Deborah Pruyn and was born in
Albany County New York December 12, 1818 and will die in Pilot Grove Newton
County, Indiana July 26, 1898. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.
EDWARD
PUTNAM Jackson Township, Newton County
He
is a son of the Aaron above and lives with them. He is Edward Miller Putnam 24
IN, Mary Alice Steward his wife 19 IN and young William is 1 IN. This family
will be in Jasper County Indiana in 1900. He and Mary Alice will be in Hickory,
Oklahoma in 1910. They will be back here in 1920 and he is widowed in 1930.
Edward Miller Putman was born in Allen County February 1, 1856 and will die May
16, 1943 here in Newton County.
He
is 47 MI NY VT, Lydia Rice, his third wife 47 OH OH OH, his daughter Lizzie A. (Elizabeth) is 11 MI MI OH. He was born in Michigan in 1833. Don’t know his
folks yet though. He was in Monroe County Michigan though the early 1870s. His
first wife Mary Duffy died there in 1870. He is a teamster and came here to
Indiana shortly afterwards. He married Maria Louisa Baum here July 8, 1875.
Something happened, and they filed for divorce in November 1875. He then
married Lydia Rice here March 4, 1878. His daughter will marry George Sayles
here in 1889. Erastus will die here in August 1894. Lydia will be here until
she dies in October 1905.
ELIZABETH
PUTNAM South Bend, St. Joseph County
She
is 7 IN IN OH and a niece of Calvin and Lucinda Black from Ohio. She is the
same gal that is listed right below with her widowed daddy Alvah
Putnam.
LUCY
PUTNAM South Bend, St. Joseph County
Lucy
Ann Lobdell is now the widow of Alva B. Putnam. They were here in 1870. She is
now 57 NY MA MA, and lives with her son Alva B. 31
IN, daughter Lillian Teel 22 IN and her husband George Teel and their kids.
Also here is Bessie Putnam 6 IN, and Lucy’s sister Florence Lobdell 36 IN. Alvah lists himself as being widowed, so the young Bessie
is his. He had married Lydia Miser here September 19, 1872, and she died in the
later 1870s. Alva works in the Singer Machine Co. Lucy will still be here in
1900.
He
is 18 MI NY NY and works in a brickyard here. He’ll
be married in Lake County in 1900. He is William Eugene Putnam who was born May
25, 1861 in Goodrich, Michigan. He graduated Rush Medical College in Chicago in
1899 and he became a doctor and started his own practice in Whiting, Lake
County Indiana in 1897. He married Jennie E. Wilson there and they were there
in 1900 through the 1920 census. He died there November 19, 1923. Jennie is
widowed there in 1930 and 1940 with their three kids who were never married. No
ideas on his folks.
He
is widowed and 76 NY NY NY,
James his son is 32 NY NY NY.
He is number 3120, and has been in Oneida County New York all his life. His
wife Rachel McMillan died there in the 1860s. Then in the 1870s, he and his son
James Carriel Putnam headed out here. Nathan will die
here and James will be married in Trail County North Dakota in 1885.
ELIZABETH
PUTNAM Noble Township, Wabash County
She
is 68 IN OH OH with several boarders. She is the
widow of Joseph Putnam (and also a widow of his brother George) from New
Hampshire. Both have died. Her widowed daughter Maria Hollingsworth 32 IN is
living here. Also there are sons (both from her first marriage with George),
William 30 IN and Joseph 26 IN. They were here way back in the 1840s. The kids
will be here in 1900.
He is 20 IN NH OH and runs a restaurant. He is a son of
Joseph and Elizabeth Putnam from Noble Township, Wabash County. Look back to the
listing in 1860. Shows his mother was previously married to Joseph’s brother
George. His dad is Joseph, but was probably named after his dead uncle. He was
the only child in this second marriage. Family is from Lyndeborough, New
Hampshire.
Ernestus’ son is still
here. He is now 70 VA NY NY, Eliza Jane Smith 63 OH
KY MD. Their daughter Josephine McCoy 34 OH VA OH, a schoolteacher, is still
living with them as is her daughter Alice 13 IN. Josephine’s husband Ezekiel
McCoy has died in the past 10 years. Dutch family from New York State. He was
born in what is now West Virginia, a son of Ernestus
Putman and Elizabeth Gray. He was born January 11, 1811 and will die in Los
Angeles California October 3, 1893. His dad is in Randolph County right now.
They were in Preble County Ohio in 1850 and here from 1860.
Ezra’s son is now 75 VT MA MA. Mary Corrsen his second wife
is 68 PA. They will both be in Montgomery County Kansas in 1885. His sons Charles
and Edwin had moved out there in the 1870s. He will die February 29, 1888 in
Green, Clay County Kansas. Mary will die in Douglas County Kansas May 12, 1899.
CHARLES
PUTMAN Jefferson Township, Whitley
County
He
is a son of Joseph Putman and Eliza Conklin. He is 29 IN KY PA, Emma is 27 OH
MD OH, and they have Perry 8 IN. Charlie's mom, Eliza Conklin is with them at
age 67 PA. His dad Joseph has died in the last 10 years. Emma will die here
Christmas Day 1897, and he will be widowed here in 1900, and then by 1910
remarried to Rosa King and in Fort Wayne. Charles was born August 20, 1850 and
will die here July 16, 1930. The second wife Rosa King will be born soon in
1881 and will die here in 1954.
James
Junior is still here and is 52 IN KY PA, Elizabeth Smith his wife 45 IN. Also
here is Fannie Brewster 14 IN. His dad James who was here in 1870 has died.
Southern family out of Culpeper County Virginia.