NORTH CAROLINA
Census Reports
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WORK IN PROGRESS AS OF JULY 14, 2023
NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS 1950
Unless specifically listing New England or other roots, all the families in North Carolina are Southern Putmans descending from Thomas Putnam who came here from England in 1647 and then died in 1648. His wife Dorothy couldn’t spell so the name got spelled the way it sounded, Putman. Then after the Revolutionary War, folks like Generals Israel and Rufus Putnam were famous and the folks in North Carolina said: “Hey, those are our uncles.” And the bulk changed their names to Putnam. But most all the Putnams here are on the Southern Line. My line stayed with Putman and so am I.
RICHARD P. (POE) PUTNAM Ashville, Buncombe County
He is 37 NC
NC NC and is a developer in
a studio. His wife Wahlene W. Dockery is 30 NC. They
now have Charlene 16 NC, Richard R. 9 NC and Michael C. 6 NC. He is a son of
Van Shuflan Putnam and M. Katherine ‘Kate’ Tinsley
from here. He was born February 5, 1910. He will die August 31, 2003 in Canton
North Carolina at age 93. He married Wahlene here
February 5, 1930 and they were in the 1930 census here. Can’t find in 1940, but
they would be here just spelled weird, I guess. Wahlene
is a daughter of John and Alice Dockery and was born December 27, 1911, and
died here July 27, 1972.
ROBERT O. (OTHO) PUTNAM Ashville, Buncombe County
He is 56 TN
TN TN and a machinist for
the railroad. His wife Ruby Agnes Basinger is 54 TN. This is a second marriage
for her. He is a son of Otho Azro and Tennie Putnam
from Knoxville, Tennessee. He was born in Knoxville March 20, 1894 and will die
here in Ashville May 17, 1956. Ruby was born July 12, 1894 and will pack it all
in on October 9, 1976.This line goes back to Illinois and back through New
Hampshire and back to Massachusetts.
ROBERT S.
PUTNAM Morganton, Burke County
He is 23 NC
and a patient at the North Carolina Mental Institution. He is a son of Clyde
Rose Putnam and Grace McCraw from Shelby, Cleveland County. He was home there
with his widowed mother in 1940. He was born there July 30, 1927 and will die
March 10, 1954 and be buried back in Shelby. He will die of internal hemorrhages.
I. (ITHEL) HYTHE PUTNAM Boiling Springs, Cleveland County
He is 39 NC, his wife Lillian Ruth Hicks is 34 NC and they have
William Leo. 16 NC, Marjorie E. 13 NC, Peggy Jane 10 NC and Steven 2 NC. He is
now a carpenter here in town. He is a son of Leo Ramseur Putnam and Ada Gertrude
Weaver and was born October 25, 1910 and will die in Shelby September 9, 1974.
Ruth was born July 14, 1916 in Mooresville and will die there August 8, 2006.
WALTER E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM Grover, Cleveland County
He is 27 SC
and his wife Mary Victoria Mullinak is 28 SC and they
have twin girls Linda and Brenda 6 SC. Walter is a son of Thomas Lee Putnam and
Sudie B. Forester and was at home with them in
Cherokee, South Carolina in 1930 and 1940. His dad is a son of Franklin A.
Putnam and Eliza Allen from Cleveland County, North Carolina. Walter was born
October 11, 1922 in Cherokee and will die here in Grover May 28, 2015. Mary was born in Greenville, South Carolina
September 25, 1921 and she will die here in Grover January 18, 2001.
CHARLES L. (LAWRENCE) PUTNAM Kings Mountain, Cleveland County
He is 57 NC
NC NC and owns a farm. His
wife Lela Lee Hord is 55 NC. They were married July 26, 1916 and they now have
still at home Forest Craven 19 NC (born October 31, 1930), and twins Billie
Dean & Bobbie Gene both 13 NC. Forest will marry Shirley Dilling. Bobby will marry Judy Bridges and Billie will
marry Thelma Marcia Moore. He is Charles Lawrence Putnam a son of Charles
Franklin Putman and Elizabeth Jane Kendrick. He was born September 14, 1892.
His wife Lela Hord was born January 21, 1895 and will die February 15, 1986 at
age 91. He will die in Kings Mountain January 24, 1961.
ELZIE L. (LEE) PUTNAM Kings Mountain, Cleveland County
He is 29 NC
and his wife Edna Louise Gainey is 27 NC and they have Peter Lee 3 NC. He is a
son of Charles Lawrence Putnam and Lela Lee Hord from here in Kings Mountain.
He was born February 8, 1921, and will die in Kings Mountain August 30, 1972.
He married Edna Gainey August 20, 1943 in Arlington, Virginia. He was in the
Army Signal Corps at the time and was stationed there when they got married.
The son Peter was born December 21, 1946 and will die here August 24, 1998. He
will marry Janice Hixson October 15, 1967 and they will get divorced May 15,
1992.
LLOYD F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM Kings Mountain, Cleveland County
He is 24
NC. His wife Dorothy Louise Curry is 20 NC and they have Phyllis Ann 2 NC. He
is another son of Charles Lawrence Putnam listed above. He is an auto mechanic.
He was born here December 17, 1925 and will die here in Kings Mountain March
23, 1990. Dorothy and he were married November 23, 1947 and they will get
divorced May 31, 1974.
TAFT S. (SPURGEON) PUTMAN Lawndale, Double Shoals Township, Cleveland
County
He is 41 NC
as is his wife Ruby Estelle Warlick 41 NC. They now have Rebecca 8 NC,
Katherine 7 NC and Robert 3 NC. He is a postmaster and Ruby is a public school
teacher. He is a son of Leo Rasmeur Putnam and Ada
Weaver from Cleveland County. He was born October 17, 1908 and will die April
14, 1992. Ruby is a daughter of Oscar Vance Warlick and Laura Alice Dixon and
was born February 6, 1908 and will die in Shelby on November 18, 1991.
CLAYTON ‘CLATE’ PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 47 SC
SC SC and a weaver in a
cotton mill. His wife Onie Margaret Johnson is 38 SC and they have Wallace Dean
21 NC, Jerry Clayton 18 NC and Kenneth Lee 16 NC. Samuel Clayton is a son of
Stephen Putman and Mattie Montjoy from Greenville County, SC. The whole family
moved up to North Carolina in about 1925. He was born August 15, 1902 and will
die in Shelby April 18, 1985. Onie Johnson was born October 7, 1910 and will
die June 18, 2003. They were in Polk County North Carolina by 1926 and in 1930
in Robeson County North Carolina, and then here in 1940. Onie will marry Colon
McSwain after Clate dies.
CRETE PUTMAN Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 35 NC
and his wife Ophelia Borders is 33 NC and they have Richard just born in May.
They were married in April 1937. They were married here in 1940. He is a
custodian/janitor at the post office as he was in 1940. He is a son of Leo
Ramseur Putnam and Ada Gertrude Weaver and was born April 29, 1914 and will die
June 30, 1966. Ophelia is a daughter of Robert Franklin Borders and Laura Lee
Hamrick and was born December 20, 1916 and will die in Shelby December 13,
1962. Crete enlisted in the Army at Camp Croft in South Carolina December 17,
1942. Don’t know how long he was in or where.
DAVID P. (PLEDGER) PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 67 NC
NC NC and single as he has
always been. He was a barber but now is a janitor in a barber shop. He is a son
of Thomas Dickson Putman and Frances Jennings from Cleveland County. He was
born July 31, 1882. He is single in Lincoln County in 1910 and 1920, in
Davidson County in 1930 and hiding somewhere in 1940. He will die here in
Shelby on April 9, 1956.
EDNA J. PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
She is 39
NC single and working as a sales lady in a variety store. She is a daughter of
Leo Ramseur Putnam and Ada Weaver from Cleveland County. She had been home up
through the 1930 and missing, probably misspelled in the 1940.
JACK R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 27 NC
and married to a cousin Willie Gertrude Putnam 27 NC and they have Jacqulyn 5
NC and Phillip 1 NC. Yes, Willie is a Putnam. She is a daughter of Leo Ramseur
Putnam and Ada Gertrude Weaver from Rippys, Cleveland County. Jack is a son of
Lloyd Yates Putnam and Lola Wilma Bridges from Rippys, Cleveland County. That’s
where he and Willie met and got hitched January 22, 1944. He was a PFC in the
Army then. Jack was born September 4, 1923 and will call it quits August 9,
2004. Willie was born October 24, 1922 in Shelby and will die December 21,
2004. Since Jack died in this August, it looks like she just couldn’t handle
Christmas without him.
JASPER S. (STOWE) PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 62 NC
NC NC, and his wife
Angeline McDaniel is 52 NC. He now works in a cotton cloth mill. They were
married December 26, 1923 as a Christmas Present. He is Jasper Stowe Putman a
son of David Carson Putman and Sally Ann Roberts from here in Shelby. He was
born March 9, 1888, and will die here November 20, 1962. Angie was born
February 10, 1898 and will die here April 14, 1988. She will marry some Rogers
guy after Jasper dies.
LAURA S. (STREET) PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
She is 67
NC and widowed now as her husband Bourgoine de Estine Putnam died here March 21, 1974. He was a son of Eli
F. Putman and Julia Thompson from here. He first married Mary C. Wesson who
died in 1898. He then married Laura Street April 13, 1900. Laura was born March
15, 1882 and will die in Shelby January 17, 1955.
MAX PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 38 NC and his wife Bernice Hauser is 33 NC. They now have
daughters Rosalyn 4 NC and Marion born in October 1949. Maxwell is a son of
William Adkin Putnam and Pauline Frances Lena Elmore and was born in Gaston
County March 4, 1912 and will die in Shelby December 3, 2003. Bernice is a
daughter of David Houser and Nellie Branton and was
born in Shelby July 25, 1916 and will die here September 4, 2006.
MELVIN ODELL PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 28 NC and his wife Cordie Lee Jenkins is 28 NC and they have
Janice Ann 2 NC. He is a textile worker here. He is a son of Devaney Putnam and
Nancy Ada Scruggs from Spindale, Rutherford County where he was in 1940 and
since is birth there June 24, 1921. He and Cordie were married in Beaufort,
South Carolina March 20, 1943 while he was in the miliary in WWII. He will die
here January 8, 1988. Cordie was born September 14, 1921 and will die here too
on December 19, 2014.
MINNIE PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
She is 67 SC and widowed as she was in 1940. Still at home is Thomas
Gilmer 41 NC. Minnie Leona Threatt was married to Malcolm Everett Putnam, a son
of Albert R. Putnam and Eliza McIntyre and was born here July 29, 1878 and died
here January 11, 1934. Minnie is a daughter of Robert Thomas Threatt and
Henrietta Cato and was born March 26, 1882 and will die here June 20, 1963. The
son Gilmer was born October 31, 1907 and will die May 1, 1981.
SAM PUTNAM Shelby, Cleveland County
He is 37 NC, his wife Roie Emaline Mosley 38 SC and they have William Bennie 13 SC,
Samuel Junior 12 SC, Patsy 10 NC and
Donald 5 NC. He is now a carpenter with a building company. He was in a textile
mill in 1940. Samuel Woodrow Putnam is a son of William Connelly Putman and
Mary Elizabeth Poston and was born here December 27, 1913 and will die a
widower in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County October 29, 1988. Rosie was born
December 10, 1912 in South Carolina and will die in Rutherfordton December 9,
1987.
ANTHONY C. (CARL) PUTNAM South Williams, Columbus County
He is 55 NC
NC NC and is now a log
hauler for a lumber company. His wife Leila Broye
Watson is 45 GA. They have been married 27 years. He is a son of Leroy Clifton
Putman and Pantha Jones from Cleveland County. He has
been home there up till he got married and moved to Guilford County in the
later 1920s. They were there in 1930 and 1940. He had his barber shop there. He
was born in Latimore, Cleveland County September 31, 1893 and will die January
5, 1951 in Tabor City, Columbus County North Carolina. He married Leila in
1922. She is a daughter of David Watson and Sally Parker, and was born October
13, 1904 in Georgia and will die October 12, 1972 in Pine Mountain, Surry
County North Carolina, though she was still living here in Taber City, Columbus
County.
ELIZABETH
J. (JEAN) PUTNAM Durham, Durham County
She is 24
PA single and a nurse at Duke University. She is a daughter of Chester and Cary
Putnam from Oil City, Venango County Pennsylvania. daughter Elizabeth Jean was
born there August 3, 1925 and will die in Lexington, South Carolina April 21,
2011. She will marry Horace Desmond Mann Jr. Elizabeth will serve in the U. S.
Navy in the Korean War and have the rank of Captain, as a nurse I would guess.
DOROTHY M.
(MAE) PUTNAM Broadbay,
Forsyth County
She is 17
NC single and living with a Boyd family. She is a daughter of Sherley Neff
Putnam who is listed below in Winston-Salem. They were all in Greensboro,
Guilford County in 1940. She was born there November 23, 1932 and will die in
Wayne County North Carolina November 17, 2009. She will marry Robert Coolidge
Faulk very soon on April 29, 1950. They will get divorced in Wayne County March
18, 1976.
SHERLEY N. (NEFF) PUTNAM Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
He is 44 KY
and his wife Evelyn Mae Allen is 42 NC. They Barbara A. 15 NC, Mary E.13 NC and Sandra N. 5 NC. And yes, his
name is Sherley Neff Putnam. Kinda like the Johnnie Cash song “A Boy named Sue.” He is a son of Robert E. Lee Putnam from Bell
County, Kentucky. He was born there March 22, 1906 and at home there in 1920.
He was just married in Guilford County April 19, 1930 and living with Evelyn’s
folks Winona and Mary Allen. They were here in 1940 with their 4 kids. Evelyn
was born in 1907 and will die in Winston-Salem July 6, 1976. He will die here
November 8, 1974. He is in the furniture business now.
BERTHA M. PUTNAM Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
She is 31
NC and separated. She is living with her mother Lillie Smith. No ideas as to
what Putnam she married.
W. L. (WALTER) LLOYD PUTNAM
JR. Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
He is 31 NC, and his wife Sarah Spann is 34 NC and they have Jeannette
11 NC, Billie W. 9 NC and W. L. Putnam III 5 NC. He is in the U.S. Army in the
petroleum distribution section. He is a son of Walter Lloyd Putnam and Maggie Bodenhamer from here. He was born here February 25, 1919
and will die in Alachua County Florida July 22, 1991. His dad is a son of John
Washington Putnam and Lisa Brunner from Carroll County, Missouri. His folks
were here in 1920 and so was he as he was married here in 1914. This line goes
back through Illinois to Genesee County New York to Massachusetts.
EMPRO PUTNAM Belmont, South Point Township, Gaston County
He is 36 NC and his wife Helen Marie Rhyne is 24 NC and they have Joe
Max 15 NC. They work in a cotton mill. Empro is a son
of Luther Miller Putnam and Laura Minnie Hull and was born here May 8, 1913 and
will die here November 29, 1987. Helen is a daughter of C. D. and Della Rhyme
from here in Belmont. They were married June 23, 1934. She was born in 1915 and
will die in March 1983. Her obituary has her death name as Helen Rhyme Cox, so
they got divorced at some stage.
GLENN A. (ALBERT)
PUTNAM Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain
Township, Gaston County
He is 27 NC
and his wife Florence Wilma Isler is 26 SC and they have Roger Glenn 3 NC. He
is a son of Lane Putnam listed below. He was born October 10, 1922 and will die
here in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County October 18, 2001. Wilma was born April
27, 1924 in Cherokee County, South Carolina and will die in Kings Mountain,
Cleveland County North Carolina March 26, 2016. Roger will marry Velma
Terrelene Crocker here August 6, 1967.
JESSE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township,
Gaston County
He is 73 NC
NC NC and owns a farm. His
wife Mattie M. Caldwell is 68 NC. He is a son of Henry Monroe Putman and Emily Sanders.
He was born in Cleveland County April 27, 1876 but has been here since 1900, as
have his folks. He will die in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County November 29,
1955. Mattie is the daughter of James Sidney Caldwell and Barbara Susannah
Mullis and was born July 12, 1883 and will die in Morganton, Burke County
November 11, 1962.
LANE J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township,
Gaston County
He is 50 NC
and now works in a cotton mill and his kids run the farm. His wife Stella
Catheryn Fincannon is 48 NC and they have Nellene 14 NC, Joyce E. 11 NC, James
Herman 6 NC and Ronnie Dean 3 NC. Joseph Lane Putman is a son of Jesse Henry
Putman and Mattie Caldwell from Gaston County. Joe was born August 2, 1899 in
Kings Mountain, Cleveland County and will die in Kings Mountain April 24, 1964.
Stella was born December 30, 1901 and will die in Kings Mountain August 5,
1982. They have been here forever.
ODELL G. (GLENN) PUTNAM Bessemer City, Crowder Mountain Township,
Gaston County
He is 28 NC
and married to Virginia Marie Patterson 25 NC and they have Dennis Alva 4 NC,
Douglas Alfred 4 NC, Dean Avery 2 NC and Martha Marie born in June 1949. He is
a son of Jesse Henry Putnam and Mattie Marie Caldwell from here. He was born
March 6, 1921 and will die right here May 18, 2002. Virginia was born January
9, 1925 in Cleveland County and will die here in Bessemer City March 22, 2021.
Glenn enlisted in the Army November 12, 1942. His folks are still here in town.
DOCIA PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County
She is 53
NC and now widowed. She still has a bunch. She has her son James 19 NC and
daughter Martha 15 NC. Then her daughter Theda 30 NY and husband Joe E. Byrd 32
NC and a granddaughter Nola A. Zepp 9 NC and a couple
of lodgers paying rent to get her through all this. Docia
Harriet Mauney was married to Walter Bryan Putnam
here for years and he died here November 9, 1942. Docia
is a daughter of Joseph W. and Mary Catherine Mauney, and was born in North
Carolina November 13, 1895 and will die in Charlotte November 17, 1972 and be
buried here in Cherryville.
NORMA ANN & RUTH
PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County
Norma Ann
is 17 NC and her sister Doris Ruth 15 NC. They are kids of Robert Franklin and
Elizabeth Putnam from here. They were at home with them in 1940. Norma Ann was
born July 4, 1932 and married Melford Bolick. She will die here in Cherryville September 23,
2019. Ruth was born in 1934. She will marry Clarence O’Neil Griffin July 13,
1957.
RALEIGH J. (JACKSON) PUTNAM
Cherryville, Gaston County
He is 28 NC
and married to Gwendolyn Kendrick Hobbs 27 NC and they have Raleigh J. Jr. born
in October 1949. He owns and runs an automobile supply store. Raleigh is a son
of Walter Bryan Putnam and Harriet Docia Mauney from here in Cherryville. He was born here February
3, 1922 and will die here in Cherryville December 26, 2007 after a huge
Christmas Gala with free booze all day long. Gwen was born in Gaston County
July 28, 1922 and will die here September 12, 2019.
R. FRANK (ROBERT FRANKLIN)
PUTNAM Cherryville, Gaston County
He is 76 NC and his fourth wife Elizabeth Stroupe
is 56 NC. He was single in Philadelphia in 1920 and married to Elizabeth in
Rutherford County in 1930 where he was a manager for an insurance company. Then
they were here in Gaston County in 1940 where he was a farmer. Lizzie is a
grammar school teacher. He is a son of William Hambly
Putnam and his first wife Mary Ann Wright. Hambly was
a son of Benjamin Putman and Margaret Branton from
here in Gaston County. He was born here in Gaston County February 16, 1874.
Elizabeth is a daughter of Ephraim D. Stroupe and
Amanda J. Hicks and was born October 27, 1893, and she will die in Shelby,
Cleveland County June 14, 1952. Frank will die here in Gastonia December 22,
1964.
JOHN W. (WESLEY) PUTNAM Gastonia, Gaston County
He is 32 NC
and his wife Mary Lucille Seagraves is 27 GA. They now have John W. Jr. 4 NC
and Donnie 2 NC. Her widowed mother Annie Seagraves 49 GA is with them now.
They were living with both her folks here in 1940. John is a son of Leander
White Putman and Laura Odella Fields from here, and
was born in Gastonia April 22, 1919 and he will be here all his life and die in
a nursing home in Charlotte October 6, 1995. He married Mary Lucille Seagraves.
They will have a daughter Barbara Ann born January 21, 1941. Something will
happen to Lucille as on December 16, 1941 he will have a second child, Portia
Marcie Putnam and her mother is Lucretia Madeline Cochran. Maybe Lucille died
in childbirth as he must have married her shortly afterwards. He was still
married to Madeline who won’t die till November 6, 2000.
JUDSON E. (EMETT)
PUTNAM River Bend, Gaston County
He is 28 NC
and his wife Phyllis Lita Goddard is 22 NC and they have Judson E. Jr. 2 NC and
Pamela Delores 7/12 NC born in November 1949. He works in a cotton textile
mill. He is a son of Mack William and Maggie Wise listed below. He was at home
with them here in 1940. He was born here January 24, 1922 and will die in
Gastonia April 17, 1980. Phyllis was born April 25, 1927 and will die in Mount
Holly, Gaston County December 16, 2010.
M. W. (MACK WILLIAM)
PUTNAM River Bend, Gaston County
He is 71 NC
and a retired overseer at a cotton mill. Maggie Rosella Wise his wife is 67 NC
and they are living with their daughter Nellie Louise Boyles and her son Fred
Boyles 5 NC. He is a son of Rush Douglas Putman and Martha Patterson from here.
He was born in Gaston County February 6, 1879 and will die in Morganton, Burke
County July 18, 1957. Nellie had married Fred William Boyles who died October
20, 1943. He enlisted February 24, 1943 and died in Fort Jackson, South
Carolina as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident. He died in the hospital
there.
WARREN H. (HARDEN)
PUTNAM Lowell, Gaston County
He is 28 NC
and his wife Roberta Annie Beatrice Messer is 23 NC. His name is Warren G.
Harden Putnam, sorta named for the earlier President
Warren G. Harding. He is a son of Mark Webb Putnam and Frances Burr from
Haywood County. He was born there June 11, 1921 and will die April 16, 2004 in
Stanley, Gaston County. Beatrice is a daughter of Dock Hardin Messer and Linda
Leona Messer. She was born in Gaston County March 31, 1927 and will die in
Gastonia June 14, 2013.
MAGGIE PUTNAM Friendship Township, Guilford County
She is 70
NC and now widowed. She still has George Dewey 50 NC and Harley Andrew 40 NC.
Maggie Pearl Neugent was married to George Cyrus
Putnam here. George was a son of Julius E. Putnam and Eliza Paschall from here
in Guilford County. He was born June 22, 1878 and died here June 10, 1940. They
were here in 1920, 1930 and 1940. Maggie is a daughter of Oliver Neugent and Lilly Chandler and was born in Guilford County
September 8, 1878 and will die here August 5, 1953. The son George Dewey was
single here in 1930 and in Baltimore, Maryland in 1940 saying he was married,
but no wife. He says ‘separated’ now. He was born September 13, 1899 and will
die here in Greensboro Guilford County July 31, 1955. The son Harley as born
January 11, 1910 and will die March 9, 1969. He too says he is separated. He
married Janette Powel October 9, 1948 and he too is ‘separated.’
RUBY PUTNAM Friendship Township, Guilford County
She is 40
NC and widowed. She has Patsy Ray 20 NC, George Wilbur 16 NC and Nancy Delores
14 NC. Ruby Lavada Greene was married to Wilbur Putnam here in 1930. He was a
son of George Cyrus Putnam and Maggie Neugent. He was
born here in Greensboro November 3, 1905 and died here February 26, 1936. Ruby
was widowed here with the three kids in 1940. Ruby was born November 10, 1909
and will die here as well October 26, 1976.
COLON M. (MILLARD) PUTNAM Greensboro, Morehead Township, Guilford
County
He is 32 NC
and his wife Naomi Blanche McPhail is 28 NC and they have Carolyn 10 NC and
Colon M. Jr. 6 NC. He now owns a retail clothing store. Colon Millard Putnam is
a son of James Walter Putnam and Sophronia Delilah Hodgen
and was born here October 15, 1907. He will die in Greensboro, Guilford County
June 30, 1968. Blanche was born February 11, 1912 and will die here August 9,
2005.
DOYCE PUTNAM Beaverdam Township, Haywood County
He is 38 NC
and his wife Hazel Wood Schuler is 33 NC. Doyce
Medford Putnam is a son of Robert Coleman Putnam and Florence Roxey Stamey from here. He was
born here in Haywood County September 17, 1911 and will die in Clyde, Haywood
County January 17, 2000.. Hazel is a daughter of John
Robert Shuler and Minnie Isabelle Wood and was born in Jackson County North
Carolina October 11, 1916 and will die in Waynesville, Haywood County September
7, 1966. They were married March 7, 1936 and they never had any kids. His folks
are listed below. Both his folks will die here in the mid 1950s
ROBERT PUTMAN Beaverdam Township, Haywood County
He is 70
NC, his wife Florence Roxie Stamey is 68 NC. Robert
Coleman Putman is a son of Elias Putman and Margaret Ella Baker and was born
here October 6, 1879 and will die here in Waynesville, Haywood County. Roxie is
a daughter of Abel Stamey Junior and Aretha Velvaridda Spence and was born here January 16, 1881 and
will die here in Haywood County July 1, 1952. They were married August 7, 1904.
Their son Doyce is listed above. They have a daughter
Margaret Thelma who was a ‘Christmas Present’ born December 25, 1921. She has
married Robert Scott and die in Haywood County July 26, 1990.
VAUDNEY PUTMAN Beaverdam Township, Haywood County
He is 41 NC and his wife is a cousin Margaret Ellar Putnam and she is 36
NC and they have Buddy Verlin 14 NC. Margaret’s
brother James Rufus Putnam 23 NC is living with them. He works in the paper
mill that his cousin Ralph works in and they live next door to each other. Luches
Vaudney is a son of Robert Coleman Putnam and Florence Roxie Stamey. He was born July 23, 1908, and not in the 1930. He will be in Haywood County
till he dies on August 20, 1995. He will be 87 years old then. Margaret was
born March 12, 1914 and will die June 17, 2002. Margaret is a daughter of Rufus
Putman.
VIRGIL PUTNAM Beaverdam Township, Haywood County
He is Rexie Virgil Putman a son of the above Robert Coleman
Putman and Florence Roxie Stamey and is 44 NC, his
wife Edith Melinda Hampton 29 NC and they have Betty Sue 11 NC, Virgil Jr. 8 NC
and Barbara 4 NC. Virgie was born August 28, 1905, and will die June 16, 1985.
He earlier married Annie Kuykendall, and later married Edith Meleda Hampton on May 29, 1946. He and Annie had 4 kids
that she took when they split.
CLYDE PUTNAM Hazelwood, Waynesville Township, Haywood
County
He is 35 NC and his wife
Catherine Celia Adkins is 32 NC. They have a son Mark 9 NC. He works G. I. Function as a teacher. He is
Robert Clyde Putnam a son of Robert Marion ‘Mird’ Putnam and Margaret Maggie
Ellis Green. He was born April 25, 1914 in Waynesville and will die here March
17, 1984. Catherine was born November 24, 1921 and will die in Waynesville
October 5, 2001. Their so William Mark Putnam was born September 16, 1940 and
will die August 11, 1955.
GEORGE H. (HORACE) PUTNAM Hazelwood, Haywood County
He is 47 NC and his wife
Frankie Medford McElroy is 46 NC and they have their son David Anly Putnam 24 NC and his wife Irene Daniels 24 GA and
their son David Earle 1 FL George is a son of Thomas B. Putnam and Robena Brock
and was born in Waynesville, Haywood County January 11, 1903 and will die in
Clyde, Haywood County April 19, 1983. Frankie was born here in Haywood County
April 20, 1905 and will die here in Waynesville July 29, 1969.
HAROLD PUTNAM Ironton, Lincoln County
He is Augusta ‘Gus’ Harold
Putnam and is 28 NC. His wife Gladys Johnson is 24 NC and they have Carolyn 6
NC, Barbara 4 NC, Jean 2 NC and Malinda born in September 1949. He runs a
speeder in a textile mill. Gladys has her hands full at home. Gus is a son of Coustige Zachariah Putnam and Lillie G. Elliot and was born
here March 27, a921 and will die here December 19, 1994. He married Gladys June
15, 1942. Gladys was born in Gaston County May 30, 1926 and will die October
25, 2010. They will get divorced here January 8, 1969 and she will later marry
Billy Joe Goins in Gaston County. Later
Gus will become a Reverend. Now, the fun part. His dad Coustige shot two neighbors and then himself over a dispute
about fence between the two properties. All that happened April 20, 1933.
Probably why Gus became a Reverend, as he wanted to be friendly with God over
that matter which was not of his
doing.
HARRY J. (JAY) PUTNAM Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
He is 43 SD
and his wife Nora Mae Ferris is 43 NC and they now have Orrin J. 4 NC and Myra S.
2 NC. They were here in 1940 just married. He is an interior designer and she
operates a beauty parlor just as they did in 1940. He is a son of Orrin Jay
Putnam and Myra June Streeter and was born in Custer County South Dakota July
10, 1905 and he will die here September 23, 1953. He was with his folks there
in 1910 and in Chadron, Dawes County Nebraska in 1920 and then here by 1930.
His dad was born in Iowa, his grandfather Jay Samuel Putnam was from Chenango
County New York and the line goes back to Connecticut and then Massachusetts.
This is the New England Line.
JOHN D. (DUBOIS) PUTNAM Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
He is 26 SC
and married to Irene Redwine 26 NC and they have John
R. 5 NC and Teresa just born in January 1950. Johnny is a son of William
Franklin Putnam and Aletha Louise Davis and was at home here with them in 1930
and 1940. He was born in York County South Carolina August 12, 1923 and will
die here in Charlotte November 6, 2009. Irene was born here August 23, 1923 and
will die here May 31, 2000 and then her last name will be Marcum. She and John
split earlier as she married James Mullis June 14, 1959.
LEON D. (DAVID) PUTNAM Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
He works in
a cotton mill and is 46 NC, his wife Lillian Lucille Padgett is 46 NC and they
have Paul David 24 NC, Dorothy Dean 211 NC and Joyce Ann 20 NC. He is a son of
Isaac Andrew Putman and Sally Ann Higgins from Rutherford County. He was born
there July 5, 1903 and was at home there in 1910 with his widowed mother and
then they were in Greenville South Carolina in 1920. They were in Gaston County
in 1930 and 1940. Lillian is a daughter of Jonah Rollins Padgett and Mary Ann
Elizabeth Watson and was born in Rutherford County April 2, 1904 and will die
here in Charlotte June 17, 2000. Leon will die here December 19, 1981.
ALFRED E. (ELIAS) PUTNAM
SR. Huntersville, Mecklenburg County
He is 48 NC
and is now at the cotton mill. He was at the Ford Plant here in 1930. His wife
Grace Carter is 46 SC and they have Alfred Elias Jr. 21 NC and Ronald Glenn 12
NC. He is a son of Samuel Glynn Putnam and Della Strider from Charlotte and now
here. He was born in Charlotte August 6, 1901 and will die here in Huntersville
July 24, 1967. Grace was born March 24, 1904 and will die in Iredell County December
2, 1990.
SAM G. (GLYNN) PUTNAM Huntersville, Mecklenburg County
He is 71 NC
and owns a farm. His wife Della Strider is 69 NC, and they have Henry James
Irby 12 NC a grandson who was here since 1930. He is a son of Elias William
Putman and Margaret Gilleland from Iredell County. He was born March 10, 1877.
Della Strider was born March 20, 1881 and will die March 3, 1962. She is a
daughter of Alfred P. Strider and Jennie Margaret Rogers from Mecklenburg
County. Sam will die in Huntersville August 2, 1965. Henry Irby is a son of
Henry James Irby Sr. and Sam’s daughter Ruth Putnam. His folks were divorced
about 1929 and he was with his grandparents here in 1930 and 1940. Henry was
born November 28, 1927 and will die here in Mecklenburg County July 28, 1996.
JERRY PUTNAM Faith, Litaker
Township, Rowan County
He is 14 NC and a step son of Lawrence Watts as he was here in 1940. He
lives with their mother Nettie 38 NC who has married Lawrence Watts. Juanita
Robinette was married to Thomas Harold Putnam in Iredell County in 1930. Thomas
was a son of DeWitt Preston Putman and Myrtle Berrier
from Iredell County. Thomas died there September 24, 1935 and Nettie married
Lawrence rand was here in 1940. Jerry William Putnam was born February 13, 1936
and will die in Salisbury, North Carolina January 17, 2021. He will marry
Carolyn Ann Holshouser here August 16, 1958.
NANNIE L. PUTNAM Salisbury, Rowan County
She is 75 NC and now widowed. Nancy L. Mahaley was married to Edward
Lee Putnam here since they were married here August 27, 1901. Edward was a son
of Elias William Putman and Margaret Isabella Gilleland.
He was born August 26, 1868 and he died in Salisbury April 16, 1941. Nannie is
a daughter of James Monroe Mahaley and Laura Myers, and was born November 23,
1874 and will die in Salisbury March 30, 1960.
JAMES M. (MONROE)
PUTMAN High Shoals, Rutherford County
He is 45 NC and his wife Lucy Ethel Dobbins is 44 NC and they now have
Judy Ann 6 NC. He is James Monroe Putman a son of William ‘Willy’ John Putman
and Margaret Amanda Owens from here. He was born May 13, 1904 and will die in
Rutherfordton November 11, 1996. Judy Ann was born August 28, 1943.
THOMAS A. (ALONZO)
PUTMAN High Shoals, Rutherford County
He is 48 NC
and his wife Mary Johnson 37 NC and they have Shirley M. 13 NC. He is a son of
William John Putman and Margaret Amanda Owens and was born here March 24, 1902
and will die January 27, 1994. He married Mary Johnson in 1935, she is a music
teacher at the County School. Their only child was Shirley born January 28,
1937. She married Max Toney.
ALVIN H. (HENRY) PUTNAM Raleigh, Wake County
He is 26 NC and his wife Ina Wilson Keeter is 23 NC. Alvin is a son of Albert Putnam and Gazzie Mahalla Hord and was born in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County May 25, 1925 and will die in Greenwood, South Carolina September 1, 2009. Ina was born in Rutherford County May 25, 1926 and will die in Rock Hill, York County South Carolina August 27, 2019. They were married September 14, 1947. He served in the Army in WWII from July 19, 1943 till April 19, 1946. Then he went back in for the Korean venture from August 8, 1951 to May 13, 1953.
GERTRUDE PUTNAM Wilson Township, Wilson County
She is 41
NC and married. She is a registered nurse in the Carolina General Nurses Home.
Can’t find her as anyone’s wife in 1940. May not be a Putnam/Putman.