Fayette-Putnam County GaArchives Obituaries.....James M. Putnam 1877 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Blum-Barton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000645 March 1, 2004, 12:56 pm Family Bible OBITUARY. James M. Putnam, was born in Putnam county, near Eatonton, A.D., March 13th, 1811. He was baptized by Rev. William Harrison, in Randolph county, Ala., into the fellowship of old Pinetuckey church, August A. D. 1855. In the year 1877, in the sixty-seventh year of his age, in the providence of God, he was stricken with paralysis in his left side. He bore his sufferings which were great, with a good degree of fortitude and patience. His suffering was so great at times that he was delerious, but at other times he was rational, and seemed to be resigned to the will of the Lord. On Tuesday night before he died his wife was aroused by hearing him weeping, on being asked the cause, he replied, his own dear sister was dead, and he had not been informed of it. His wife then turned him with great difficulty, herself greatly exhausted from long protracted nursing, He remarked, you can scarcely turn me, but you will soon be done turning me. He then began to offer a fervent prayer to be relieved of his sufferings and his companion to be relieved of her burden. On Thursday morning, March 4th, there was a visible change for the worse, and his friends began to realize that his end was rapidly approaching. About five o'clock, in the afternoon there was a short struggle, and all was over. The soul took its flight to that "borne from whence no traveler ever returns." "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." Yours in christian love, J. R. Sma?? Death of Col. J. M. Putnam It is with the deepest regret we chronicle the death of Col. J. M. Putnam, of Fayette county, which occurred last Thursday, he having over reached his three score and ten years. For several years he has been confined to his bed with paralysis, with which disease he gradually wasted away. Col. Putnam was the father-in-law of our townsman, Mr. D. E. Drewry, and by his gentlemanly deportment was always surrounded by many warm friends. To his aged wife and grief stricken family we tender our deepest sympathies. Peace to his memory. Additional Comments: These obituaries are glued into a Bible that belonged to Leola Putnam Porter and a scanned image of these was sent to me by Don Porter, her great grandson. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb