Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Buckingham, Catharinus Putnam 1808 - 1888
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

BUCKINGHAM, Catharinus Putnam, was born at Springfield, Ohio, March 14, 1808. 
After his graduation at the United States military academy in 1829, he served 
for one year on topographical duty, and for another on pedagogical duty at the 
military academy, when he resigned from the service. From 1833 to 1836 he was 
professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Kenyon college, Gambler, 
Ohio, and he then became engaged in manufacturing pursuits, acquiring a 
business interest in the Kokosing iron works at Mr. Vernon, Ohio. Upon the 
outbreak of the civil war he entered the service as assistant adjutant-general 
of Ohio, May 3, 1861, becoming commissary-general on May 8, and adjutant-
general with the rank of brigadier-general in July of the same year. He was 
detailed to special duty in the war department at Washington, D. C., from 
July, 1862, to February, 1863, when he resigned his commission, and removing 
to New York engaged in mercantile pursuits. He built the Illinois central 
railroad companys grain elevator, 1868-73, and in 1873 became president of the 
Chicago steel works. He died in Chicago, Ill., Aug. 30, 1888.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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