Parke County IN Archives Biographies.....Puett, Samuel D. 1846 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1893)

SAMUEL D. PUETT. The legal firm of Puett & Adams, of which the subject of this
sketch is the senior member, is one of the most prominent, not only in
Rockville, but also throughout this section of the State, where they conduct an
extensive and lucrative general practice in all the courts. In the majority of
the most important cases ever brought into the courts of Parke County, their
names have appeared and they have been successful, almost invariably, in gaining
the suit.

  Samuel D. Puett was born on a farm located five miles east of Rockville, March
22, 1846. He is a member of a family whose representatives for several
generations have been identified with the development of Parke County. His
father, Johnson Puett, and grandfather, Colman Puett, were numbered among the
very earliest settlers of Indiana, whither they migrated from North Carolina
about the year 1820, and first made settlement in Monroe County. By occupation
Johnson Puett was a farmer, and he was very successful in his undertakings,
accumulating property, until at one time he was the owner of about seven hundred
acres. His death occurred at the old homestead in Parke County in 1891, when he
had attained to the good old age of eighty-four. His wife, Patsy Puett, still
survives.

  At the old Parke County homestead, the subject of this notice was reared to a
sturdy manhood, meanwhile receiving the advantages of the district schools.
Afterward he attended the Rockville schools, and later entered the Bloomingdale
Academy, after which for one year he was a student in the State University of
Indiana, at Bloomington. In 1870 he entered Asbury (now known as De Pauw)
University, from which institution he was graduated. His literary education
completed, he commenced the study of the law, for he had resolved upon following
that profession. At Rockville he entered the law office of Judge S. F. Maxwell,
and was soon afterward admitted to practice law at the Bar of the State.

  In the spring of 1871, Mr. Puett formed a partnership with Judge Maxwell,
which continued until the death of the Judge in 1877. Afterward our subject
conducted his practice alone until 1883, when he formed a partnership with Hiram
E. Hadley, under the firm title of Puett & Hadley. Upon the removal of Mr.
Hadley to Washington in 1889, the connection was dissolved, and three years
later, in 1892, the firm of Puett & Adams was established, the junior member
being Albert N. Adams, a lawyer of keen discrimination and thorough knowledge of
the profession. In his political preferences, Mr. Puett is a Democrat, loyal to
the platform and principles of his party, and a zealous advocate of its
candidates. In 1876 he served as Presidential Elector, and in 1888 he was
Elector of the Eighth District. His interest in educational matters has been
unflagging, and he has done not a little to promote the standard of education
and advance the grade of scholarship. For six years he held the office of School
Trustee of Rockville, and at the present time is President of the Board of
Education of this city.

  The marriage of Mr. Puett in 1873 united him with Miss Mamie E., daughter of
the late Judge Maxwell, and one child has blessed their union: S. F. Maxwell.
Socially, Mr. Puett is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic
order. In his religious connections he is an active member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and is a generous contributor to the cause of religion. While
his attention is principally devoted to the duties of his profession, he by no
means remains indifferent to the progress of the community and the growth of the
city, but in every way he strives to secure the advancement of those measures
calculated to facilitate the growth of Rockville and increase the comfort of the
citizens.


Additional Comments:
Memorial and Biographical Record of
Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties

INDIANA

CONTAINING

Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS OF ALL THE 
Presidents of the United States.

CHICAGO
CHAPMAN BROS.
1893


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