Cass County MI Archives Obituaries.....Putnam, Uzziel July 15, 1881
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Niles Mirror, Wednesday, July 20, 1881, page 4, col. 6
Death of the Pioneer of Cass County

	Uzziel Putnam, died at his home in Pokagon, on Friday last, in his 89th year. 
He had been feeling as well as usual and had walked abut  the village during the
day, callling upon his two daughters, Mrs. Jones abd[sic] Mrs. Spearing.  He ate
his supper as usual and retired at 9 o'clock.  Soon after he expired, without
warning and without a struggle.  The machinery had stopped.  Mr. Putnam was born
of sturdy New England stock, March 17, 1793.  While yet but a young man he
pushed out to Ohio, then the border of civilizaton, and was married to Anna
Chapman, at Sandusky, Sept. 22, 1822.  They lived together over 58 years, she
having died Oct. 15, 1880.  Mr. and Mrs. Putnam, with their daughter Ziltha,
then less than two years old, left Ohio May 7, 1825, with Abram Townsend and
Israel Markham as their traveling companions as far as Fort Wayne, Indiana,
where Townsend and Markham left them to return down the Maumee to Toledo. 
Putnam's cattle having broken down he was necessitated to go to work to earn
another yoke, having accomplished which he started again, Aug. 9, for the valley
of the St. Joseph. He was soon overtaken by Townsend, who came on with Mr.
Putnam, reaching what is now Milton   township, where they cut and put up thirty
tons of hay.  While Putnam returned to Fort Wayne for his family, Townsend went
on to Pokagon and there cut twenty tons more hay.  After many hardships Putnam,
with his family, finally reached Pokagon, Nov. 22, 1825, and settled on the land
where he died; the first white settler in Cass county.  At this time, 55 years
of age, there were but six families (except the Cary Mission) within the limits
of Cass and Berrien counties, comprising a population of less than fifty
persons, where now there is a busy and thriving population of happy souls. 
Their only son, Uzziel, who died some 3 years ago, was the first white child
born in Cass county.  (Source: Niles Mirror, Wednesday, July 20, 1881, page 4,
col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library)

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