C. M. Putnam Biography, Genesee County, Michigan

This Biography extracted from “Portrait and Biographical Record of 
Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan…”, published be Chapman 
Bros., Chicago (1892), p. 1033-1034

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C. M. PUTNAM, M. D. We here present a sketch of one of the most highly 
respected physicians of Flint, a man of broad culture and great native 
ability, who has a keen insight, not only into the affairs of his 
profession, but into the nature of men and the movements of public 
affairs. He was born in Batavia, N. Y., September 10, 1842, and his 
father, Morris Putnam, was also born in the Empire State and was 
engaged in farming in Batavia Township, where he had a very extensive 
estate. The family is proud to trace its ancestry back to old Israel 
Putnam, of Revolutionary fame.

   In 1855 Morris Putnam sold his property in New Yolk and came to 
Michigan, buying a farm of two hundred and forty acres three miles east 
of Flint, in Burton Township, and he there engaged in farming until he 
retired from active duty and made his home in Flint, which was in 1867. 
He lived to be eighty-three years of age, and died November 27, 1890. 
His wife was Maria, daughter of Enoch Lord, and she was born in New 
York. She is now eighty-one years of age and makes her home with our 
subject. Of her six children five are now living.

   He of whom we write was reared upon the farm in New York until he 
was thirteen years old, and then came with his parents to Michigan. 
Here he had good school advantages and completed his course at the 
Flint Union Schools. In 1860 he returned to Batavia, N. Y., to study 
medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. John F. Baker. From early 
boyhood it has been his desire to undertake such a course of study, and 
now his fondest hopes were to be realized. In the fall of 1863 he 
entered Hahneman Medical College at Philadelphia, and at the end of one 
year came to Flint, and here commenced the practice of his profession. 
In the fall of 1866 he again went to Philadelphia and took another 
course of study in the same college, graduating therefrom in the spring 
of 1867 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

   Upon returning to Flint the young Doctor resumed his practice here, 
which he has gradually increasing so that he stands in the front rank 
of the physicians of Flint and is one of the most prominent 
homeopathists in the State. He stands high in his profession and has 
been unusually successful. His pleasant, affable disposition and 
cordial friendliness win hosts of friends, while his skill in the 
healing art gains him the confidence of all. He is a prominent member 
of the State Homeopathic Medical Society.

   The Doctor's handsome residence is located at No. 902 Kearsley 
Street East, and she who presides over this home became the wife of Dr. 
Putnam at Sturgis, Mich., in 1873. Before her union with him she was 
Mrs. Euphemia Mossop. Her parents were of Scotch descent and she was 
born in Montreal, Canada. Two lovely and talented daughters have made 
bright the home of this worthy couple. They are both fine musicians and 
have been highly educated by their parents, both being graduates of the 
Academy of the Sacred Heart with the degree of Bachelor of Sciences. 
The eldest, Loretta E., excels in art and has a national reputation, 
and is now studying in Antwerp, Holland, giving her full attention to 
art. Euphemia D. is the second daughter and a young woman of fine 
capabilities. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity and in 
political matters is a true-blue and stanch Republican, but devotes his 
time and thought entirely to professional matters as the study of 
medicine is a labor of love with him.



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