Bio of Putnam, Alzis Z. (b.1829) Wabasha Co., MN
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Putnam, Alzis Z., a resident of the village of Minneiska, and who for many
years served as probate judge of Wabasha County, was born in the town of
Florence, Oneida County, N. Y., October 1, 1829, son of Pliny and Flora
(Edgerton) Putnam. He is a descendant in the eighth generation of one of
the early settlers of New England, John Putnam, who arrived from England
in 1634, and located at Salem, Mass. Of the three sons of John Putnam, one
was the ancestor of the subject of this sketch, and another of General
Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. Judge Putnam's great grandfather on
the paternal side, and also his grandfather, Capt. Joseph Putnam, fought
against the British at the battle of Bunker Hill. When the subject of this
sketch was six or eight years old, his parents moved to Oswego County, N.
Y., where he attended school. Another migration of the family transferred
his home to Chautaugua County, where his education was continued, until
his parents moved to northern Illinois. In Elgin, that state, he later
read law with the firm of Morgan & Joslin, and was there admitted to the
bar in 1856. In the fall of the same year he moved to Wabasha County,
Minn., and up his residence in the village of Minneiska, where he has ever
since remained. His record as a member of the bar has been long and
honorable, and he is now the oldest living member of his profession in the
county. In the fall of 1859 he was elected to the office of probate judge,
and served four years, his only predecessors in that office having been H.
P. Wilson, 1856; G. F. Childs, 1857; and B. C. Baldwin, 1858-9. He was
again elected to the same office in 1871, and served two terms, and in
1882 he was elected for the third time, after which he held the same
office at intervals for a considerable number of years, and he continues
to do a little probate business even up to the present time. In addition
to his legal practice, Judge Putnam engaged in the insurance business,
about 1860, and has since continued in it, though in late years but
slightly, as advancing years have led to his practical retirement. In
earlier times he took a more or less active part in local affairs of a
public character, serving for a number of years as a member and chairman
of the board of supervisors for a number of years as a member and chairman
of the board of supervisors of the county, of which he first became a
member about 1858; also as village recorder for six or eight years. He was
married in Chautaugua County, N. Y., in 1848, to Jane Elizabeth Fuller, a
native of that county, who died in Minneiska, Minn., in 1906, at the age
of 76 years. Of this marriage there was one child, Flora Eugenia, who was
born January 21, 1849, in Arkwright, Chautaugua County, N. Y. She was
married January 12, 1867, to Gustav Edward Kading, a native of
Brandenberg, Prussia, Germany, who died January 1, 1870, since which time
Mrs. Kading has resided with her father, Judge Putnam, at his comfortable
home in Minneiska, commanding a picturesque view of the Mississippi River,
and opposite the bluffs of the Wisconsin shore. Judge Putnam and his
daughter are among the most highly respected residents of this part of
Wabasha County. They are people of refinement and education, Mrs. Kading
being well Versed in French, German, Spanish and Italian, and their home
is well supplied with the best books and magazines. They are members of
the Episcopal church, although unable to attend services here, as there is
no church of that denomination in the village.