Bio of Putnam, Edgar W. (b.1874) Wabasha Co., MN
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Putnam, Edgar W., who owns and operates a farm of 160 acres in section 21,
Elgin Township, was born in Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minn.,
February 19, 1874, son of Charles and Hattie (Irwin) Putnam. He was
educated in a district school in Glendale Valley, and his early years were
spent on his parents' farm. In 1894 he began to learn the trade of wagon-
maker, at which he worked until 1898, when he went back to the home farm
and remained there until 1907. In the latter year he bought his present
farm of 160 acres in section 21, Elgin Township. He has improved this
place by the erection of a new barn, a silo and out-buildings, and has
also a very comfortable residence. His farm is one of the best of its size
in the township, and Mr. Putnam is numbered among the township's
enterprising and prosperous citizens. He is a member of the local Masonic
Lodge and of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Putnam was united in
marriage August 14, 1907, to Lelia Crawford, and he and his wife are the
parents of four children: Arva M., born May 18, 1908; Ray E., December 24,
1909; Hawley R., December 9, 1912; and Leslie M., January 1, 1914.