Biographical Sketch of Rev. Douglas P. Putnam, Greene County, Missouri, Springfield >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Putnam is the son of Rev. Charles Marsh and Abbie S. (Edgerton) Putnam, and was born at Jersey, Ohio, February 8th, 1844. He gradua- ted from Wabash Indiana College, at Crawfordsville, Indiana, and re- ceived his theological education at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and at Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was ordained to preach in the Presbyterian Church at Portsmouth, Ohio, where he was assistant pastor for one year. In 1871 he went to Monroe, Michigan, where he had charge of the church until 1881. He then came to Spring- field, Missouri and took the pastorate of Calvary Presbyterian Church. In 1862 he enlisted in the 92nd Ohio Infantry, as a private, and serv- ed as adjutant's clerk. There were five great-great-grandsons of Gen. Israel Putnam in the regiment, viz.: Col. B. D. Fearing, Douglas Put- nam, Jr.; Daniel E. Putnam, David Putnam and our subject. The first four were wounded. Our subject was married June 22nd, 1870, to Miss Jeannie H. Williamson, daughter of John A. Williamson, prominently connected with railroads in New York, but now of Lafayette, Indiana. They have five children, four girls and one boy. Mr. Putnam has in his possession several very old letters written by General Washington, General Putnam and John Hancock. They bear dates of 1776 and 1777. The father of our subject was born in February, 1802, in Marietta, Ohio, and graduated from Yale College in 1826, and at Andover Theolog- ical Seminary in 1829. He then took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Jersey, Ohio, where he remained until 1869, just forty years. He died in 1870, and his wife died in March, 1878. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================