Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Putman, John June 24, 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 February 21, 2009, 9:48 am Author: Hardin & Willard Putman, John, Litchfield, is a farmer owning a farm of about 200 acres, which was settled by his father Jacob Putman, in 1837. The latter was a native of this county, and he came from a farm near Cedarville, where he was one of the first settlers. He was a son of Isaac Putman, one of the first settlers at Mohawk. John Putman was born on the farm where he now lives, June 24, 1837. His father, Jacob Putman, was drafted into the army in the war of 1812, stationed at Sackett's Harbor, and he was one of the soldiers who drew 160 acres. John Putman married Ada J., a daughter of Daniel Wilcox, of this town. She had eight children: Samuel, Milla, Alida, Lucy, Anna R, Kate J., John J. and Philena, all living. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/putman958gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb