Edmund D. Putnam, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on page 1240 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
	scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

	This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit 
	organizations for their private use. 

	Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval 
	system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other 
	means requires the written approval of the file's author.

	This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside
	a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at

	http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm


				EDMUND D. PUTNAM, M. D.

	Dr. Edmund D. Putnam, one of the leading eye, ear, nose and 
throat specialists in Sioux Falls, practicing in partnership with his 
brother, Dr. Fred I. Putnam, was born in Auroraville, Wisconsin, June 
16, 1873. He is a son of Herbert L. and Laura C.. (Hale) Putnam, both 
of English ancestry. 

	Dr. Putnam acquired his preliminary education in Atkinson, 
Nebraska, graduating from the high school. He afterward entered the 
medical department of the State University of Nebraska and received the 
degree of M. D. from that institution in 1897. He began the practice of 
his profession at Lake Park, Iowa, in 1898 and so continued until 1903, 
when he resumed his studies, spending two years in post-graduate work, 
taking a course in Chicago and studying also under Dr. Harold Gifford 
at Omaha, Nebraska. In 1905 he came to Sioux Falls, where he has since 
specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and 
throat. Since 1909 he has been in partnership with his brother, and the 
association has been productive of excellent results, both partners 
controlling a large and representative practice. Dr. Edmund D. Putnam 
is a member of the American Medical Association, the State and Seventh 
District Medical Societies, and the Sioux Valley Medical Association, 
of which he is now president, keeping thus in touch with the most 
advanced thought of his profession. 

	On the 8th of June, 1898, at Atkinson, Nebraska, Dr. Putnam 
married Miss Adelaide A. Burleson, a daughter of Ira J. Burleson, a 
veteran of the Civil war. Dr. and Mrs. Putnam have three children, 
Gertrude D., Helen G. and Edmund D., Jr. 

	The doctor is a member of the Congregational church and gives his 
political allegiance to the republican party. He is a thirty-second 
degree Scottish Rite Mason, belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and is 
prominent in the affairs of the Elks and the Country Clubs. He has made 
wise use of his talents and powers, and his ability, natural and 
acquired, has placed him in a leading position among the physicians of 
Sioux Falls