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Putnam, Albigence Waldo – Putney, Frank H

Putnam, Albigence Waldo

lawyer, author, was born March 11, 1799, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a lawyer of Nashville, and the author of History of Middle Tennessee; Life and Times of General James Robertson; and Life of General John Sevier. He died Jan. 20, 1869, in Nashville, Tenn.

Putnam, Douglas

railroad president, was born Aug. 21, 1838, in Ohio. Since 1890 he has been president of the Ashland Coal and Iron railway.

Putnam, George F

banker, legislator, was born Nov. 6, 1841, in Croydon, N. H. In 1867, 1870-72 he was a member of the New Hampshire legislature, and in 1892 he became president of the American National bank of Kansas City.

Putnam, George Haven

soldier, journalist, author, was born April 2, 1844, in London, England. He served as a soldier during the civil war, and was mustered out as brevet-major in 1865. He is a member of the firm of G. P. Putnam's Sons, the great book publishers of New York city. He is the author of Authors and Publishers; International Copyright; and Authors and Their Public in Ancient Times.

Putnam, George Palmer

journalist, author, was born Feb. 7, 1814, in Brunswick, Maine. He was a well-known publisher of New York city, the founder of the present publishing house of G. P.

Putnam's Sons. He was the author of The Tourist in Europe; American Facts; and The World's Progress. He died Dec. 20, 1872, in New York city.

Putnam, Gideon

founder, was born in 1764, in Sutton, Mass. He moved to Saratoga; and his first child was the first white child born in that city. In 1802 he built and conducted the first hotel, which is now the Grand Union hotel. He became the founder of Saratoga Springs, where he died Dec. 1, 1812.

Putnam, Harvey

lawyer, state legislator, congressman. He was a leading member of the bar of Genesee county, N.

Y.; was several times a member of the New York legislature; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1851. He died Sept. 21, 1855, in Attica, N. Y.

Putnam, Holden Adelmore

clergyman, was born Jan. 24, 1859, in Hinckley, Ohio. He received his education in the Hillsdale college and the Union Theological seminary. He has been pastor of the First Congregational churches of Tipton, Ypsilanti, Sault Ste. Marie, and since 1893 has filled a pastorate in Hudson, Mich.

Putnam, Israel

soldier, was born Jan. 7, 1718, in Salem, Mass. He distinguished himself during the French and Indian war by his reckless courage, and was particularly noted for his bravery at the battle of Bunker Hill. He died May 19, 1790, in Brooklyn, Conn.

Putnam, James

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1725 in Danvers, Mass. On the organization of the government of the province of New Brunswick in 1783, he was appointed a member of the royal council and a judge of the superior court.

He died Oct. 23, 1789, in New Brunswick, Maine.

Putnam, Ruth

author. She is the author of Life of William the Silent.

Putney, Frank H

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1841 in Rockford, Ill.

During the civil war he was a member of the twelfth Wisconsin infantry. He has served a term as county judge of Waukesha county, and as postmaster of Waukesha.