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Numbers are Anetafel from Chad Lupkes.
112. Aaron Putnam b: Abt. 1758 in Lyndeborough, NH |
113. Phebe Farnham |
116. Daniel Rea m: April 20 1800 in Danvers, MA |
117. Hannah Gilbert |
118. Ebenezer Woodcock b: July 12, 1773 in Needham, MA |
119. Hannah Day b: December 29, 1779 in Winchendon, MA |
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56. Israel Putnam b: 1797 in Lyndeboro, Hillsboro, NH |
57. Mary Hawke b: 1800 in Lynnfield, MA |
58. Jasper Rea b: October 30, 1814 in Andover, MA |
59. Lucy Fuller Woodcock b: April 08, 1816 in Needham, MA I have three reports on Lucy. |
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28. George Alvan Putnam |
29. Lucy Adiline Rea |
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14. James
Garfield Putnam |
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With so many of these people still alive, I've decided (and been convinced) to remove most of this information from the internet. If you have questions about our family, please feel free to email me. I will put you in communication with whomever you would like to contact.
Text composed by Edith Evangeline Putnam
James Garfield Putnam MD was a practicing physician and surgeon for more than sixty years. He treated patients in his office the night before he died at age eighty-four. He received his medical degree from Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, and was also a licensed pharmacist. His practice was mostly around Everett, Seattle, Vader and Ryderwood, WA. He was on the medical staff of Everett General Hospital for many years until he, his wife, and three daughters moved from Everett to Seattle in 1931. George, a Marine, had married Clare LaPean. Alice had married Williard (Bert) Herbert Blackmore, and Arthur had married Evelyn H. Squire. Three years after Edith was married, James and Pearl Putnam moved to Vader, WA, hoping for a more relaxed life style.
Dr. Putnam loved to work with his hands. He had many hobbies which were useful and enriched their lives. They were carpentry, bee keeping, flower gardening, inventing, photography, film developing, reprinting and enlarging snaps and photos. He made his own printer and enlarger. The Doctor was an avid reader, keeping up with the latest medical research, newest developments and surgical procedures.
For a number of years the doctor was justice of the peace for Vader and the surrounding area. When his neighbors or patients had problems, medical or otherwise, they often came to him for advice. Pearl Putnam was also helpful in this way. In the later years of his life, most of his patients were senior citizens. All of their patients, friends and neighbors, were encouraged to stay for awhile and visit. The Doctor became blind the last few months of his life.
The Doctor and his wife knew the Bible from cover to cover, and brought up their family in Protestant religious beliefs. Their accomplishments were many. If one were to tell of them all this record would never end. Their generosity was without question. Their donations were to The Cancer Society, for which he received a "Citation of Merit", a framed plaque; Christian colleges, hospitals, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, churches, religious broadcasts, and family members when they were in need, but always done on the quiet. Pearl Belle Holden was one of three children to Joseph and Alice Holden, in a community by the name of Laketchy, one mile from Boggstown, Shelby County, IN. She died in here home in Vader after an extended illness. She and James Putnam are buried in GAR Cemetery, Snohomish, WA. Alice C. Johnson, Pearl's mother, spent over a year's time visiting Dr. and Pearl in their Vader home before she died. Pearl had not seen her mother since 1906 when the Putnam family moved out west. Alice married J.P. Wingham after Joseph died. J.P. died from a fall from a loft of his barn.
Updated 08/04/03 by Chad A. Lupkes
