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Source:
The County of Fulton
A History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association
1905
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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ISRAEL R. PUTMAN,
one of the successful farmers and stock-growers of Fulton
township, is another of those worthy citizens of the county
who claim the old Keystone state as his place of nativity.
He war born in Somerset county, Pa., Jan. 29, 1851, and is a
son of William and Julianna (Barnes) Putman, the
former of whom was born in Somerset and the latter of
Bedford county, Pa. William Putman was a farmer
by vocation and passed his entire life in his native county.
He went forth to do yeoman service as a Union soldier in the
Civil War, and he died while at home on a veteran furlough,
at the age of forty-three years. His widow is still
living in Pennsylvania. They became the parents of two
sons and two daughters, Israel R. being the eldest.
William Michael is a farm in Somerset county, Pa.;
Mary A. is the wife of Smith B. King, of that
county; and Lucretia is the wife of Simon
Nicholson, of the same county. Israel Putman
is reared and educated in Pennsylvania, where he remained
until he had attained the age of twenty years, when he
started westward, passing a few months in Noble county,
Ind., and then coming to Delta, Fulton county, Ohio.
Here he worked by the month about one year, after which he
engaged in farming on his own responsibility. In Feb.
1881, he purchased his present farm, of eighty acres, of
which forty acres have been reclaimed by him, and he has
erected good buildings on the place and has made other
excellent improvements. When he purchased the farm
present attractive farm residence, and his large and
well-equipped barn was built in 1901. The place is
divided into ten-acre lots, all being well fenced.
Mr. Putman devotes his farm to diversified agriculture
and also give considerable attention to the dairy business,
selling milk to the condensing plant in Delta. He is a
stanch adherent to the Republican party, and is a public
spirited, enterprising citizen. He has held school
offices in his township, but has never been a seeker of
official preferment. He is affiliated with the Knights
of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
July 4, 1871, is recorded as the date of Mr. Putman's
marriage to Miss Mary C. Bratton, daughter of
Robert and Elizabeth Bratton, of Fulton township, both
of whom are now deceased. Mrs. Putman was born
in this township, on the 29th of November, 1857.
Mr. and Mrs. Putman have two children: Archibald B.
married Miss Ella Fauble and resides on a farm
adjoining that of his father; and Chloe D. is the
wife of Clarence Smith, principal of the public
schools of Lyons.
Source:
The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County, Ohio -
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association -
1905 - Page 507 |
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