When Cynthia A. Putnam was born on 16 March 1785, in Monroe, Waldo, Maine, United States, her father, John Putnam, was 34 and her mother, Joanna Eames, was 33. She married Joseph Nealley on 14 April 1803, in Monroe, Waldo, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1860. She died on 23 November 1869, in Monroe, Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Monroe, Waldo, Maine, United States.