Brief Life History of John Farnum
When John Farnum Putnam was born on 11 June 1833, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Hiram Putnam, was 25 and his mother, Carlissa W. Farnum, was 26. He married Calista D. Green on 2 September 1858. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States for about 47 years and Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. He died on 2 April 1912, in District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States.
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- John F Putnam, "United States Census, 1880"
- John T., "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- John F. Putnam, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Dueling Prohibited
February 20, 1839, Congress prohibits dueling in Washington D.C. It is inspired by the incident where William Graves, a Kentucky Rep. is killed by Jonathan Cilley, a Maine Rep.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Buckinghamshire): habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
History: John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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