Mary or Polly Putman

Brief Life History of Mary or Polly

When Mary or Polly Putman was born on 9 September 1825, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John Putnam, was 42 and her mother, Mary Garrett, was 25. She married Robert Allen Wiseman on 12 April 1865. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Robberson Township, Greene, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Jackson Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 11 March 1894, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Greene, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Allen Wiseman
1831–1922
Mary or Polly Putman
1825–1894
Marriage: 12 April 1865
Robert Allen Wiseman Jr.
1865–
James M Wiseman
1866–1876

Sources (8)

  • Mary Putman in household of John Putman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Polly Putman Wiseman, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Polly Putman in entry for R A Weseman, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Pitman .

Dutch: from put ‘pit’ or ‘well’ + man ‘man’, a topographic name for someone who lived by such a feature, or a habitational name derived from a minor place called with the term.

Americanized form of German Buttmann: of French (Huguenot) origin, from Boudemont, unexplained. Compare Butman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Polly Putman Wiseman (1825 - 1894) aged 68 years of age

Information listed from Find-a-Grave Index/Find-a-Grave Memorial # 44637747. "Wife of R. A. Wiseman" Her parents were - father - John Putman. He was born in 1783 and died in 1867. mothe …

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