When Arnon Babbit Putnam was born on 13 November 1830, in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Hiram Babbitt Putnam, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Blackmer Ellis, was 33. He married Chastina L. Lyman on 3 November 1853, in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1905. He died on 24 October 1905, at the age of 74, and was buried in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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