Brief Life History of James Lamphear
When James Lamphear Putnam was born in September 1848, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jefferson Putnam, was 43 and his mother, Judith Lamphear, was 40. He married Eliza Barr Peabody on 4 January 1869, in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1855. He died in 1930, in Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82.
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- James Putnam, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- James L. Putnam, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- James L Putnam, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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