His daughter Arminta once related - "My father did not like square dancing and other parties. After a hard day in the fields, he would come home to eat, drink whiskey which he dispensed from a small keg with a spigot on the end, and then go to bed. Afterward, if it were a Saturday night, my mother would help we three youngest daughters to put on our frilly dresses and sneak out of the house to go dancing. Then she would help us back in when we returned."
From the "Wilmot [OH] Weekly Review," August, 1888, regarding a Putman Reunion of Andrew Putman descendants: "Peter Putman moved to Van Wert County where he settled down in the woods, and by unceasing toil, he made for himself a pleasant home...The Putmans are long lived and an industrious class of people...From all appearances, it will be many years before the name of Putman will have become extinct and methinks in the year 3000, there will be enough to again reunion."
In September, 1926, the first Peter Putman Reunion was held at the Van Wert [OH] Fair Grounds with over 300 attending. The 46th Annual Reunion was in 1969 in Ohio City.
Peter was the son of Andrew Putman and Anna Elizabeth Lenhart. He married first Margaret Adams and they had children: Alexander, Isaac, Rosannah, John, Mary, Mariah, and Catherine. After she died, he married Sarah Elizabeth Neiferd, and they had these children: Winfield Scott, Zachariah Taylor, Jasper Newton, Peter Farmer, Sarah Elizabeth, Francis Marion, Elder Willis, Arminta, William Clarke, Clara B., and Andrew.
His daughter Arminta once related - "My father did not like square dancing and other parties. After a hard day in the fields, he would come home to eat, drink whiskey which he dispensed from a small keg with a spigot on the end, and then go to bed. Afterward, if it were a Saturday night, my mother would help we three youngest daughters to put on our frilly dresses and sneak out of the house to go dancing. Then she would help us back in when we returned."
From the "Wilmot [OH] Weekly Review," August, 1888, regarding a Putman Reunion of Andrew Putman descendants: "Peter Putman moved to Van Wert County where he settled down in the woods, and by unceasing toil, he made for himself a pleasant home...The Putmans are long lived and an industrious class of people...From all appearances, it will be many years before the name of Putman will have become extinct and methinks in the year 3000, there will be enough to again reunion."
In September, 1926, the first Peter Putman Reunion was held at the Van Wert [OH] Fair Grounds with over 300 attending. The 46th Annual Reunion was in 1969 in Ohio City.
Peter was the son of Andrew Putman and Anna Elizabeth Lenhart. He married first Margaret Adams and they had children: Alexander, Isaac, Rosannah, John, Mary, Mariah, and Catherine. After she died, he married Sarah Elizabeth Neiferd, and they had these children: Winfield Scott, Zachariah Taylor, Jasper Newton, Peter Farmer, Sarah Elizabeth, Francis Marion, Elder Willis, Arminta, William Clarke, Clara B., and Andrew.
Family Members
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John Putman
1791–1872
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Mary "Polly" Putman Shafer
1792–1848
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Gabriel Putman
1794–1882
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Catherine "Katie" Putman Logan
1797–1837
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Eve Putman Barron
1799–1868
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Salome "Sally" Putman Pile
1800–1891
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Rosanna "Rosie" Putman Cover
1804–1879
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Joseph Putman
1807–1880
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Elizabeth Putman Putman
1810–1893
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Hannah Putman Bruner
1812–1894
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Alexander Putman
1828 – unknown
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Isaac "Ike" Putman
1829–1894
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Rosanna Putman Ickes
1831–1897
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John Putman
1833–1922
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Mary "Pet" Putman Brewer
1838–1864
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Mariah Putman Shaffer
1840–1931
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Catherine Putman Brewer
1843 – unknown
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Winfield Scott Putman
1854–1935
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Zachariah Taylor Putman
1855–1932
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Jasper Newton Putman
1857–1939
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Peter Farmer Putman
1858–1900
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Sarah Elizabeth "Sadie" Putman Hurraw
1860–1940
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Francis Marion Putman
1862–1939
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Elder Willis Putman
1864–1950
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Arminta "Minnie" Putman King
1866–1938
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William Clark Putman
1869–1924
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Clara B. Putman Chivington
1872–1957
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Andrew Putman
1873–1874