Amos Putnam (1863-1936)-P2

Amos Putnam

Amos Putnam (1863-1936)-P2
Birth: June 16th, 1863 in Houlton, ME
Father: Levi Houlton Putnam (1820-1890)-P4
Mother: Sarah Bradbury (1820-1901)-P5

Married: Cora Margaret Carpenter (1872-1964)-P3 on June 2nd, 1891 in Houlton, ME

Children:
Frank Houlton Putnam (1892-1930)
Ervin Earl Putnam (1893-1988)-P1
Margaret Louise Putnam (1895-1978)
Hariette Carpenter Putnam (1898-1992)
Ruth Lydia Putnam (1900-1978)

Death: May 25th, 1936 in Houlton, ME

1863-1890

Amos Putnam was born to Levi Houlton Putnam (1820-1890)-P4 and Sarah Bradbury (1820-1901)-P5 on June 16th, 1863 in Houlton, ME.  He was the youngest of three children and may have been the only one to have children.  The 1870 U.S. Census has him (age 7) living with his father, mother, sister Caroline A. (age 17) and brother William L. (age 15) in Houlton, ME.  His father is listed as being a farmer.


According to the 1880 U.S. Census he is still living with the family in Houlton.  His sister and brother are both also living in the house and single.  His sister is listed as being a school teacher and brother as being in the Army.  His sister married George Gibson in 1882 and his father died in 1890.

1891-1910

Cora Putnam, Amos Putnam, Della Cox Sto at Drew's Lake,
May 26th, 1901

He married Cora Margaret Carpenter (1872-1964)-P3 on June 2nd, 1891 in Houlton ME.  She was the daughter of Frank H Washington Carpenter (1845-1936)-P6 and Elvira A. Green (1850-1917)-P7.  Sometime before the birth of their first child, they had moved to Oakfield.  On May 29th, 1892, their firstborn son Frank Houlton Putnam (1892-1930) was born in Houlton, ME.  Amos is listed as being a merchant.



On July 9th, 1893, their second son, Ervin Earl Putnam (1893-1988)-P1 was born in Oakfield, ME.  Amos is listed as being a farmer.  Their first daughter Margaret Louise Putnam (1895-1978) was born in Oakfield on October 18th, 1895.  Amos is still listed as being a farmer.  Harriette Carpenter Putnam (1898-1992) was born on March 2nd, 1898 in Oakfield.

At some point between the birth of Harriette and their last child Ruth Lydia Putnam (1900-1978) the family moved back to Houlton.  Ruth was born on January 17th, 1900 in Houlton and Amos is listed as being a clerk.  The 1900 U.S. Census has the entire family living in Houlton.  Amos is listed as being a Salesman of groceries, but this has been crossed out.  He can read and write and owns the house without a mortgage.  The city directory for that year shows him working as a clerk and the house being on Elm St.  Amos's mother Sarah passed away in 1901.


The

1910 U.S. Census shows the family living somewhere around number 6 Green Street.  The documents are a bit unclear as to the exact address.  Amos is a salesman of farm equipment and owns the house without a mortgage.

1911-1936

Amos Putnam in canoe, Gui "Daddy" Carol on log,
Chesuncook Lake, Allagash Trip, 1914

Amos was an active outdoors man and we have many photos of him in the backwoods of Maine. This love has been passed down the generations.

Putnam Family-back row left to right: Ervin Putnam, Ruth Putnam, Elvira Green Carpenter,
Amos Putnam, Charles Carpenter,
front row left to right: Harriette Putnam, Cora Carpenter Putnam, Vie Carpenter

The 1920 U.S. Census shows the family living at 6 Elm St. in Houlton ME.  Amos is living with his wife, Cora, three daughters and son, Frank, as well as Frank's wife Madge.  He owns the house without a mortgage and is employed as a custodian at a government building.

9 Charles St, Houlton ME-1935

His son Frank died on January 29th, 1930.  By the 1930 census, the family has moved to 9 Charles St.  Amos is working as a custodian for the post office.  It is likely that this is the government building referenced in the 1920 census.  He owns the house and it has a value of $6,500.  That equates to a 2016 real value of $199,000.  Cora's Father Frank and Sister Elvira are also living at the house.


 Amos died on May 25th, 1936 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Houlton, ME.  Given the mark on his grave stone, he was a mason but I haven't researched this part of his history.

Amos Putnam's Grave with Masonic mark

Next I will be putting together a write up on Cora.  Cora was an amazing woman and I will only scratch the surface on her accomplishments.  Even that will take me a bit of time to pull together.

Sources:

• 1870 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
• 1880 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 477; Family History Film: 1254477; Page: 430C; Enumeration District: 218; Image: 0134.
• 1900 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: T623_31077_4119816; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1240589.
• 1910 United States Federal Census: Year: 1910; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: T624_537; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1374550
• 1920 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: T625_641; Page: 40B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 235.
• 1930 United States Federal Census: ear: 1930; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 829; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 53.0; FHL microfilm: 2340564
• 1900 Maine City Directories, Houlton, ME
• 1900 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Houlton, ME
• Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=PU&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=23&GScntry=4&GSsr=1361&GRid=15976563&
• Cary Library Genealogy Database, http://www2.cary.lib.me.us/GenDB/searchdb.asp?Rec_ID=931541497