Husband George Stevenson Putney 1 2 3
Born: 29 May 1821 - Freeport, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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Died: 1 Feb 1886 3
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Father: David Putney (1794-1879) 1 2 4
Mother: Lavinia Stevenson (1796-1872/1873) 1 3
Marriage: 10 Oct 1844 1 5
• Biographical Sketch: Robert Walter Smith, Esq, History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883).
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Wife Margaret Andrews 1
AKA: Margaret Andress 5
Born: 25 Jul 1826 - Allegheny Co, PA 1 5
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Father: Jacob Andrews ( - ) 1
Mother: Susannah [Unk] ( - ) 1
Children
1 M Nelson Boyd Putney 5
Born: 20 Oct 1845 5
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Died: 27 Apr 1861 5
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M William Taylor Putney 6
Born: 30 Jun 1847 5
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Spouse: Clara B. Hamilton ( - ) 4
Marr: 25 Dec 1872 5
3 M Lemuel Miles Putney 5
Born: 17 Jun 1849 5
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4 M Homer Clark Putney 5
Born: 25 Dec 1855 5
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Died: 6 Apr 1881 5
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5 M George Wesley Putney 5
Born: 8 Oct 1860 5
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Spouse: Nancy Nolf ( - ) 5
Marr: 8 Dec 1881 5
6 M Calvin Kingsley Putney 5
Born: 23 Apr 1867 5
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General Notes: Husband - George Stevenson Putney
He grew up in Freeport, Pennsylvania, and early became associated with his father in the latter's extensive business enterprises. By the time he and his brother, James Thompson, had paid off the indebtedness of four thousand dollars, incurred in 1842, it was the year 1852. It was about this time that David T. Putney was made a partner with his brothers in their general merchandise establishment, which continued until his death three years later. In the meantime a tannery had been erected by the brothers and this, with the two mills, the store and boating business, was conducted with increasing success until the death of James Thompson Putney, in 1858. During that year the grist mill was burned, but a new one was erected immediately, and after his brother's death George S. Putney bought out the interests of the heirs and admitted to partnership his younger brother Samuel B. Putney and brother-in-law A. Smullin. This alliance continued through the civil war period, during which time Mr. Putney, through his excessive generosity, conducted business at a great loss. He made large money subscriptions to protect from draft numerous of his fellow men, who could not leave their work and families to go to war.
In 1868 he was joined in business by his two sons, William Taylor and L. Miles Putney, the latter assuming active management of the store and tending to the bookkeeping and buying. In 1869 the saw mill was rebuilt and the boat scaffold was reconstructed a short time later. In 1870 the store was enlarged, the grist mill thoroughly remodeled, and steam introduced in the tannery. In 1877 the store was destroyed by fire, but the business was continued in a temporary building until the following year, when a new structure was built, strictly modern in every connection. It was two stories high, and the upper story was a hall, occupied by Putneyville Lodge, No. 735, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Until Mr. Putney's death, the firm of George S. Putney & Sons conducted store, grist and saw mills and boatyard, and engaged profitably in farming, stock raising and a general lumbering business.
Politically George S. Putney owed allegiance to the principles promulgated by the Democratic party, and in 1870 he was elected a member of the state legislature. He was incumbent of nearly all the offices of trust and honor within the gift of his fellow townsmen, and in the broadest sense of the word was a public-spirited citizen. He was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church.