Husband Homer Manley Putnam 1 2 3 4
Born: 20 Jan 1864 - Pine Grove Twp, Warren Co, PA 2 3 5
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Died: 2 Feb 1939 - Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, TX 3
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Father: Theodore La Vett Putnam (1834-Aft 1913) 3 6 7
Mother: Abigail Akeley (1836-1910) 3 6
Marriage: 17 Nov 1888 3
Wife Belle Aline Chase 3 4 8 9
Born: 4 Dec 1868 - Russell, Pine Grove Twp, Warren Co, PA 3
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Father: Charles Chase (1833-1929) 3 10
Mother: Emeline Briggs ( -1908) 2
Children
1 M Harold Chase Putnam 11
Born: 8 Oct 1893 - Russell, Pine Grove Twp, Warren Co, PA 11
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Spouse: Margaret Elizabeth Gibson (1907- ) 12
Marr: 16 Mar 1935 12
2 M Homer Manley Putnam, Jr. 4
Born: 26 Jan 1895 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 4
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Died: 3 Jan 1978 4
Buried: - Greenlawn Mausoleum, Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, TX
Spouse: Jessie Gertrude Allio (1901-1981) 4 13
Marr: 20 Jan 1930 4
General Notes: Husband - Homer Manley Putnam
He became a teacher even before his graduation in 1883 from the Jamestown (New York) Union School and Collegiate Institute, and subsequently taught and served as principal at Russell, Garland and in the Glade (Township) Union School, now Warren's Jefferson Street School, until April 16, 1889, when he was appointed county superintendent of schools to fill out the unexpired term of Thomas W. Arird. Regularly elected to this position in 1890, he served three full terms with distinction and acquired a reputation for efficiency and at the same time an acquaintance throughout the county which made his election to the office of prothono-tary and clerk of courts of Warren County in 1903 a fore-gone conclusion. He was reelected twice to this office and served a total of ten years. The court records and other records of the prothonotary's office which he kept are regarded as models and have been highly praised by his successors. After serving a short time as commissioners' clerk, Homer M. Putnam resigned to become trust officer of the Warren National Bank at the time when national banks assumed trust functions; later he became an active vice-president of the bank and served many years until poor health forced his retirement from active duty shortly before his death. From 1883 until 1939 Mr. Putnam had been in constant contact with people from all walks of life throughout Warren County, and the hundreds of sincere tributes paid his memory at the time of his death testified to the fact that probably no individual had held to a greater extent the affection and esteem of the residents of his native county.
He received his earliest education in the schools of his native place, afterward attending the Union School and Collegiate Institute at Jamestown, New York. He graduated in 1883, receiving a diploma from the regents of the University of New York. During the period of his education he taught school for several terms, and thus by his own efforts worked his way through his course of study. After graduation he took post-graduate work and was for two years principal of the Russell Union School, and for one year of the Garland Union School. He then assumed the same position in the Glade Union School, and during his incumbency was appointed, April 16, 1889, superintendent of the Warren county schools, to fill the unexpired term of Thomas W. Arird, resigned. Mr. Putnam's services were so satisfactory that in May, 1890, he was elected county superintendent, being re-elected in 1893 and in 1896, serving in all over ten years. Under his superintendency much was accomplished in the improvement of the school buildings, furniture and apparatus. He introduced a uniform system of examination in the schools of the county, a change which had a wonderfully stimulating effect on the pupils, and his constant aim was to secure thoroughly equipped, competent teachers. During his administration a change was made in the character of the teachers' institutes, the old line of instruction being abandoned and the most able instructors and lecturers of the widest experience and highest ability being engaged.
In politics Mr. Putnam was a Republican, and in 1903 was elected prothonotary and clerk of courts, being re-elected in 1906, and again in 1909, his last term being for four years. He served as delegate to several state conventions. He was affiliated with North Star Lodge, No. 241, F. and A. M., of Warren; Lodge No. 339, I. O. O. F., also of Warren; the Knights of the Maccabees, the Protected Home Circle, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which body he was secretary for twelve years. He served three years as secretary of the Keystone Benefit Society, and was a member of the Conewango Club. [GPHAV, 1032]
General Notes: Wife - Belle Aline Chase
Like her sister Medora Emeline, she was proficient in music and painting.