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Jesse M. Putnam
Jesse M. Putman [Putnam], Muhlenberg County, was born September 12, 1832, in Williamson County, Tenn., and is the first of four boys and eight girls born to Hiram and Rebecca (Harrison) Putman, natives of North and South Carolina, respectively, and of Irish and Dutch descent. Hirma Putman was a son of Jabin Putman, who was reared on a farm in North Carolina; was a slaveholder, and came to Tennessee about 1812. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Cannon Harrison, who was reared in North Carolina, and came to Tennessee about 1812; he was a soldier in the Revolution. Hiram Putman came to Hopkins County in 1851; one year later to Muhlenberg County, Ky., and settled on the farm on which subject now resides of 100 acres. Hiram Putman was a Baptist minister.
Jesse M. was reared on a farm, and attended the common schools. In March, 1855, he married Lucy A. Rice, of Muhlenberg County, a daughter of Thomas J. and Lucinda (Rice) Rice, natives of Virginia, and of Dutch descent; they were early settlers of Kentucky.
Mr. and Mrs. Putman have had nine children, six now living: Eliza J. (Patterson), Hiram L., Ezekiel R., Jesse M. Jr., Gideon H. and Ned C. Mrs. P. died February 6, 1884; she was a member of the General Baptist Church. Mr. P. owns 200 acres of land in good condition, all of which he has acquired by his own industry.
Jesse M. Putman married in January, 1885, Nannie J. Hendricks, of Muhlenberg County, a daughter of James William and Susanna (Overhuls) Hendricks. Mrs. Hendricks is a daughter of Mark Overhuls and Mary Landis, natives of Virginia, and of Dutch descent; they were some of the first settlers of Kentucky. Hiram Putman was a Missionary Baptist minister.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 918.
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