Putney, George W.

1834 - 1912  (78 years)    Has no ancestors but 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Putney, George W.
  Born	4 Apr 1834	Kingston, New York
  Gender	Male
  1870 Census	1870	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George Putney 36 Susan Putney 31 Fred Putney 11 Arthur Putney 9 Lester Putney 3
  1880 Census	1880	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George Putney 45 Luean C. Putney 41 Fred E. Putney 21 Seth A. Putney 19 Lester E. Putney 12 Cora B. Putney 7
  Biography	1895
  Commemorative Biograhical record Page 0768
  1900 Census	1900	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  J W Putney56 Dolley Putney42 Chas E Putney2/12 Varona Seyrnanski66 Aug Klanhorst10
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0684
  GEORGE W. PUTNEY, one of the prosperous business men of Appleton, who has been prominently identified with the oil and agricultural interests of this section of Outagamie county for some years, is a native of New York, born near Kingston, April 4, 1837, a son of Alpha and Eunice (Braman) Putney. Alpha Putney was born in Massachusetts and was descended from the Putneys of Putney Commons, England, who came from that point to America in the Mayflower. In young manhood he emigrated to New York State, where he was married, and there became a prominent contractor. His wife died in 1844, in New Y'ork, and he came to the west, to Oconomowoc, afterward locating in Grand Chute township, where he became a land owner and continued to reside for about thirty-three years, when he returned to New York State, locating at Cazenovia, Madison county, and there his death occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Putney had a family of six children, and of these George W. was the fourth in order of birth. He attended school in New York and in Grand Chute township, and started to work for himself as a chore boy when he was only seven years of age. He engaged in buying and selling stock when most lads are thinking about their games, and when he was only sixteen years old bought a farm near Stevens Point, Portage county, Wisconsin, but soon sold eighty acres of it and traded the other eighty acres for a house and lot on State street, Appleton, which he still owns. He continued to add to his real estate holdings until he was the possessor of 214 acres almost adjoining Appleton, but recently he has sold seventy-eight acres. Of the remainder, thirty-three acres are located within the city limits of Appleton. He has never operated this land himself, preferring to hire help, or to rent the land on shares, and most of his attention is given to the stock business, in which he has been engaged since his youth. He is vice-president of the Minnehaha Oil Company, in which he is a heavy stockholder, is a director of the Copper Belt Mining Company, owning more than 40,000 shares of stock, and just disposed of his large holdings in the Appleton Osage Oil Company, at an enormous profit. He is independent in politics, and has never aspired to office, and is not connected with any fraternal organizations . Mr. Putney was married (first) to Miss Susan Perry, a native of Greenville township, Outagamie county, and to this union there were born these children: Fred, who resides on a fruit farm west of Fond du Lac; Lester, who is engaged in farming in North Dakota; Cora, who married Harry Lee, station agent at Appleton. Mr. Putney was married (second) October 9, 1895, to Miss Dollie Martin, who was born at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, February 2, 1858, daughter of Hiram B. and Hannah E. (Conklin) Martin. Mr. Martin was born March 12, 1818, near Dunkirk, New York, and his wife December 25, 1821, in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. During his early life Mr. Martin was a lumber dealer, and when nineteen years of age went to Rockford, Illinois, but after a, short time removed to Portage county, Wisconsin. He engaged in the lumber business at Wausau for some time and then removed to St. Louis, Missouri, but after five years returned to Portage county and located at Stevens Point. There he engaged in the drug business for about twenty-one years, at the end of which time he retired, and his death occurred there March 9, 1891, his wife having passed away May 5, 1884. They were the parents of five children, Mrs. Putney being the fourth in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Putney have had one child: Charles E., born March 19, 1900, who is attending the Fifth Ward School in Appleton
  	Putney, George W. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Died	4 Jul 1912	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	10 Jul 1912
  Stevens Point Gazette
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  	Putney, George Obituary Stevens Point Gazette 7/10/1912
  Person ID	I307108	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Perry, Susan,   b. Abt Dec 1838, , , New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1857
  Divorced	Bef 1895
  Children	1. Putney, Arthur S.,   b. Abt 1861, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Putney, Lester E.,   b. Abt 1867, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Putney, Cora B.,   b. 22 Aug 1872, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 11 Nov 1949, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F54042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martin, Dolly,   b. Abt 1834,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Oct 1895
  Marriage Record (Family)	9 Oct 1895
  Name:George A Putney Marriage Date:9 Oct 1895 County:Portage Volume:02 Page:0369
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F49541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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