Putnam County Illinois History

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(Biographies , News Articles and Obituaries)

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Putnam County History

The Organization of Putnam County  (The Putnam Record, Hennepin, IL, Front Page, September 1, 1915)  "Earliest Historical Facts of Marshall-Putnam Counties" (Also Bureau and Stark Counties Embracing an Account of the Settlement and Early Progress - Compiled and Published by Mr. Henry A. Ford in 1860)   The History of Putnam County (Taken From the Henry Republican, Henry, IL, July 20, 1876 - prepared and read by George S. Parks, Esq., one of the citizens, at the centennial celebration, held at Magnolia, July 4th) History of Putnam County From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1876  (Speech by Rev. H. Vallete Warren of Granville, Illinois) SURNAME INDEX

1890 Map of Putnam County

• 1845 Business Directories for Putnam and Bureau County, Illinois   (Taken From the Hennepin Herald and Advertisement, August 23, 1845)
• The Grave of the Indian Chief “Snachwine” (From the Princeton Republican - Printed in the Henry News Republcian, Thursday, May 21, 1874 - a great article covering a short history of Chief Snachwine and a visit to his gravesite in 1874.)
• Brief Sketches of Magnolia, Mt. Palatine, Florid and Granville Illinois in 1867 (Taken from the Marshall County Republican)
• The History of the Toluca Marquette and Northern Railroad (This railroad once ran through Marshall and Putnam counties from Rutland to McNabb)
• Second Report of the Soldiers Orphan Home - Marshall and Putnam County Children  (Taken from the Henry Republican 1874: lists the children's names, their parents,  what village they were from, and what company and where their father was killed.)
•  The 1857 Flood of the Illinois River  (Taken from "The Courier" newspaper, Henry, IL, Feb. 13, 1857)
•  Chronology of Events in Marshall and Putnam Co. IL During 1921  (Includes, marriages, births, deaths and other events - taken from the Henry News Republican)
• Quaker Records: Illinois Monthly Meetings. U.S.: s.n., 19-- (Notes from monthly meetings in the Chicago area pertaining to Putnam County - donated by Kim Torp)

Putnam County Government

• Petite juror selection for October 1858 Circuit Court Term
• Delegates to 1866 State Republican Convention
• Appointment of New Judge for Circuit Court 1873
• Election of 1873 County Judge
• County Officers for 1873
• 1874 Independent Reform County Convention
• 1872 Putnam County Township Election Results
• 1874 Putnam County Township Election Results
• 1877 Marshall and Putnam County Township Election Results
• 1878 Putnam County Township Election Results
• 1879 Putnam County Township Election Results
• 1880 Putnam County Township Election Results
• 1880 Jurors selection for March Term of Circuit Court
• The First Putnam County Defaulter (County Treasurer) (W. H. Zenor, of Hennepin, county treasurer of Putnam county, defaulted to the amount of about $3190, and left for parts unknown. - Henry Republican 1877.  The arrest and condition of Mr. Zenor - Taken From the Henry Republican)

Putnam County Schools

• Teachers
  • Teachers for the Fall term - 1874 (Henry Republican)
  • Our 1879 Teachers  (List of teachers receiving certificates in Putnam county from January 1 to June 1, 1879 and statistics of the public schools of Putnam county for the 1878-1879 school year.)
• Putnam County Teachers Institute (At Florid)Taken From the Hennepin Tribune,  October 22, 1858

• The 1879 Teachers Institute at Florid (Taken From the Henry Republican, January 30, 1879)

• Florid School Photo - early 1900's

• 1914-1915 Florid School (Teacher, Students, President and Clerk)

• 1902-1903 Florid School (Teacher, Students by Class, Directors)

• Sprinkleburg School Photo

Putnam County Military Information

Civil War

• Civil War Veterans
  List of soldiers who fought in the civil war - Names ,Company andPlace of Residence (Incomplete)
• Our Bold Soldier Boys:  (Taken From the Henry News Republican  - Lists the Name, Residence, Date of Enlistment, Wounds, Discharge, Death or Mustering Out of Officers and Soldiers who enlisted in the US Service  during the Civil War from Marshall and Putnam counties and its vicinity - Bureau (Lone Tree, Milo, Wheatland, Arispie), Peoria (Chillicothe) and Stark (Bradford, Osceola) Counties. Carefully complied from the Adjutant’s General Report 1861 to 1866.)

World War I

• A Soldier's Letter - (Letters printed in the Putnam County Record and Henry News Republican from Marshall and Putnam County young men fighting during WWI)