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death occurred in Danielson, December
2 5> I 9°5- Mr. Putnam married Harriet
Eliza, a daughter of Charles and Jennett
(Sharp) Dorrance. Charles Dorrance
was born November 21, 1824, at Brook-
lyn, Connecticut. He was the son of
Samuel and Amy (Kenyon) Dorrance,
of that town, where he lived until eleven
years of age, on his father's farm, when
his parents removed to Brooklyn Village.
He then attended school at Brooklyn, and
later went to Plainfield, Connecticut,
where he entered the Plainfield Academy.
At the age of twenty-one he returned to
his home farm, where he carried on his
career as a farmer with a high degree of
success. He died in Providence, Rhode
Island, February 16, 1899. His wife,
Jennett (Sharp) Dorrance, was born September
30, 1832, at Canterbury, Connecticut,
a daughter of Williard and Hannah
(Hyde) Sharp. She died in Brooklyn,
March 4, 1869.
William Hutchinson Putnam, son of
Albert Day and Harriet Eliza (Dorrance)
Putnam, was born February 1, 1878, at
Brooklyn, Connecticut. He attended the
public schools at Danielson, Connecticut,
whither his parents had removed when
he was eleven years old. After complet-
ing his studies, he was employed by the
Windham County National Bank as a
clerk. He remained with this institution
about five years, and was a teller for
several years before severing his connection
with it. Here he learned some-
thing of the detail of the banking business
and general business methods. From
the Windham County National Bank he
went to Boston, where he entered the
employ of W. J. Hayes & Sons as a bond
salesman. Later he worked for William
A. Read & Company, of Boston and New
York, remaining with the latter firm
about six years, until October, 1912, when
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he became a member of the firm of Rich-
ter & Company, investment brokers of
Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Putnam is a
Republican, and in 1917 was a member of
the financial committee of the city of
Hartford.
He is a member of the Hartford Club,
the Hartford Golf Club, the Hartford
Canoe Club, Republican Club, and of the
Union League Club of New York City.
He is also a member of Moriah Lodge,
No. 15, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, of Danielson, Connecticut, and is
the fifth generation of his family who has
been affiliated with this lodge. He is a
member of Columbian Commandery,
Knights Templar, of Norwich, of Sphinx
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine;
and the Connecticut Consistory, thirtysecond
degree.
Mr. Putnam married, March 8, 1899,
Adabelle Canney Lyon, daughter of Rockwell
Fuller and Jennie Elizabeth (Canney)
Lyon, of Danielson, Connecticut, and
Boston, Massachusetts, respectively.
Three children have been born to
them as follows : Lyonel Hutchinson,
August 27, 1900; Marcella Rockwell, May
Albert Day, February 20,
3, 1902 ; and
1904. Mr. Putnam and his family are
members of Trinity Episcopal Church in
Hartford.
Throughout the Putnams there runs a
strong resemblance to a type as follows
Good physique, Saxon features, of good
height, inclined to stoutness, but not
fleshy, even temperament, honest inten-
tions, fixedness of purpose, high princi-
ples, satisfied with a fair share of the
good things of life, inclined to be too gen-
erous, patriotic, more inclined to lead
than to be led. These are many devia-
tions for this standard but each genera-
tion seems to produce its fair share of
this type.
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