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Jerome E. Putnam was born in Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass., January 26, 1844. Dexter Putnam and Ruby T. (Torrey) Putnam, his parents, were also natives of Massachusetts, they having been born in the same county as their son. The family moved from Massachusetts to Missouri in 1864, and settled in Putnam county, Mr. Putnam buying land in York Township, where he now resides. He has a family of six sons and six daughters, all grown, and all married save one daughter. The mother died in July, 1887. J. E. Putnam, the subject of this sketch, accompanied his parents to Missouri in 1864; he had formerly received a good common-school education in Massachusetts, which was completed at the Kirksville State Normal. After teaching school fourteen terms he entered Mr. Pollock’s store, of which he is now the bookkeeper and manager, having efficiently filled this position since April, 1870. In February, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Martha H., daughter of William Bible, formerly of West Virginia. Mrs. Putnam was born in Virginia, but spent the greater part of her youth in Putnam County. She died February 18, 1883, leaving five children: Ira A., Estelle L., Sumner J., Orie A. and Martha Edith. Mr. Putnam is a highly respected and popular citizen of Putnam County, being of a genial and hospitable disposition, and is an active worker in the Baptist Church, of which he has been a prominent member twenty-six years. He is an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, and belongs to the Red Ribbon Club.