Background
Putnam, Eben was born in 1868 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Professor Frederic Ward and Adelaide Martha (Edmands) Putnam.
Putnam, Eben was born in 1868 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Professor Frederic Ward and Adelaide Martha (Edmands) Putnam.
Educated Cambridge (Massachusetts) schools.
Clerk in banker’s office, Boston, 1885-1890. Manager Salem Press, 1890-1894, public, 1894-1907. Managing editor International Monthly, 1899-1902.
Director and treasurer F. L. Putnam & Company, Inc., investments, of Boston, also of F. L. Putnam Securities Company, until 1931. Captain Question Manager Corps, June 25, 1917-August 22, 1919. Served in France; lieutenant colonel Question Manager R.C. Official historian of Massachusetts, World War, since 1923.
Department historian, Massachusetts Department American Legion, 1919-1920, national historian, since 1920. Has carried on extensive genealogical and history research, America and abroad.
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Married Florence Tucker, 1890. Children: Eben Fiske-Appleton, Frederic Lawrence, Margaret Adelaide.