Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Boyd County

Col. Douglas Putnam was born in Marietta, Ohio, August 21, 1838, and is a
son of Douglas and Mary A. (Hildreth) Putnam, both natives of Ohio, and the
latter a daughter of the famous Dr. Hildreth, of Marietta.  Col. Putnam
graduated from Marietta College in 1859, and in 1861 entered the volunteer
army as Paymaster's clerk.  After the battle of Shiloh he served on Gen.
Grant's staff, then returned to Marietta and organized the Ninety-Second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served as Adjutant, was wounded at the battle of
Missionary Ridge, and was mustered out in 1864 as Lieutenant-Colonel.  On
his return home he engaged in the iron business, and in the spring of 1869
came to Kentucky as superintendent of the furnace department of the Ashland
Coal and Iron Railway Company; is now a director and general superintendent
of that company.  This company was established in 1865, has a capital of
$1,400,000, owns thirty-two miles of road in Boyd County, and employs 500
hands.  In 1864 Col. Putnam married Miss V. Reppert, of Ohio, who has borne
him two children, Lewis R. and Douglas G.  The Colonel is a Republican in
politics, and for fifteen years has been a member of the Board of Education
of Ashland.  He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of
the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Putnam Hildreth Reppert 
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