Putnam, Caroline F.
(29 July 1826–14 January 1917)
- Ronald E. Butchart
Extract
Putnam, Caroline F. (29 July 1826–14 January 1917), abolitionist and educator, was born in Massachusetts, the daughter of a Dr. Putnam, a physician, and Eliza Carpenter. Of her father’s first name, her middle name, or the town of her birth, nothing is known. Her father died in her early childhood; her mother was remarried in 1840 to Levi Peet, a farmer of modest means from the village of Farmersville, New York....
