The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-19
DR.. WILLIAM B. PUTNAM

The Hoosick Falls Press OF We'd
uesday, February 16, published the
following.
Or. William b. Putnam, former
president OF the village of Hoosick
Falls and man whose friends were
leg on, was found dead in bed ia
Wo frs Hctel. Troy Tuesday morn
ing. The news of his death reached
here shortly before noon and as 1t
spread there was cast over the com
mun.ty a hush and sorrow that found
their reaction only when revival from
the shock enabled the townspeople
to give express on to the sent ments
in their hearts for one who had been
such friend OF so many and such a
force for the betterment Of HoOsiclt
Falls.
Dr. Putnam, who had been in Ill
health for some timc. went to Troy
Monday to consult W tn another ply
sician on his case He had an ap.
pointment to begin treatment at a
Troy hospital Tuesday morning and
went to the hotel for the night His
body was scoyered about II ocolck
yesterday mI rniug by a maid, and
Coroner George l.. Meredith was i'm
mediateiy notified. After an exam
mat on, he pronounced death due to
heart disease, Or. Putnam suffered
from heart trouble as one result of a
runaway acc cdnt several years ago
WI lam b. Putnam was born In
Putnam, Ontario, Canada. No
yember %, 1865, a son Of Thomas
Putnam and Nancy Harris the latter
niece OF General Herkimer III 8
father was a magistrate of Midd.eseX
County, and Putnam was named
IN HIS fathers honor. In 1892 DR..
Putnam entered Woodstock College,
Ontario, and later attended Brant-
ford Institute. from which place he
went Il 1876 to Cleye and, Oh o,
where he entered the medical de-
paltment of Cleye.and Univers .ty
He was graduated from Homeopath-
C College, Cleye and, now the medi.
cal department cf Ohio State Uniyer-
sity
On September 1. 1850, he MARI ed
Lena Foster in Lawrence, Mass, and
some time later went to England,
where he specialized in the study of
throat and lung affections His W fe
died in 1882, and after returning to
tn country he took a course In
heart and nerve study at the School
of Medicine of Bostcn University
TAX ng up the practice Of his pro
fession In Hoosick Falls, his SIX II as
a diagnostician soon became general
knowledge, and his reputation as a
physio an grew w tn the passing
years. He at once tock an active,
though unobtrus.ve inerest in the
a fairs of the village On June IA,
1899, he married Isophene Spencer,
who survives together with one
daughter, Dorothy d. Putnam of tn s
Vflage and three brothers, Rev.
A. II. Putnam of T@Tnto DR.. T. j.
Putnam of Springfield, Mass, and
DR. Warren f. Putnam of Bennington,
Dr. Putnam was man of keen in.
telect, endowed with powers Of con-
viCtion and persuasion not frequent
ly found in men. He was a thorough
student, and spent hour after hour
in study and research Through the
years of his study and n his desire
to acquire knowledge he accumulat.
ed q library on medical and scientific
matters that was not eXceled in this
section. A great part Of this library
was lost in the fire which destroyed
the Thorpe block in 1914, A lover of
good literature DR. Putnam was an
ardent reader OF poetry and with
facility and ease he constantly re.
peated from memory whole poems by
Burns, Byron. Shelley and others to