Lumber Jacks & Loggers " White Pine Era" In Michigan in 1840-1900 Booklet from Rolland H, Maybee

MICHIGAN WHITE PINE ERA... White Pine Was King

Milled white pine turned into an excellent working material for building.

Did you have an Ancestor that came to Michigan to work as a LumberJack? 

Michigan Logging Rivers

White Pine Era

White Pine the Pine highly sought after for its better quality.  Michigan was full of White Pine.

The rivers used in Michigan logging of White Pine were: Ontonagan, Menominee, Ford, Escanaba, Sturgean, Manistique, Tahquemenon, Chebogan, Black, Thunder, Au Sable, Boardman, Betsie, Manistee, Pine, Little Manistee, Pere Marquette, Muskegon, Molasses, Rifle, Au Gres, White, Tobacco, Chippewa, Tittabawassee, Cass, Saginaw, Bad, Shiawassee, Flint, Lower Black, Flat, Rogue, Grand Rivers.

Name Origin "Rufus"

Name Origins/from NEHGS

by Julie Helen Otto, Staff Genealogist

RUFUS (m) (Latin red): William II “Rufus” (d. 1100) succeeded his father, William I “the Conqueror,” as King of England in 1087 and was killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest. The name, used as a nickname (for red-headed or ruddy men, presumably) throughout medieval Europe, was revived as an English proper name in its own right in the late eighteenth century. 

 Rufus Allen, b. Bellingham, Massachusetts, 27 Nov. 1824, was a son of Samuel and Polly (__) Allen.

John Putman & Marilla Cook

Please if you have information to Correct me or to Add Please by all means contact me so I can add or fix this!!! 
New Update 18 February 2012
added info from cousins

Putman Descendants of John Putman & Marilla Cohns/Cook***

 John Putman and his wife Marilla had several children.  I have been working on piecing them together.  I am descended from  their son William Putman who married Anna Minerva Caryl.

I would love to find out more on the family and the current descendants.  If you too are descended from John & Marilla please do let me know.  Lets talk!!! 

For A few years I have tried to find out where all of John & Marilla Putmans children went to.  For the most part there has been nothing for the daughters.  Now that Family Search.org has put up Michigan Marriages I have now been able to at least find marriages for 4 of the 5 daughters.

    1st born: Jonathan Putman b.1837 married Sarah Bower   

        Children of marriage:
 a] George A. Delbert Putman b. 1860

(1st) m. Ella Richards 
                     George & Ella children:
                                   1. Flossie Putman
                                   2. Orin Putman
            
(2nd) m. Ada Dutton   
                    George & Ada  children:
                                  1. Cora B. Putman
                                  2. Vance E. Putman
                                  3. Leo A. Putman

(3rd) m. Harriet Josephine Wallington

                      George & Josephine  children:

                                  1, Harvey E. Putman

                                  2, Newton A.  Putman

                                  3, Donald E. Putman

    b] William Byron Putman b.1863 m. Mary

                 William & Mary children:
                                 1. Wesley W. Putman

   C] Arthur Putman

   
2nd born: David Putman b.1840 married Elizabeth J. Mattson

     Children of marriage:  a]  Marilla Frank Putman b.1858 m. Peter Cline Smith

                       Children of Marilla Frank & Peter Smith:

                          1, Gertrude M. Smith

                          2, Myra  Smith

                          3, Delbert Smith

           4, Margaretta Smith

           5, William Smith

           6, Mary Smith

           7, Jennie L Smith

          

  3rd born: Martha Jane Putman b.1846 1st married Augustus King in Metamora, MI

     Child of marriage: a] Augustus King m. Jennie

   Martha Jane Putman 2nd married Henry Thomas

     Children of marriage: b] Arthur Thomas

                           c]  Marshal  Edgar  Thomas             

                           d]  Parshal  Nelby/Welby? Thomas

                           e]   Timothy Walter Thomas         

4th born:  Rhoda  Putman b.  married Franklin McGarvey  in St. Johns, MI

    Adopted son Frederick Sharp born in Flint        

5th born:  Sarah  Putman b.   married  William Alexander Robison
       
                         Children of Marriage: a] Alfred A. Robison m. Minnie
                                                                  Children of Alfred & Minnie Robison
                                                                          1] Coyle Robison
                                                                           2] Cecil Robison
                                                                           3] Crystal Robison
                                                     Another child listed with them is a Terese Barnes???
                                     
                                                                 b] Maud Robison
                                               
                                                           c] Margaret Robison m.1st Harry Woodcock

                                                                   Child of Margaret & Harry Woodcock
                                                                           1] Ruby
                                                               Margaret Robison m.2nd L.S. Dart
                                                     
                                                            d] Rose Robison m. Aud Mercer
                                                                 
                                                                     Child of Rose & Aud Mercer
                         
                                                                         1] Elva m. Mr. Cook

                                                             e] Edith Robison

                                                              f] Cora Robison

                                                      

6th born: *William Putman b.1853  married Anna Minerva Caryl

   Children of marriage:
             a] Emma Putman m. Joseph Alexander Good

             b] George Byron Putman ** contact me regarding his wives**

            Know issue of m. to Hattie Fields: Herbert Putman

Know issue of m. to Katherine Kelly: Martha Etta Putman

    c]  Jess Newton Putman b. 1885 m. Mary Cavanaugh

         Children of Jess & Mary

             1, Gertrude O. Putman

 2, Helen I. Putman

3, Franklin Putman

4, Alton Putman

    d] Guy Caryl Putman b. 1887 m. Mary Agnes Willette

            Children of Guy & Mar yPutman

      1, William C. Putman

     2,  Kenneth A. Putman

    e] Ida Marilla Putman b. 1892 m. Frank Finkle

7^th  born : Maria  Putman b.1855   married Elias Robison

8^th born:  Alfretta Putman  b. 1856  I have no other information on Alfretta

If you need to add or have a correction for me please let me know tru the Comment at the bottom of this post or contact me tru Ancestry.com  Shakindatree  message service

*William Putman my 2^nd G. grandfather

** George Putman wives:  If you have questions please write to me here using the Commetl link.

***Mark Putnam of PutmanFamily Bullientin  said Marilla s last name maybe Cook instead of Cohns