Dr. Edward J. Putt
submitted by Jane Curci <wmcurci-at-aol.com>
Edward J. Putt was born May 23, 1819, near Womelsdorf, Berks County, PA; died October 24, 1888, at Highspire. He was a descendant of Johannes Putt, who immigrated to America on the ship Halifax, landing at Philadelphia on the 22nd of September, 1752. The doctor¹s grandfather was Jacob Putt, and the father of the late William Putt, who married Catherine Hoffman. The father came from Berks County in early life to what is now Oak Lane farm, owned by Col. James Young, in Lower Swatara township, and after discontinuing farming, resided for a few years in Middletown, from whence he removed to Harrisburg, where he was employed as prison watchman and afterwards superintendent of the Harrisburg cemetery.
I am writing to you both regarding information that I received regarding Dr. Edward J. Putt, born in Berks Co., grandson of Johannes Putt who emigrated to America on the ship Halifax, landing at Philadelphia on the 22nd of September, 1752.
His children were:
- Dr. Edward J.
- Benneville, d. in Wormleysburg
- Elvira d. s.p.
- Alfred H. residing in Halifax
- Frank, residing in Harrisburg
- William J., residing at Camp Hill
- John H., d. in Wormleysburg
- August H.
Dr. Putt was a self made man. He received his education in the common schools of his day and by private study until he was fitted to teach school, which profession he followed several winters, in the meantime reading medicine with his uncle, the late Dr. Jonathan Zerbe, of Sheafferstown. After graduating in Philadelphia in 1842, he located at Highspire, where he continued in the active practice of his profession about forty-six years. His professional life was an arduous one, and the range of his practice was quite extensive, reaching beyond the South mountain in York County, Dr. Putt married Cassia Oberly, daughter of Frederick Oberly and his wife, Maria Sheaffer, who with three children, survived - Augustus, of Highspire; Dr. Moris-Oberly, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, practicing medicine at Oberline, and Alice. The first and last of his children are mutes. The funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, October 27, 1888, in the U. B. church, conducted by Revs. E. l. Huges and J. B. Doucherly.
E.W.S.P.
