Individual Details
Elisha Putnam
(13 May 1765 - 11 Feb 1854)
Eben p 284 said Elisha was a carpenter, builder, civil engineer, architect and contractor.
Rand
Elisha was tall and spare, of quick intelligence, inventive genius, independent and positive opinions even to the extent of voting for his candidates for presidential electors. By occupation he was a carpenter, builder, civil engineer, architect and contractor; he built the first nail mill near Troy, NY, two or three churches in Albany, NY, one or more sections of the Erie Canal, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, laid the first pipes of hollowed wood to supply Albany with water, and was for many years superintendent of the water works there. Before completing the first nail works at Troy for the brinckerhoffs, he got admmission into the only other establishment in the country where a certain secret purpose was carried on, disguised as an ignorant countryman seeking work. In one day he mastered the special machinery and was able from memory to set up similar and improved machinery in the mills he was building. A member of the Presbyterian church in Albany, in his late years he gave especial attention to theological matters. At the age of eighty, he wrote and published "The Crisis, or Last Trumpet," which is an able presentation of the premillenial views of the second advent.
A portrait was in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. John D. Capron, Albany, NY.
Rand
Elisha was tall and spare, of quick intelligence, inventive genius, independent and positive opinions even to the extent of voting for his candidates for presidential electors. By occupation he was a carpenter, builder, civil engineer, architect and contractor; he built the first nail mill near Troy, NY, two or three churches in Albany, NY, one or more sections of the Erie Canal, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, laid the first pipes of hollowed wood to supply Albany with water, and was for many years superintendent of the water works there. Before completing the first nail works at Troy for the brinckerhoffs, he got admmission into the only other establishment in the country where a certain secret purpose was carried on, disguised as an ignorant countryman seeking work. In one day he mastered the special machinery and was able from memory to set up similar and improved machinery in the mills he was building. A member of the Presbyterian church in Albany, in his late years he gave especial attention to theological matters. At the age of eighty, he wrote and published "The Crisis, or Last Trumpet," which is an able presentation of the premillenial views of the second advent.
A portrait was in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. John D. Capron, Albany, NY.
Events
| Birth | 13 May 1765 | Sutton, British America |  | ||
| Death | 11 Feb 1854 | Albany, Albany, New York, United States | |
Families
| Father | Stephen Putnam (1728 - 1803) |
| Mother | Mary Gibbs (1737 - ) |
| Sibling | Solomon Putnam (1755 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane Putnam (1757 - 1758) |
| Sibling | Rhoda Putnam (1759 - ) |
| Sibling | Rev John Putnam (1761 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Giddeon Putnam (1763 - 1812) |
| Sibling | Lewis Putnam (1766 - ) |
| Sibling | Charlotte Putnam (1769 - ) |
| Sibling | David Putnam (1771 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Rufus Putnam (1773 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Abigail Putnam (1776 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Lavina Putnam (1780 - 1854) |