There will be no change in legislation this session in so far as Pottawattamie county is concerned, as the same senator and the two representatives of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly will again be here. Hon. George M. Putnam of Carson, is the eldest man of the trio. His birthplace was Coos county, N. H., in August, 1837, on a farm, where he lived till 1853, when he removed to Illinois. After coming west he resumed the avocation of farming which he began in his native state. He enlisted in the army in August, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer infantry, and served three years till the close of the strife. His regiment saw some of the hardest fighting of the struggle, and its colonel mentioned Mr. Putnam as a soldier of especial daring and faithfulness. He removed to Iowa in 1873, with the home residence on the farm on which they still reside in Pottawattamie county. The farm consists of nearly 300 acres, and is one of the most valuable bits of farm land in western Iowa. Mr. Putnam was married to Miss Emily A. Jackson, February 20, 1868, and to them have been born seven children, five girls and two boys. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and the G. A. R. While he is not a member of any church, nor directly connected with any such organization, he is charitable to all. Locally Mr. Putnam has served his township as trustee of school board, assessor, treasurer, and is a member of the soldiers' relief commission. Last term he was active in committee legislation, and served on the following committees: Insurance, suppression of intemperance, constitutional amendments, Agricultural college, and congressional districts.

There will be no change in legislation this session in so far as Pottawattamie county is concerned, as the same senator and the two representatives of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly will again be here. Hon. George M. Putnam of Carson, is the eldest man of the trio. His birthplace was Coos county, N. H., in August, 1837, on a farm, where he lived till 1853, when he removed to Illinois. After coming west he resumed the avocation of farming which he began in his native state. He enlisted in the army in August, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer infantry, and served three years till the close of the strife. His regiment saw some of the hardest fighting of the struggle, and its colonel mentioned Mr. Putnam as a soldier of especial daring and faithfulness. He removed to Iowa in 1873, with the home residence on the farm on which they still reside in Pottawattamie county. The farm consists of nearly 300 acres, and is one of the most valuable bits of farm land in western Iowa. Mr. Putnam was married to Miss Emily A. Jackson, February 20, 1868, and to them have been born seven children, five girls and two boys. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and the G. A. R. While he is not a member of any church, nor directly connected with any such organization, he is charitable to all. Locally Mr. Putnam has served his township as trustee of school board, assessor, treasurer, and is a member of the soldiers' relief commission. Last term he was active in committee legislation, and served on the following committees: Insurance, suppression of intemperance, constitutional amendments, Agricultural college, and congressional districts.

One of the Pottawattamie county members of the House is the Hon. George M. Putnam, of Carson. He is a farmer. He was born in New Hampshire in 1837, and coming from a farming family, was apprenticed to that industry at an early age in the Granite state, picking up his education at night and in the winter time. He removed in 1853 to Illinois and engaged in farming there until 1862 at the breaking out of the war, when, in common with his fellows all over the north, he enlisted as a volunteer. He joined the 75th Illinois Regiment and fought through till the rebellion was put down. The 75th saw some of the hardest fighting during the entire war, and under the gallant Colonel J. E. Bennett, more than once the soldiers of the line distinguished themselves by daring achievements. The regimental history gives instances of this heroism of the private soldier and the colonel himself especially mentions Mr. Putnam for distinguished bravery and efficient service. At the close of the war Mr. Putnam resumed his farming and in 1873 he removed to Iowa, locating his family on his present farm at Carson. The farm consists of 280 acres five miles from the town, and is one of the most valuable and successful farms in the county. Mr. Putnam's family consists of a wife and seven children. Mr. Putnam has several times acted as township officer in each of the states in which he has resided, and four years ago he was nominated for the Legislature, but in common with Republicans all over the country he was defeated. He is a member of the G. A. R. and Odd Fellows and has held most of the offices in both those societies. He attends the Methodist Church.