Collection:
Beary—Arnold—Putnam Collection
Dates of Creation:
1908 — 1955
Extent of Description:
Loose — 28 pages.
Item ID:
AM—0183
Title:
Correspondence, Bonds and Deeds.
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of 17 photographs and 28 pages of documents as well as 12 pages from a scrapbook that includes seasonal greetings etc. This is divided into manuscripts and photographs.
The donor, Ms. Boyd wrote after seeing the web site:
"My only connection was that early on 3 family members bought & owned some land there. As you will see from the old deeds, etc., one was Louisa M. Beary, my paternal great grandmother, Martha Beary Arnold, my great aunt, & her husband DJ Arnold, & Hattie Beary Putnam, my paternal grandmother. I believe they visited Estero around 1914, prior to buying the land but, to my knowledge, never returned, nor did they build on the land. The Beary family resided in Grundy & Hardin Counties, Iowa. My grandmother Hattie removed to MD following her marriage. Following the various deaths/conveyances, the land became the property of E. Louise Putnam of IA, ganddaughter of Louisa Beary & daughter of Hattie Putnam, then at her death, the property of L.E. Putnam, my father. After his death, most of same was transferred to me which I sold some years ago. Hope this answers your question.
I assume that owing property there made them members of the Unity. I have no idea how active they were but assume from several communication, that the Iowa people did keep in touch at times with what was going on down in Estero."
The donor, Ms. Boyd wrote after seeing the web site:
"My only connection was that early on 3 family members bought & owned some land there. As you will see from the old deeds, etc., one was Louisa M. Beary, my paternal great grandmother, Martha Beary Arnold, my great aunt, & her husband DJ Arnold, & Hattie Beary Putnam, my paternal grandmother. I believe they visited Estero around 1914, prior to buying the land but, to my knowledge, never returned, nor did they build on the land. The Beary family resided in Grundy & Hardin Counties, Iowa. My grandmother Hattie removed to MD following her marriage. Following the various deaths/conveyances, the land became the property of E. Louise Putnam of IA, ganddaughter of Louisa Beary & daughter of Hattie Putnam, then at her death, the property of L.E. Putnam, my father. After his death, most of same was transferred to me which I sold some years ago. Hope this answers your question.
I assume that owing property there made them members of the Unity. I have no idea how active they were but assume from several communication, that the Iowa people did keep in touch at times with what was going on down in Estero."
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