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 11ISTOKY OF GOODHUE C01 TY 673 Eastings and Frontenac mills, and from the Sanderson & Mc- Glashen mills, as well as the Drew mill property. In June, 1865, George 11. Grannis returned from the east and with Sidney S. improved the Central Point mill property to a considerable extent. In 1865, -Mr. Grannis was elected county commissioner for the lirsi district, representing Wed Wine. Burnside and Grant. In the summer of 1864, S. S. Grannis, Hon. E. T. Wilder and J. C. Pierce were appointed a committee to purchase a town farm. A suitable place was selected in Burnside, and in 1866 the house was built by Ole K. Simmons, with Alexander Coons as poor- master. The succeeding years were spent by Mr. Grannis in in- creasing his lumbering operations and in acquiring additional property. In 1870. Mr. Grannis met with an accident on a shingle saw, cutting off about half of the length of all the fingers and thumb of his left hand. The shock and pain were great, and from the effects Mr. Grannis has never fully recovered. Subsequently he spent many years at the Central Point property and finally retired. Mr. Grannis was married in 1842 to Sarah Shaw Howe, of Westmoreland, N. H., by whom he had six children : Ellen M., born in 1843; Sidney Howe, born in 1845; Sidney, born in 1847; Hiram, born in 1851; Edward H., born in 1854, and Mary Etta, born in 1860. Sidney H., Sidney and Hiram died young. Ed- ward H. was assistant surgeon in the Third Wisconsin infantry company for several years, with the rank of captain. He enlisted in the United States service with his regiment and went to Porto Rico. Was promoted to surgeon with rank of major and was mustered out with his regiment in 1899. Since then he has re- mained in the service of the state of Wisconsin. Ellen M. Mc- Cord resides in Red Wing, and Mary Etta Carlsrud, who has two daughters, lives in Minneapolis. Mrs. Grannis died in 1884. William H. Putnam, Red Wing, banker, comes of New England parentage, his parents being William R. and Mary (Phelps) Put- nam, of Danvers, Mass. The mother died in that town, and the father, in 1876, took up his residences in Red Wing, where he lived until his death, in 1886. William H., born January 22, 1848, attended the district schools in Danvers, Mass., his native town, and in 1867 came to Red W T ing. For six years he was employed as a clerk in the office of the county auditor, after which, in 1873, he entered the employ of the bank of Pierce, Simmons & Co., with which institution he has since remained. After ten years of serv- ice he was chosen cashier, a position he held a quarter of a cen- tury. From cashier he was promoted to vice-president, and on January 1. 1908, he assumed his present position as president. His years of active service have covered a wide range of the busi- ness and financial growth of the county, and with this progress