One of their sons, Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), became a noted librarian who served as the United States Librarian of Congress.
In 1886, Herbert Putnam married Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and together they had two daughters, Shirley and Brenda Putnam.
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