My search for David V Putnam(1831-1905) in Full-Text search returned a newspaper listing of persons who had been granted a patent. David is the son of William Putman and his wife, Anna.
Newspaper Article Text:
Patents were granted yesterday to the following named Tennesseans:
John Johnson, Memphis, shovel;
Samuel Killebrew, Brownsville, hame fastener;
Jacob D. McKenney and T.W. Brown, Chattanooga, cartridge loader;
David V. Putnam, Nolansville, car-coupling;
Charles W. Taylor, Gallatin, hand motion for sewing machines.
"Tennessee Patents" Nashville Banner(Tennessee), 30 September 1885, Vol 10, No 148, p 4, col 4; images, Ancestry(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-Q3R9-YV4W : accessed 7 May 2025) IGN 8966262, Image 752 of 756.
Using the information from the paper, I went looking for an entry for David V Putnamin the Patent Records on Ancestry. Below is the first paragraph of the patent description.
David V. Putnam, of Nolensville, Tennessee
Car-Coupling.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,018 dated September 29, 1885.
Application filed August 11, 1884.
To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, David V. Putnam, a
citizen of the United States, residing at No
lensville, in the county of Williamson, and
State of Tennessee have invented a new and
valuable Improvement in Car-Couplers, of
which the following is a full, clear, and exact
description, reference being made to the an-
nexed drawings, making a part of this speci-
fication, and to the letters of reference marked
thereon.
Car-Coupling.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,018 dated September 29, 1885.
Application filed August 11, 1884.
To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, David V. Putnam, a
citizen of the United States, residing at No
lensville, in the county of Williamson, and
State of Tennessee have invented a new and
valuable Improvement in Car-Couplers, of
which the following is a full, clear, and exact
description, reference being made to the an-
nexed drawings, making a part of this speci-
fication, and to the letters of reference marked
thereon.
There is a copy of the drawing and the full patent on Ancestry.com
"U.S., Patent and Trademark Office Patents", 1790–1909, David V. Putnam, Patent No. 327,018 (1885), Car-Coupling; database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1314/images/31082_18853270-18001 : accessed 7 May 2025), images 55–57 of 332; citing United States Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database (http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html : 2008).
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