Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Washburn, Elisha August 13, 1832 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Washburn, Elisha, Herkimer, was born in Westchester county, N.Y., near Sing 
Sing, upon the 13th day of August, 1832.  His family removed into Otsego 
county when Elisha was about three years of age.  He received his educational 
advantages here and in the town of Plainfield, and followed farming until 
1857, when he sold his farm of 160 acres and bought the Temperance House of 
Herkimer of Eli Taylor.  After keeping this house for some years he sold it to 
Messrs. Fields & Curtis, and established a flour and feed store, and in 1864 
bought the Bellinger flouring mills, with which Mr. Washburn has since been 
connected.  In 1886 he sold out one half interest of mill to his former 
manager, G. M. Helmer, and the firm name is E. Washburn and G.M. Helmer now.  
His is a staunch Prohibitionist in politics, also a protectionist.  Mr. 
Washburn is of English descent, and traces his ancestry in this country to 
before Revolutionary times, with which they were identified, also the war of 
1812.  The Washburn family hold a re-union each year, which over 100 
representatives attend.  Mr. Washburn married Miss Eunice Newton Rice of 
Otsego county, in 1834, a descendant of Sir James Newton Rice.  They have two 
children, a boy and a girl.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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