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Washburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882

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Personal name headingWashburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882
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Variant(s)Washburn, Cadwallader Colden, 1818-1882
See alsoChief executive of: Wisconsin. Governor (1872-1874 : Washburn)
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Founded corporate body of person: Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum (Minneapolis, Minn.)
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Associated placeMinneapolis (Minn.)
LocatedWisconsin
Birth date1818-04-22
Death date1882-05-14
Place of birthLivermore (Me.)
Place of deathEureka Springs (Ark.)
Profession or occupationBusinessmen Politicians Governors Teachers
Found inNUCMC data from La Crosse (Wis.) Public Lib. for Van Steenwyk family. Papers, 1838-1972 (C.C. Washburn; Cadwallader Colden Washburn; gov. of Wis., etc.)
LC man. cat. (hdg.: Washburn, Cadwallader Colden, 1818-1882; usage: C.C. Washburn)
First published report of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1892: title page (Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum), page 5 (The Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum of Minneapolis, an institution incorporated under the general laws of Minnesota, was founded and endowed by General Cadwallader C. Washburn, ex-governor of Wisconsn ... This bequest was augmented by the liberality of his brother, Senator W. D. Washburn, who gave the sight--a beautifully wooded tract of twenty acres, then located in the town of Richfield, Minn., but now within the corporate limits of Minneapolis, at the corner of Nicollet Avenue and Forty-Ninth Street South ...)
Wikipedia (Website), viewed September 18, 2017: Cadwallader C. Washburn (Cadwallader Colden Washburn (April 22, 1818-May 14, 1882) was an American businessman, politician, and soldier noted for founding what would later become General Mills. A member of the Washburn family of Maine, he was a U.S. Congressman and governor of Wisconsin, and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War ... Washburn was born in Livermore (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts)... 11th Governor of Wisconsin, in office January 1, 1872 -- January 5, 1874 ... Died: May 14, 1882 (aged 64), Eureka Springs, Arkansas . Resting place: Oak Grove Cemetery, LaCrosse, Wisconsin ...)
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Wisconsin's Governors (Website), viewed September 18, 2017: List (...1872-1874: Cadwallader C. Washburn ...)
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