Washburn, Henry D
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 28, 1832, in Windsor county, Vt. In July of 1861 he raised a company for service in the war; was promoted to the command as colonel of the eighteenth Indiana volunteers in 1862; in 1864 was brevetted a brigadier-general; and was mustered out of the service in 1865. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-ninth congress. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a republican; and in 1869 was appointed surveyor-general of Montana.
WASHBURN, HENRY STEVENSON, manufacturer, legislator, poet, was born June 10, 1813, in Providence, R. I. Through his own exertions he réceived a thorough education at the Worcester academy and the Brown university. For fifteen years he was engaged in the manufacture of wire in Worcester; laid the corner stone of Mechanic's hall, and delivered the dedicatory address at its completion. In 1852 he declined the nomination for congress; and during the civil war he was in charge of clothing and hospital supplies for the union army.
For a dozen years he was manager of the Shawmut Wire works in Boston; in 1871-72 he was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives; and in 1873-74 was a member of the state senate. For several years he was president of the Union Mutual Life Insurance company, and subsequently traveled in France and Germany in its behalf. He is the author of The Vacant Chair, and Other Poems, a volume of strong, earnest and tender poetry. He has long since retired from active business and is a resident of Boston, Mass.