Son of James and Judah (Griffin) Washburn
Husband of Sarah Thompkins
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Joseph Washburn, a pioneer of this section of the State of Ohio.
Joseph Washburn was born on his father's farm in New York State, near the Catskill Mountains, was raised in the manner common to boys of that time and place, and while still a young man married Sarah Tompkins. To them three children were born in New York State, one of whom died in infancy, while the second lived to an adult age. In 1820 the family migrated to Fitchville township, Huron Co., Ohio, where Joseph Washburn had located a tract of 700 or 800 acres of wild land. On their arrival a log cabin was built, and while awaiting the erection of that cabin the members of the family found shelter in the home of a settler named Palmer. In Fitchville township the following named children were born to the pioneer parents: James, who moved to Michigan; Sarah, who married Anson Skellenger, and died at New London, Ohio; and Elijah and Edmund (twins), the latter of whom died when two and one half years old. On this land the father resided until his death, February 7, 1853, and the mother until her death, July 10, 1886. Joseph Washburn was a practical farmer and a successful one. Politically a Whig, he was always faithful to that party. His widow lived to be ninety-two years old. In her later years she was a member of the Congregational Church, and one of the original members of that denomination in Fitchville township. The husband and wife were buried in Fitchville cemetery.
Source: The Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (pg 315)
Husband of Sarah Thompkins
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Joseph Washburn, a pioneer of this section of the State of Ohio.
Joseph Washburn was born on his father's farm in New York State, near the Catskill Mountains, was raised in the manner common to boys of that time and place, and while still a young man married Sarah Tompkins. To them three children were born in New York State, one of whom died in infancy, while the second lived to an adult age. In 1820 the family migrated to Fitchville township, Huron Co., Ohio, where Joseph Washburn had located a tract of 700 or 800 acres of wild land. On their arrival a log cabin was built, and while awaiting the erection of that cabin the members of the family found shelter in the home of a settler named Palmer. In Fitchville township the following named children were born to the pioneer parents: James, who moved to Michigan; Sarah, who married Anson Skellenger, and died at New London, Ohio; and Elijah and Edmund (twins), the latter of whom died when two and one half years old. On this land the father resided until his death, February 7, 1853, and the mother until her death, July 10, 1886. Joseph Washburn was a practical farmer and a successful one. Politically a Whig, he was always faithful to that party. His widow lived to be ninety-two years old. In her later years she was a member of the Congregational Church, and one of the original members of that denomination in Fitchville township. The husband and wife were buried in Fitchville cemetery.
Source: The Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (pg 315)
Son of James and Judah (Griffin) Washburn
Husband of Sarah Thompkins
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Joseph Washburn, a pioneer of this section of the State of Ohio.
Joseph Washburn was born on his father's farm in New York State, near the Catskill Mountains, was raised in the manner common to boys of that time and place, and while still a young man married Sarah Tompkins. To them three children were born in New York State, one of whom died in infancy, while the second lived to an adult age. In 1820 the family migrated to Fitchville township, Huron Co., Ohio, where Joseph Washburn had located a tract of 700 or 800 acres of wild land. On their arrival a log cabin was built, and while awaiting the erection of that cabin the members of the family found shelter in the home of a settler named Palmer. In Fitchville township the following named children were born to the pioneer parents: James, who moved to Michigan; Sarah, who married Anson Skellenger, and died at New London, Ohio; and Elijah and Edmund (twins), the latter of whom died when two and one half years old. On this land the father resided until his death, February 7, 1853, and the mother until her death, July 10, 1886. Joseph Washburn was a practical farmer and a successful one. Politically a Whig, he was always faithful to that party. His widow lived to be ninety-two years old. In her later years she was a member of the Congregational Church, and one of the original members of that denomination in Fitchville township. The husband and wife were buried in Fitchville cemetery.
Source: The Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (pg 315)
Husband of Sarah Thompkins
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Joseph Washburn, a pioneer of this section of the State of Ohio.
Joseph Washburn was born on his father's farm in New York State, near the Catskill Mountains, was raised in the manner common to boys of that time and place, and while still a young man married Sarah Tompkins. To them three children were born in New York State, one of whom died in infancy, while the second lived to an adult age. In 1820 the family migrated to Fitchville township, Huron Co., Ohio, where Joseph Washburn had located a tract of 700 or 800 acres of wild land. On their arrival a log cabin was built, and while awaiting the erection of that cabin the members of the family found shelter in the home of a settler named Palmer. In Fitchville township the following named children were born to the pioneer parents: James, who moved to Michigan; Sarah, who married Anson Skellenger, and died at New London, Ohio; and Elijah and Edmund (twins), the latter of whom died when two and one half years old. On this land the father resided until his death, February 7, 1853, and the mother until her death, July 10, 1886. Joseph Washburn was a practical farmer and a successful one. Politically a Whig, he was always faithful to that party. His widow lived to be ninety-two years old. In her later years she was a member of the Congregational Church, and one of the original members of that denomination in Fitchville township. The husband and wife were buried in Fitchville cemetery.
Source: The Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (pg 315)
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