John Randolph Washburn was born in Stafford, CT June 7, 1821, the son of John Elliothorpe Washburn and Levina Avery. On May 16, 1847 he married Adelaide Fairman.
John Randolph Washburn was born in Stafford, CT June 7, 1821, the son of John Elliothorpe Washburn and Levina Avery. On May 16, 1847 he married Adelaide Fairman.
J.R. Washburn was a mechanic, an inventor, a state representative and had a great interest in history. Except for two years, he lived his whole life in Stafford and West Stafford. He died June 18, 1909.
He and his brothers wrote letters whenever they were apart and he saved many, including some he recieved from Baton Rouge during the Civil War. He saved his speeches given to the legislature, notes on the town, the first trolley to Hartford, ads for the chuck he invented, his thoughts on the local churches. I have his lists of people who gave money to the families of Civil War soldiers and his passes to exchange prisoners. Obviously, there is more to come here.
The Stafford area was full of Washburns a hundred years ago and now there are none to be found in the telephone book, just the cemeteries.
Adelaide Fairman was born February 9, 1826 in Troy, Rensselaer county, NY, the daughter of Simon Fairman and Harriet Wright. She grew up in West Stafford. She died there October 23, 1904.
She must have had a great deal of patience. Her father was an
inventor as was her husband. They had ten children and my grandmother
was the youngest.
John R. Washburn and family in front of their house in West Stafford.
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