First Washburn to open a store on old Lincoln-Rutherford highway.Also a Washburn Tavern. Benjamin elected to the state legislature in 1858. Justice of the Peace, County Coroner, County Trustee and County Treasurer. Shot from ambush by former inmate of the insane asylum.
Benjamin and Delphia had thre children: Elizabeth, Perry Bryant and a child who died in infancy.
Benjamin and Mary had four children: Mary Rebecca, John Rutherford, Telitha and a daughter who died in infancy.
The Raleigh Register
Wednesday, March 25, 1863
Murder - Mr Benjamin Washburn, an old and respectable citizen of Rutherford County, NC, was brutally murdered in cold blood by the hand of one George Suttles, on the 5th last. The wound was inflected by a pistol, and produced death instantly. Mr Washburn was about 50 years of age, and had filed important positions in his county. Suttles has been arrested.
Benjamin and Delphia had thre children: Elizabeth, Perry Bryant and a child who died in infancy.
Benjamin and Mary had four children: Mary Rebecca, John Rutherford, Telitha and a daughter who died in infancy.
The Raleigh Register
Wednesday, March 25, 1863
Murder - Mr Benjamin Washburn, an old and respectable citizen of Rutherford County, NC, was brutally murdered in cold blood by the hand of one George Suttles, on the 5th last. The wound was inflected by a pistol, and produced death instantly. Mr Washburn was about 50 years of age, and had filed important positions in his county. Suttles has been arrested.
First Washburn to open a store on old Lincoln-Rutherford highway.Also a Washburn Tavern. Benjamin elected to the state legislature in 1858. Justice of the Peace, County Coroner, County Trustee and County Treasurer. Shot from ambush by former inmate of the insane asylum.
Benjamin and Delphia had thre children: Elizabeth, Perry Bryant and a child who died in infancy.
Benjamin and Mary had four children: Mary Rebecca, John Rutherford, Telitha and a daughter who died in infancy.
The Raleigh Register
Wednesday, March 25, 1863
Murder - Mr Benjamin Washburn, an old and respectable citizen of Rutherford County, NC, was brutally murdered in cold blood by the hand of one George Suttles, on the 5th last. The wound was inflected by a pistol, and produced death instantly. Mr Washburn was about 50 years of age, and had filed important positions in his county. Suttles has been arrested.
Benjamin and Delphia had thre children: Elizabeth, Perry Bryant and a child who died in infancy.
Benjamin and Mary had four children: Mary Rebecca, John Rutherford, Telitha and a daughter who died in infancy.
The Raleigh Register
Wednesday, March 25, 1863
Murder - Mr Benjamin Washburn, an old and respectable citizen of Rutherford County, NC, was brutally murdered in cold blood by the hand of one George Suttles, on the 5th last. The wound was inflected by a pistol, and produced death instantly. Mr Washburn was about 50 years of age, and had filed important positions in his county. Suttles has been arrested.
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