Israel Washburn

Israel Washburn Sr. (November 18, 1784 – September 1, 1876)[1] was a Massachusetts politician.

[2] He was born in Raynham, Massachusetts, in 1784, the son of Israel Washburn and Abiah King.

He was a school teacher for a couple of years, before working in the shipbuilding industry at White's Landing on the Kennebec River.

[1] In 1809, at age 25, Washburn bought a homestead with some acres of farmland at The Norlands in Livermore, Maine.

He was interred in Waters Hill Cemetery in Livermore,[6] alongside his wife.