Leroy M. (L.M.) Washburn. Born 1847 in Maine. Died 1939. Graduated Foxcroft Academy - Maine. Taught school/came to Door County 1870. Pioneer merchant in Sturgeon Bay. Worked for A.W. Lawrence Store. Bought that store and Dan Rice Store (Sawyer). Founded Barker-Washburn Lumber. Director - Merchant's Exchange Bank. Director - Ahnapee & Western Railway. State Assemblyman 1875 - 1876. Married Ruth Lawrence (born 1857 - died 1917).
Cataloged By
AMJ
Acquisition
Accession
2004.0
Source or Donor
Door County Historical Museum Existing Collection
Acquisition Method
Donation
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Barker-Washburn Lumber, businesses in: Sturgeon Bay, logging. sawmilling, etc.
