Cadwallader C. Washburn
Cadwallader Colden Washburn was an American businessman, politician, and soldier noted for founding what would later become General Mills and working in government for Wisconsin. He was born in Livermore, Maine, one of seven brothers that included Israel Washburn, Jr., Elihu B. Washburne, William D. Washburn, and Charles Ames Washburn.
Washburn was born in Livermore, Maine, the son of Martha and Israel Washburn. Washburn attended school in Wiscasset, Maine, and later taught there in 18381839. In 1839 he moved to Davenport, Iowa where he taught school, worked in a store, and worked as a surveyor. Inspired by his brother Elihu who set up a legal practice in nearby Galena, he studied law, In 1842 he was admitted to the Wisconsin bar and he moved to Mineral Point, Wisconsin where he began a legal practice.
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