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• The_Norlands abstract "The Norlands (also known as the Israel Washburn Homestead) is a historic building on Norlands Road in Livermore, Maine, United States. It was owned by Israel Washburn and his descendants.The Gothic Revival-style house was built in 1821 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. The house is now operated as part of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a 19th-century period farm with living-history demonstrations. The buildings include the Norlands mansion, a mid-19th-century period schoolhouse, a library with displays about the Washburn family, a meeting house, a farmer's cottage, and a barn with farm animals. The barn and farmer's cottage burned down in April 2008 but the Farmer's Cottage was rebuilt and reopened in early 2011. As of July 29. 2012, the barn has yet to be rebuilt.The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the preservation of 18th and 19th century rural Maine heritage. The Washburn-Norlands Foundation was formed in 1973, at the bequest of Washburn family descendants. The Foundation converted the property into a living history museum with the intent of preserving the estate and the remarkable stories of its past. Today the organization is run by a Board of Trustees, who together ensures the protection of the estate, its collections and their future.The Washburn-Norlands estate is occupied by four historic buildings, the 1867 Mansion, 1883 Library, 1828 Meeting House and 1853 School House. Each building has been restored and operates as a museum. The Norlands is home to a number of collections; including Washburn family papers, photographs, artwork, historic clothing, books, furniture, and more. The Washburn family is one of Maine’s, and the nation’s, most political and industrious families. The history of the Washburns at Norlands can be traced back more than 200 years when Israel Washburn, Sr. purchased the original homestead built by Cyrus Hamlin (father of Hannibal Hamlin) in 1809 and raised ten children with his wife, Martha Benjamin. They lived a life of poverty as they worked the farm. The four oldest sons worked for neighboring farms to help pay their father’s debts. With humble beginnings, the seven Washburn sons rose to gain prominence with state, national and international politics, business and industry, diplomacy, and military affairs.Three of the brothers served in U.S. Congress at the same time representing three different states, two became Foreign Ministers, one served as Civil War Governor of Maine, one was a U.S. Senator, one was a Civil War General, one owned a bank, one ran a newspaper, one founded the Soo Railroad, and one served as a Captain in the Navy during the Civil War. Two of the brothers formed flour mills: one became Gold Medal Flour and the other merged with Pillsbury Flour. No other American family has produced an equivalent level of political and business leadership in a single generation than that of the Washburns from Livermore, Maine.Israel Washburn Sr.1784-1876Israel came to Maine from Raynham, Massachusetts in 1806. In 1809, he purchased the Livermore farm originally owned by Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, father of Hannibal Hamlin. He opened a general store and in 1812, married Martha "Patty" Benjamin. When the store failed in 1829, he turned to farming. Israel was highly involved in town politics. Thirty years later he lost his sight from cataracts.Martha Benjamin Washburn1792-1861Daughter of Lieutenant Samuel (Revolutionary War veteran) and Tabitha Livermore Benjamin. Martha married Israel Washburn and she bore him eleven children, ten surviving. She was a devoted wife and loving mother who instilled ambition in her children. Israel Washburn Jr. 1813-1887 Israel and Martha’s first born child became a lawyer in 1834, was elected to Maine House of Representatives in 1842, and to Congress in 1851. Israel was influential in forming the Republican Party. He served as Governor of Maine in 1861 and 1862. Israel later became a collector of the port of Portland, Maine, appointed to the position by President Lincoln. He had four children with his first wife, Mary Maud Webster. In 1876, he married Robina Napier Brown of Boston. Two years later he became President of the Rumford Falls Railroad.Algernon Sidney Washburn1814-1879 Algernon “Sid” left home at age 15 and got a job as a clerk in a dry goods store in Hallowell, Maine. He eventually moved to Boston and owned his own store called Shaw and Washburn. In 1853, Sid returned home to Maine and became co-founder and head cashier of The Bank of Hallowell. One year later, he married Sarah Moore in Bangor, Maine. They had four children. In 1862 he organized the First National Bank of Hallowell. Sid was the first of the brothers to make money and supported his younger brothers with loans, which they always paid back. Elihu Benjamin Washburne1816-1887 Elihu left home at the age of 13 to work on a neighboring farm to help pay off his father’s debt. He eventually became a lawyer and moved to Galena, Illinois. He added the ancestral “e” to the Washburn name. Elected to the U.S. House of Representative in 1852, Elihu served until 1869, so long that he became known as “Father of the House” and “Watchdog of the Treasury.” Appointed as U.S. Minister to France, Elihu lived in Paris from 1869 to 1877. He is best known for his personal and political friendships with Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. He married Adele Gratiot in 1845 and had eight children.Cadwallader Colden Washburn 1818-1882Cad was the first of the Washburn brothers to travel west and make his fortune. In 1842 he settled in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, practiced law and owned a land office and bank. He and his wife, Jeanette Garr, had two daughters. He was elected to Congress in 1855, where his brothers Israel, Jr. and Elihu were already serving. During the Civil War, he went back to Wisconsin and rose to the rank of Major General. He returned to congress for two more terms after the war and was elected governor of Wisconsin. Cad made a fortune in lumbering, saw mills, and his four company. In 1880 he entered his flour in a contest at the Miller’s International Exhibition in Cincinnati, Ohio where it won the bronze, the silver, and the gold prizes. His company became Gold Medal Flour. Martha Benjamin Washburn Stephenson1820-1909 Martha attended the one-room schoolhouse located near her family's home. She then furthered her education by attending the Waterville Liberal Institute. She taught school in Livermore until she married Charles L. Stephenson, a friend of Cadwallader, in 1849. She bore him five children, one of whom died in infancy. After Charles died in 1880, Martha spent her final days with her daughter in North Dakota. Charles Ames Washburn 1822-1889 Charles graduated from Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill and from Bowdoin College in 1848. He then went to work in the land office in Washington, DC. In 1849, he went west to join the California Gold Rush. The gold he found financed his career as a writer and editor of a San Francisco newspaper. He then became American Minister of Paraguay from 1861-1868, and was eventually rescued from his post by an American gunboat. He married Sallie Catherine Cleaveland, a New York socialite. They had three children. He later wrote a two-volume history of Paraguay and invented "Washburn's Typeograph," of which he sold the patent to the Remington Company. Samuel Benjamin Washburn1824-1890The only seafaring son, Samuel shipped out at age 18 and later became the master of his own vessel. During the Civil War, Samuel was Acting Master in the U.S. Navy and became an officer on the gunboat Galena. During battle, he was wounded in the hip, which left him lame for the rest of his life. His first wife, Lorette May Thompson, died in 1869. He married Addis Brown Reade in 1872, one year after returning home to Livermore to care for his aging father. Samuel had five children.Mary Benjamin Washburn 1825-1867 Mary married Gustavus Buffum in 1856 in Livermore and moved west; first to Wisconsin and then to Iowa. She had five children but tragedy struck when Mary died after the birth of twin boys, both of whom also died shortly afterwards. She is the only daughter to have living descendants today. William Drew Washburn 1831-1912 William Drew graduated from Bowdoin College in 1857, studied law with brother Israel, and eventually settled in Minnesota with his wife, Elizabeth Muzzy. They had nine children. In Minnesota, he constructed dams, flour and saw mills. His flour mill eventually merged with the Pillsbury Flour Company. He founded the SOO Railroad and became a Congressman and later a Senator.Caroline Ann Washburn Holmes1833-1920 The youngest child, Caroline attended the local school before continuing her education at the Waterville Liberal Institute and the Gorham Seminary. She met Dr. Freeland Holmes in Orono. They married in 1857 and settled in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine until the Civil War broke out. Freeland enlisted as a surgeon and died in 1863, leaving Caroline a widow with two children. She returned home to Livermore. Upon the death of her father in 1876, Caroline moved to Wisconsin to be near her brothers, Cadwallader and William.The Washburn family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:Israel Washington (1718-1796), member of the Massachusetts Legislature 1780. Father of Israel Washburn IIIsrael Washburn II (1755-1841), member of the Massachusetts Legislature 1804-1810. Son of Israel WashburnIsrael Washburn (1784-1876), Massachusetts State Representative 1815-1816 1818-1819. Son of Israel Washburn II.Reuel Washburn (1793-1878), Maine State Senator 1827-1828, Probate Court Judge in Maine 1857-1859. Son of Israel Washburn II.Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Maine State Representative 1842, U.S. Representative from Maine 1851-1861, Governor of Maine 1861-1863. Son of Israel Washburn.Elihu Washburne (1816-1887), U.S. Representative from Illinois 1853-1869, U.S. Secretary of State 1869, U.S. Minister to France 1869-1877, candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States 1880, candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States 1880. Son of Israel Washburn.Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 1855-1861 1867-1871, Governor of Wisconsin 1872-1874. Son of Israel Washburn.Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889), U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Paraguay 1861-1863, U.S. Minister to Paraguay 1863-1868. Son of Israel Washburn.William D. Washburn (1831-1912), Minnesota State Representative 1861, U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1879-1885, U.S. Senator from Minnesota 1889-1895. Son of Israel Washburn.Dorilus Morrison (1814-1897), Minnesota State Senator 1864-1865, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota 1867-1868 1869-1870. Cousin of William D. Washburn.Hempstead Washburne (1851-1918), Attorney of Chicago, Illinois 1885-1889; Mayor of Chicago, Illinois 1891-1893. Son of Elihu Washburne.William Washburn (1863-1929), member of the Minnesota Legislature 1901 1905 1909 1911 1917 1921 1923 1925. Son of William D. Washburn.Stanley Washburn, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1912, candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1932. Son of William D. Washburn.The Washburns".
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