John R. Washburn, superintendent of the county poor, dropped dead at the county poorhouse at 7:30 o'clock Monday night. He had been in apparently excellent health and had just come from the garden and seated himself on the veranda when he complained of being ill, went in to the house and dropped on a couch dead.
Mr. Washburn was 66 years of age and a native of Rodman. He had served the county as superintendent of the poor since 1888, being re-elected annually by the Board of Supervisors. He was a Republican and a prominent member of his party organization in the county. His papers at state conventions of superintendents of the poor had attracted wide attention.
Mrs. Washburn died last spring and Mr. Washburn is survived by a son, L. R. Washburn of Watertown, a daughter, Mrs. John M. Crukshank of Brooklyn, and two brothers, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Levi Wasburn of Watertown and Roger Washburn who is in the West.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., June 2, 1903
Mr. Washburn was 66 years of age and a native of Rodman. He had served the county as superintendent of the poor since 1888, being re-elected annually by the Board of Supervisors. He was a Republican and a prominent member of his party organization in the county. His papers at state conventions of superintendents of the poor had attracted wide attention.
Mrs. Washburn died last spring and Mr. Washburn is survived by a son, L. R. Washburn of Watertown, a daughter, Mrs. John M. Crukshank of Brooklyn, and two brothers, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Levi Wasburn of Watertown and Roger Washburn who is in the West.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., June 2, 1903
John R. Washburn, superintendent of the county poor, dropped dead at the county poorhouse at 7:30 o'clock Monday night. He had been in apparently excellent health and had just come from the garden and seated himself on the veranda when he complained of being ill, went in to the house and dropped on a couch dead.
Mr. Washburn was 66 years of age and a native of Rodman. He had served the county as superintendent of the poor since 1888, being re-elected annually by the Board of Supervisors. He was a Republican and a prominent member of his party organization in the county. His papers at state conventions of superintendents of the poor had attracted wide attention.
Mrs. Washburn died last spring and Mr. Washburn is survived by a son, L. R. Washburn of Watertown, a daughter, Mrs. John M. Crukshank of Brooklyn, and two brothers, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Levi Wasburn of Watertown and Roger Washburn who is in the West.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., June 2, 1903
Mr. Washburn was 66 years of age and a native of Rodman. He had served the county as superintendent of the poor since 1888, being re-elected annually by the Board of Supervisors. He was a Republican and a prominent member of his party organization in the county. His papers at state conventions of superintendents of the poor had attracted wide attention.
Mrs. Washburn died last spring and Mr. Washburn is survived by a son, L. R. Washburn of Watertown, a daughter, Mrs. John M. Crukshank of Brooklyn, and two brothers, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Levi Wasburn of Watertown and Roger Washburn who is in the West.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., June 2, 1903
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