page lx History of Worcester County Vol. 1 John Davis WASHBURN is a native of Boston, where he was born March 27, 1833, being the eldest son of John Marshall WASHBURN, who married in 1832, Harriet Webster, daughter of Daniel KIMBALL ( Harvard Univ. 1800 ). His parents removed to the grand old town of Lancaster, in Worcester County, when he was 5 years old, and his early youth was passed amid those beautiful surroungings. At the age of 20 he graduated in 1853 from Harvard University, and entered the profession of law, studing first with Hon. Emory WASHBURN and George F. HOAR in 1854, and later receiving a diploma from the Harvard Law School in 1856. He practiced law in Worcester, in partnership with Hon. H.C. RICE and by a development of his professional business and inclination, made a prominent place, first, as a insurance attorney, and lastly, succeeding the late Hon. Alexander H. BULLOCK as general agent and attorney of the insurance company, in 1866. By his friendship with Govenor BULLOCK he became associated with his military family as the chief of his staff, from 1866-1869, receiving a colonel's commission. During the period from 1871 to 1881 he was a trustee of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital, and from 1875 to 1885 filled the same relation to the Massachusetts School for the feeble-minded. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1876 to 1879, and a senator from th city of Worcester in 1884, rendering the excellent public service to be expected from his knowledge of affairs and his general sympathies with all matters of care and concern in the commonwealth. His association has always been sought in corporate and financial affairs. From 1866 to 1880 he was a director of the Citizens' National Bank. END of PART 1