Editing Cadwallader C. Washburn (section)

==Education and early career==
Washburn was born in [[Livermore, Maine|Livermore]] (in modern-day [[Maine]], then a part of [[Massachusetts]]),<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Cadwallader C. Washburn|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19765329/cadwallader_c_washburn_18181882/|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|date=May 16, 1882|page=2|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 3, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> the son of Martha (née Benjamin) and [[Israel Washburn Sr.]] He was one of seven brothers, who included [[Israel Washburn Jr.]], [[Elihu B. Washburne]], [[William D. Washburn]], and [[Charles Ames Washburn]]. Washburn attended school in [[Wiscasset, Maine]], and later taught there in 1838–1839.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2635 |title=Dictionary of Wisconsin History |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=September 23, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928113258/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2635 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1839 he moved to [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]], [[Iowa Territory]], 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, Illinois]], he studied law. In 1842 he was admitted to the [[State Bar of Wisconsin|Wisconsin bar]] and moved to [[Mineral Point, Wisconsin|Mineral Point]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa County]], [[Wisconsin Territory]], where he began a legal practice.<ref name="Obit"/>{{sfn|Kelsey|2005}}