Washburn, George C., was born in Hillsdale, N. Y. October 6, 1844. a son of John and Lavina (Loomis) Washburn. His father was a farmer and hotel keeper and in 1856 came to Darien, and in 1862 to Batavia, where he engaged in the hotel business, and died October 7, 1897. George C. Washburn was educated in the public schools; in 1884 he established his present business of dealing in coal and lumber. In 1875 he married Grace A., daughter of John Durstin. Mr. Washburn is a representative business man, and merits the confidence reposed in him by his associates.

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Our County and it's people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890