SOURCE: History of the upper peninsula of Michigan : containing a full account of its early settlement, its growth, development, and resources, an extended description of its iron and copper mines : also, accurate sketches of its counties, cities, towns, and villages ... biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers.
Collection: Michigan County Histories Pages 505

WILLIAM H. WASHBURNE, M. D., was born in Weyauwega, Wis., February 14, 1854; spent his boyhood at Oshkosh at school, after which he was a telegraph operator in Chicago for three years; then went to Rush Medical College, and graduated in 1877; then went to Ishpeming with Drs. Bigelow and Carpenter three years, and in June, 1880, came to Florence to practice medicine. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and also a member of the Temple of Honor. Is physician to the Florence Mine. He was married to Miss Esther Wilson, of Ishpeming, October 1, 1878.