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Edward Washburn Whitaker, Brigadier General, United States Army (845 words) |
 | Edward Washburn Whitaker was born on June 15, 1841 in Killingly, Connecticut. |
| Edward is a descendant of Richard Whitaker and Rebecca (Cooper) Whitaker of Rehoboth, Massachusetts Edward's great-grandfather was Lieutenant Richard Whitaker, an officer in the Revolutionary War. |
| Edward and Daniel enlisted together in Connecticut or New York regiments, William in a New Hampshire regiment, and George enlisted in a California unit and served in New Mexico. |
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Cephas Washburn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (347 words) |
| Washburn was the driving force in establishing the Far West Academy in Washington County, Arkansas in 1844 which was a short-lived attempt to establish a college where both white and Indian students could achieve and education together. |
| Washburn served as the primary Indian missionary in the region until he resigned in 1850. |
| Washburn's son Edward Payson Washburn was the artist who painted the famous Arkansas Traveller painting that was later immortalized as a Currier and Ives lithograph. |
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