John Brown
Born: May 9, 1800
Birthplace: Torrington, Connecticut
Father: Owen Brown 1771 – 1856
(Buried: Old Hudson Township Burying Ground, Hudson, Ohio)
Mother: Ruth Mills 1772 – 1808
(Buried: Old Hudson Township Burying Ground, Hudson, Ohio)
1st Wife: Dianthe Lusk 1801 – 1832
(Buried: Brown Family Cemetery, New Richmond, Pennsylvania)
2nd Wife: Mary Ann Day 1816 – 1884
(Buried: Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California)
Children:
John Brown Jr. 1821 – 1895
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Put–in–Bay, Ohio)
Jason Brown 1823 – 1912
(Buried: Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Ohio)
Owen Brown 1824 – 1889
(Buried: Brown Mountain Grave Site, Altadena, California)
Frederick Brown 1827 – 1831
(Buried: Brown Family Cemetery, New Richmond, Pennsylvania)
Ruth Brown Thompson 1829 – 1904
(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery Mausoleum, Altadena, California)
Frederick Brown 1830 – 1856
(Buried: Brown Cemetery, Osawatomie, Kansas)
Infant Son Brown 1832 – 1832
(Buried: Brown Family Cemetery, New Richmond, Pennsylvania)
Sarah Brown 1834 – 1843
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)
Watson Brown 1835 – 1859
(Buried: John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba, New York)
Salmon Brown 1836 – 1919
(Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Portland, Oregon)
Charles Brown 1837 – 1843
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)
Oliver Brown 1839 – 1859
(Buried: John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba, New York)
Peter Brown 1840 – 1843
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)
Austin Brown 1842 – 1843
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)
Annie Brown Adams 1843 – 1926
(Buried: Rohnerville Pioneer Cemetery, Rohnerville, California)
Sarah Brown 1846 – 1916
(Buried: Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California)
Ellen Brown 1848 – 1849
(Buried: North Elba Cemetery, North Elba, New York)
Ellen Brown Fablinger 1854 – 1917
(Buried: Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California)
Education:
Studied at the school of abolitionist Elizur Wright
Taught himself Surveying from a book
Antebellum Events:
Attacked with inflammation of the eyes
Worked briefly for his father’s tannery in Hudson
Owner of a tannery with his adopted brother Levi Blakeslee
Owner of 200 Acres of land in New Richmond Pennsylvania
Built a well – ventilated room for hiding escaping slaves
Owner of the John Brown Tannery in New Richmond Pennsylvania
Made money surveying new roads in New Richmond Pennsylvania
Helped establish a post office in New Richmond Pennsylvania
1828 – 1835: United States Postmaster for Randolph Pennsylvania
Leader in setting up a Congregational Society Richmond Pennsylvania
1832: Brown’s wife died from the effects of childbirth.
1833: Married 17-year-old Mary Ann Day
1836: Moved his family to Franklin Mills Ohio
Owner of a tannery along the Cuyahoga River in Ohio
1837: Suffered losses from the Panic of 1837
1842: Declared bankruptcy in the federal court.
1843: Four of his children died from the effects of dysentery
1846: Moved to Springfield Massachusetts
Business partner in Wool Commission Operation in Springfield.
Helped transfer Springfield into a center for abolitionism
Helped make Springfield one of safest of the Underground Railroad
Founder of the League of Gileadites
1848: Moved his family to Timbuctoo New York to settle on a farm.
Provided guidance and assistance for blacks to establish farms.
1855: Participated in the anti – slavery convention in Albany New York
1855: Moved to Kansas after hearing his sons were unprepared.
1856: Affected by the sacking of Lawrence Kansas
1856: Leader in the Pottawatomie Massacre
1856: Defended the Free State Settlement of Palmyra Kansas
1856: His son Frederick was killed outskirts of Osawatomie Kansas
1856: Entered Lawrence to meet with Free State Leaders
1856: Returned to the East by November
Spent two raising funds for his campaign to free all slaves in south.
1857: Organized Anti – Slavery Mock legislature in Springdale Iowa
1858: Massachusetts Committee pledged 200 sharps Rifles
Hired Hugh Forbes as his men’s drillmaster and to write a handbook
1858: Visited Frederick Douglass in Rochester New York
1858: Led his own raid to liberate 11 slaves
1859: Arrived at Harper’s Ferry on July 3rd under the name Isaac Smith
1859: Met with Frederick Douglass in Chambersburg Pennsylvania
1859: Led 18 men in an attack on the Harpers Ferry Armory
1859: Captured at the U.S. Armory by Colonel Robert E. Lee
1859: Brown was found guilty after a weeklong trial and sentenced to hang.
1859: Hung on December 2nd at 11:25 AM.
Died: December 2, 1859
Place of Death: Charles Town, Virginia (later West Virginia)
Cause of Death: Death by Hanging pronounced dead at 11:50 AM.
Age at time of Death: 59 years old
Burial Place: John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba, New York
Last Words: "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
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