NM Brown, John

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)​

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Jason Brown 1823 – 1912​

(Buried: Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Ohio)​

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Owen Brown 1824 – 1889​

(Buried: Brown Mountain Grave Site, Altadena, California)​

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Frederick Brown 1827 – 1831​

(Buried: Brown Family Cemetery, New Richmond, Pennsylvania)​

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Ruth Brown Thompson 1829 – 1904​

(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery Mausoleum, Altadena, California)​

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Frederick Brown 1830 – 1856​

(Buried: Brown Cemetery, Osawatomie, Kansas)

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Infant Son Brown 1832 – 1832​

(Buried: Brown Family Cemetery, New Richmond, Pennsylvania)​

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Sarah Brown 1834 – 1843​

(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)​

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Watson Brown 1835 – 1859​

(Buried: John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba, New York)​

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Salmon Brown 1836 – 1919​

(Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Portland, Oregon)​

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Charles Brown 1837 – 1843​

(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)​

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Oliver Brown 1839 – 1859​

(Buried: John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba, New York)​

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Peter Brown 1840 – 1843​

(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)​

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Austin Brown 1842 – 1843​

(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio)​

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Annie Brown Adams 1843 – 1926​

(Buried: Rohnerville Pioneer Cemetery, Rohnerville, California)​

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Sarah Brown 1846 – 1916​

(Buried: Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California)​

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Ellen Brown 1848 – 1849​

(Buried: North Elba Cemetery, North Elba, New York)​

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Ellen Brown Fablinger 1854 – 1917​

(Buried: Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California)​

Education:

Studied at the school of abolitionist Elizur Wright

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Taught himself Surveying from a book​

Antebellum Events:

Attacked with inflammation of the eyes​

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Worked briefly for his father's tannery in Hudson​

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Owner of a tannery with his adopted brother Levi Blakeslee​

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Owner of 200 Acres of land in New Richmond Pennsylvania​

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Built a well – ventilated room for hiding escaping slaves​

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Owner of the John Brown Tannery in New Richmond Pennsylvania​

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Made money surveying new roads in New Richmond Pennsylvania​

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Helped establish a post office in New Richmond Pennsylvania​

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1828 – 1835: United States Postmaster for Randolph Pennsylvania​

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Leader in setting up a Congregational Society Richmond Pennsylvania​

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1832: Brown's wife died from the effects of childbirth.​

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1833: Married 17-year-old Mary Ann Day​

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1836: Moved his family to Franklin Mills Ohio​

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Owner of a tannery along the Cuyahoga River in Ohio​

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1837: Suffered losses from the Panic of 1837​

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1842: Declared bankruptcy in the federal court.​

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1843: Four of his children died from the effects of dysentery​

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1846: Moved to Springfield Massachusetts​

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Business partner in Wool Commission Operation in Springfield.​

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Helped transfer Springfield into a center for abolitionism​

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Helped make Springfield one of safest of the Underground Railroad​

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Founder of the League of Gileadites​

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1848: Moved his family to Timbuctoo New York to settle on a farm.​

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Provided guidance and assistance for blacks to establish farms.​

1855: Participated in the anti – slavery convention in Albany New York

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1855: Moved to Kansas after hearing his sons were unprepared.​

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1856: Affected by the sacking of Lawrence Kansas​

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1856: Leader in the Pottawatomie Massacre​

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1856: Defended the Free State Settlement of Palmyra Kansas​

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1856: His son Frederick was killed outskirts of Osawatomie Kansas​

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1856: Entered Lawrence to meet with Free State Leaders​

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1856: Returned to the East by November​

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Spent two raising funds for his campaign to free all slaves in south.​

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1857: Organized Anti – Slavery Mock legislature in Springdale Iowa​

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1858: Massachusetts Committee pledged 200 sharps Rifles​

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Hired Hugh Forbes as his men's drillmaster and to write a handbook​

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1858: Visited Frederick Douglass in Rochester New York​

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1858: Led his own raid to liberate 11 slaves​

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1859: Arrived at Harper's Ferry on July 3rd​ under the name Isaac Smith​

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1859: Met with Frederick Douglass in Chambersburg Pennsylvania​

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1859: Led 18 men in an attack on the Harpers Ferry Armory​

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1859: Captured at the U.S. Armory by Colonel Robert E. Lee​

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1859: Brown was found guilty after a weeklong trial and sentenced to hang.​

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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."

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday John Brown.

 

[Pollaco]

This biography states he led 18 men on the Harper's Ferry Raid, another states it was " a force of 21 men".

 

[Pete Longstreet]

I recently visited his birth place in Torrington, CT. The birth house was destroyed in a fire, but the land is well marked.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

John Brown is sure giving some of our professional sports players a run for their money as to who can father the most children.

 

[jvarnell]

F'n nutjob.

 

[Gary Morgan]

Whenever I hear the name John Brown, I'm reminded of a wag in my seventh grade History class, who quipped "You don't NEED slaves when you've got 18 kids!"

 

[DanSBHawk]

Tried and executed for the charge of treason against an entity that he had never sworn an oath to, or owed any allegiance to.

A decade later, actual traitors were let off the hook without even a trial.

 

[Pollaco]

Tried and executed for the charge of treason against an entity that he had never sworn an oath to, or owed any allegiance to.

A decade later, actual traitors were let off the hook without even a trial.

Weren't there 5 or 6 men murdered during his raid? Then 10 more when the firehouse was stormed. Sorry, but I don't see him as a martyr.

 

[DanSBHawk]

Weren't there 5 or 6 men murdered during his raid? Then 10 more when the firehouse was stormed. Sorry, but I don't see him as a martyr.

I was referring to the charge of treason to Virginia. How could Brown be considered a traitor to Virginia?

 

[Pollaco]

What exactly was his trial over? What were the charges? He had many titles, like martyr,slave inciter, murderer,and probably even more along with traitor.

 

[archieclement]

What exactly was his trial over? What were the charges? He had many titles, like martyr,slave inciter, murderer,and probably even more along with traitor.

Post 6 is probally most accurate title as it encompasses all his crimes and delusions.

 

[Pollaco]

Post 6 is probally most accurate title as it encompasses all his crimes and delusions.

Yeah, that too

 

[DanSBHawk]

When it comes to murders and delusions and treason, Brown was completely outclassed by the secessionists.

 

[John Taylor]

What exactly was his trial over? What were the charges? He had many titles, like martyr,slave inciter, murderer,and probably even more along with traitor.

Liberator of Kansas...

 

[USS ALASKA]

https://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/John_Brown.pdf

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[uaskme]

When it comes to murders and delusions and treason, Brown was completely outclassed by the secessionists.

He wanted a Race War. Shame he expired before he could see Sherman's and Grant's with the Plain's Indians.

 

[DanSBHawk]

He wanted a Race War. Shame he expired before he could see Sherman's and Grant's with the Plain's Indians.

It's a shame the confederate leadership didn't hang for treason like Brown.

 

[uaskme]

It's a shame the confederate leadership didn't hang for treason like Brown.

Kind of hard to conflate the 2. You tried secessionist. Secessionist never killed anyone. Secession happened 5 months before the War. I could explain the rest of it but you seem fixated on just a few points.

Brown died of Natural Causes. Steal Horses, try to cause a Race War in Virginia, attack a Federal Arsenal during Peace Time. Massacred 5 people in Kansas. Hanging was the Natural Cause to these actions. Treason was the least of it.

 

[DanSBHawk]

I could explain the rest of it but you seem fixated on just a few points.

Kind of like you bringing up the Plains Indians in a thread about John Brown.