John
BROWN
(b.
9 May 1800
,
Torrington, Connecticut, USA
d.
2 December 1859
,
Charleston, West Virginia, USA
)
Cause of Death: Executed by hanging
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John BROWN was born 9 May 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut, USA
John BROWN was the child of ? and ?John BROWN died 2 December 1859 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA.
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1800 - Birth
Name: John Brown
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 09 May 1800
Birthplace: TORRINGTON TWP,LITCHFIELD,CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Owen Brown
Mother's Name: Berthe Or Ruth
Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
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Name: John Brown
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 09 May 1800
Birthplace: TORRINGTON TWP,LITCHFIELD,CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Owen Brown
Mother's Name: Berthe Or Ruth
Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
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Biography
JOHN BROWN ('Brown of Ossawatomie'), a noted character in American history, was born at Torrington, Connecticut, May 9, 1800. In his childhood he removed to Ohio, where he learned the tanner's trade. He married there, and in 1855 settled in Kansas. He lived at the village of Ossawatomie in that state, and there began his fight against slavery. He advocated immediate emancipation, and held that the negroes of the slave states merely waited for a leader in an insurrection that would result in their freedom. He attended the convention called at Chatham, Canada, in 1859, and was the leading spirit in organizing a raid upon the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His plans were well laid, and carried out in great secrecy. He rented a farm house near Harper's Ferry in the summer of 1859, and on October 16th of that year, with about twenty followers, he surprised and captured the United States arsenal, with all its supplies and arms. To his surprise, the negroes did not come...Read MORE...
A Biographical Record Of Schuyler County, New York, S. J. Clarke, 1903
JOHN BROWN ('Brown of Ossawatomie'), a noted character in American history, was born at Torrington, Connecticut, May 9, 1800. In his childhood he removed to Ohio, where he learned the tanner's trade. He married there, and in 1855 settled in Kansas. He lived at the village of Ossawatomie in that state, and there began his fight against slavery. He advocated immediate emancipation, and held that the negroes of the slave states merely waited for a leader in an insurrection that would result in their freedom. He attended the convention called at Chatham, Canada, in 1859, and was the leading spirit in organizing a raid upon the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His plans were well laid, and carried out in great secrecy. He rented a farm house near Harper's Ferry in the summer of 1859, and on October 16th of that year, with about twenty followers, he surprised and captured the United States arsenal, with all its supplies and arms. To his surprise, the negroes did not come...Read MORE...
A Biographical Record Of Schuyler County, New York, S. J. Clarke, 1903
The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1859 Death 2 December 1859
Charleston, West Virginia, USA
He died at the age of 59.
1859 - The Public Pulse
We copy a few throbs of the public pulse on John Brown's death as indicating the general public feeling on the subject. The first is the simple announcement from Charlestown.
CHARLESTOWN, Dec. 2 - Noon.
Brown was taken from the jail about 11 o'clock in a furniture wagon. He conversed freely with the soldiers around him. The execution took place at a quarter past 11 o'clock. He died apparently very easy. His body was taken down after being suspended thirty-five minutes, and will be sent to Harper's Ferry at 4 o'clock this P.M., and from thence it will be conveyed north this evening.
ALBANY, Dec. 2. A hundred guns were fired to-day in the commemoration of John Brown's execution.
WARESTOWN, Wis., Dec. 2. Arrangements have been made to have all the bells in this city tolled at 2 o'clock P.M., for the death of Capt. John Brown.
WAUKESHA, Dec. 2. The bells are now tolling the death of John Brown.
The Milwaukee Ere Democrat of the 2d says:
'At 12 o'clock to-day, the city of...Read MORE...
Berlin City Courant
Berlin, Wisconsin
December 8, 1859
We copy a few throbs of the public pulse on John Brown's death as indicating the general public feeling on the subject. The first is the simple announcement from Charlestown.
CHARLESTOWN, Dec. 2 - Noon.
Brown was taken from the jail about 11 o'clock in a furniture wagon. He conversed freely with the soldiers around him. The execution took place at a quarter past 11 o'clock. He died apparently very easy. His body was taken down after being suspended thirty-five minutes, and will be sent to Harper's Ferry at 4 o'clock this P.M., and from thence it will be conveyed north this evening.
ALBANY, Dec. 2. A hundred guns were fired to-day in the commemoration of John Brown's execution.
WARESTOWN, Wis., Dec. 2. Arrangements have been made to have all the bells in this city tolled at 2 o'clock P.M., for the death of Capt. John Brown.
WAUKESHA, Dec. 2. The bells are now tolling the death of John Brown.
The Milwaukee Ere Democrat of the 2d says:
'At 12 o'clock to-day, the city of...Read MORE...
Berlin City Courant
Berlin, Wisconsin
December 8, 1859
John is buried at: John Brown Farm Grounds North Elba Essex County New York, USA
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