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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: August 12, 2011
Caption:
John Brown Head Stone | Additional Description: John Brown was buried here on December 8, 1859, six days after he was hanged for his raid on the Harpers Ferry Arsenal.
The headstone over John Brown's grave, housed in a protective glass case, is inscribed with five names. It was originally carved to
memorialize Brown's grandfather, Captain John Brown, who died in New York while serving in the Continental Army. In the spring
of 1857, Brown had his grandfather's headstone sent from Connecticut to North Elba, adding to it an inscription for his son
Frederick, who had been killed and buried in Kansas. On the morning of Brown's execution in 1859, he directed that three more
names be added to the stone: his own and the names of his sons, Oliver and Watson, who were killed in the raid at Harper's Ferry,
Virginia.
Headstone inscription;
In
Memory of
Captn John Brown
Who Died At
New York Septr Ye
3 1776 in the 48
year of his Age
John Brown
Born, May 9, 1800
was Executed at Charle(s)
ton, Va. Dec. 2, 1859
Oliver Brown
Born Mar. 9,1839, was
Killed at Harper's Ferry
Oct. 17,1859
On the Back:
In memory of
Frederick
son of John & Dianthe Brown
Born Dec.21, 1830, and
murdered at Osawatomie
Kansas, Aug. 3-, 1856
for his adherence to
the cause of freedom
Watson Brown Born Oct.
7,1835, was wound
ed at Harper's Ferry
Oct. 17 & Died Oct.
19, 1859
Submitted: August 27, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p169495
File Size: 1.555 Megabytes
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