A Mystery About This Engraving of John Brown While organizing my prodigious piles of John Brown related papers, photos, postcards, artwork, letters, notes, and memorabilia, I uncovered an article I purchased on eBay years ago. The seller dissected a copy of The CENTURY Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1883 to October 1883, and sold me pages 399 Read More
Today is National Grandparents Day
In Celebration of Grandparents Today is National Grandparents Day. Grandparents are as different as snowflakes on a winters day. Some are loving, touchy-feeling, involved in every aspect of their grandchildren’s lives, while others are standoffish, reserved, and hardly engaged. Some live nearby and see their grandchildren often, while others live far away and are only Read More
Tombstone Tuesday – Searching for Amelia’s Grave
Tombstone Puzzle As I continue to work on Dr. Clarence Gee’s Brown Family Genealogy to bring the family lines current, I find unanswered puzzles. My current puzzle involves the location of Amelia’s grave. I know the location of all the other nineteen John Brown children’s graves, but this is making me crazy. A Decade of Read More
Vermont to Honor John Brown October 16
Vermont to honor John Brown, as the first state to have a day set aside to honor the abolishtionist. Local teacher Bradley Archer petitioned the state legislators to set aside October 16 (the date of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry) as John Brown Day. Archer said “It’s important to recognize that we’re the Read More
5 Generations of John Brown’s Family
A treasure from my collection I was gifted this collage of 5 generations of John Brown’s Family by my good friend and John Brown Historian, Jean Libby. It measures about 8 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and has yellowed with age. At the end of the post are pictures of both the front and back Read More
My Week Digging At John Brown Farm
I spent the week of July 17, 2017 digging with archeology students from SUNY Potsdam College at the John Brown Farm in North Elba, NY. a State Historic Site, located 2 miles from downtown Lake Placid, NY in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. My Great-Great-Great Grandfather’s family lived in North Elba from 1855 to 1863, when Mary Read More
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To John Browm In Prison, a poem
John Brown While pulling the pictures for John Brown’s Birthday post I found a snippet of poetry on the back of this portrait. Here is the poem in full for your enjoyment Poems by David Barker. Located on Google Books. Published in 1876