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Watson Brown (October 7, 1835 – October 19, 1859) was a son of the abolitionist John Brown and his second wife Mary Day Brown, born in Franklin Mills, Ohio (today Kent, Ohio).
Oct 21, 2015 · When the fiery abolitionist John Brown, “The Meteor” who tried to ignite a slave rebellion in the South, was hanged for treason, authorities turned the body over to his family. In December 1859, Brown’s remains traveled north by train from the hanging grounds in Charles Town, Virginia, to the family farm in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.
Watson Brown was born October 7, 1835 in Franklin, Ohio. He married Isabella Thompson in September, 1858. He died on October 19, 1859 of wounds inflicted during the Harpers Ferry Raid.
Watson Brown. Abolitionist Born: October, 7 1835. Died: October 19, 1859. Watson Brown was born on October 7, 1835, in Franklin, Ohio, to John and Mary Ann (Day) Brown. He married Isabella Thompson in 1856. Brown did not join his father and brothers in the fight in Bleeding Kansas.
Watson Brown. October 7, 1835 - October 19, 1859. During the "Bleeding Kansas" years, Watson worked the family farm in North Elba, New York, while his father and brothers fought against the spread of slavery in Kansas. Four years later he decided to join his father in Harpers Ferry.
The soldiers burned the college because of what had been done with Watson Brown's body, with supporting motives being the discovery of the black boy being tortured and killed, and the three Black raiders being dissected.
Oct 27, 2009 · John Brown was a militant abolitionist whose violent raid on the U.S. military armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, was a flashpoint in the pre-Civil War era.
