John Brown Monument

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Tablet at Grave of John Brown JORK BROWN HERE LIES BURIED JOHN BROWN BORN AT TORRINGTON CONNECTICUT MAY 9TH 1800 HE EMIGRATED TO KANSAS IN 1855 WHERE HE TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN THE CONTEST AGAINST THE PRO-SLAVERY PARTY. HE GAINED IN AUGUST 1856 A VICTORY AT OSAWATOMIE OVER A SUPERIOR NUMBER OF MISSOURIANS WHO HAD INVADED KANSAS (WHENCE HIS SURNAME OSAWATOMIE) KE CONCEIVED THE IDEA OF BECOMING THE LIBERATOR OF THE NEGRO SLAVES IN THE SOUTH AND ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16, 1859 AT THE HEAD OF A DEVOTED BAND OF 22 FOLLOWERS HE SEIZED THE UNITED STATES ARSENAL AT HARPER'S FERRY, VIRGINIA WITH THE VIEW OF ARMING THE NEGROES WHO MIGHT COME TO HIS FORTIFIED CAMP IN THE FIGHT WITH THE UNITED STATES TROOPS AND CIVILIANS WHICH FOLLOWED HE WAS OVERPOWERED AND TAKEN PRISONER OCTOBER 18.1859. WAS TRIED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AT CHARLESTOWN.VIRGINIA AND WAS EXECUTED DECEMBER 2,1859. OF OSAWATOMIE HERE LIE BURIED WITH HIM TWELVE OF HIS FOLLOWERS WATSON BROWN (SON OF JOHN BROWN) OF NORTH ELBA, N.Y. OLIVER BROWN (SON OF JOHN BROWN) OF NORTH ELBA. N.Y. WILLIAM THOMPSON OF NORTH ELBA, N.Y. DAUPHIN ADOLPHUS THOMPSON, OF NORTH ELBA, N. Y JOHN HENRI KAGI, ADJUTANT WILLIAM H.LEEMAN, LIEUTENANT JEREMIAH GANDERSON, LIEUTENANT STEWARD TAYLOR DANGERFIELD NEWBY NEGRO LEWIS S.LEARY NEGRO THE ABOVE TEN WERE KILLED AT THE HARPER'S FERRY FIGHT THE FOLLOWING MEN OF JOHN BROWN'S BAND ESCAPED. BUT WERE CAPTURED AND HANGED DECEMBER 16.1859. AARON D.STEVENS CAPTAIN ALBERT HAZLETT LIEUTENANT THE ABOVE TWO WERE TAKEN PRISONERS AND HANGED MARCH 16.1860 JOHN E. COOK CAPTAIN EDWIN COPPOC. LIEUTENANT SHIELDS GREEN NEGRO JOHN A.COPELAND, NEGRO THIS BLET ERECTED THROUGH HE EFFORTS OF BYRON R BREWSTER OF LAKE PLACID, NY 1016 THE FOLLOWING MEN OF JOHN BROWN'S BAND ESCAPED OWEN BROWN, CAPTAIN (SON OF JOHN BROWN FRANCIS JACKSON MERRIAM CHARLES PLUMMER TIDD.CAPTAIN BARCLAY COPPOC OSBORNE P. ANDERSON NEGRO JOHN ANDERSON, NEGRO DESIGNED ANASTA UNG WILLIAMENCHE

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