OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
REVIEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS
BY THE EDITOR
DEATH OF GRANDSON OF JOHN BROWN
On March 21, 1927, Charles P. Brown,
son of
Jason Brown and grandson of John Brown
of Osawa-
tomie and Harper's Ferry fame, died at
his home in
Akron at the age of seventy-three. He
was the second
son of Jason Brown. His older brother,
Austin, went
with Jason and John Brown, Jr., to
Kansas before John
Brown, Sr., left for the West. Austin
died on the way
to Kansas and was buried on the banks
of the Mis-
souri River.
In a conversation a few years ago with
the writer,
Charles P. Brown spoke freely of his
grandfather. He
remembered him, a man of stern appearance
but kindly
disposition. "Grandfather,"
he said, "was very fond
of all his grandchildren. I remember
that he used to
take me on his knee and manifest a
kindly interest
in me."
Charles Brown was not an
extremist. While he
manifested a degree of pride in his
descent from John
Brown, he was able to view the actions
of his famous
ancestor at Osawatomie and Harper's
Ferry from all
points to reach very rational
conclusions. "In view of
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