Walter, Do you know if John Brown is related to Delos White Brown's family in Sidney, Freemont County, IA? Family lore says there is a relationship but I have yet to find it. Thank you, Charlene Swan ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <IAFREMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:14 PM Subject: [IAFREMON] "Remains of John Brown's Raiders" > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: farwellwalter > Surnames: Brown, Anderson, Leary, Young, Taylor, Leeman, Thompson, Kagi, > Newby > Classification: cemetery > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7432/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > FREMONT COUNTY SUN. August 10, 1899. "REMAINS OF JOHN BROWN'S RAIDERS". > New York, Aug. 1.-- The Times Washington special says Capt. E. P. Hall and > Dr. Thomas R. Featherstonbaugh, both of this city, have returned from > Harper's Ferry where they have been exhuming the bodies of seven of John > Brown's raiders. The bodies have been sent to North Elba, N.Y. where > they will be buried near the grave of the leader under whom they fought > and died. > > Of the other three raiders who were killed at Harper's Ferry, the remains > of one, Watson Brown, was recovered and buried near Brown's body in 1882. > Where the other two are no one can tell. They were taken from Harper's > Ferry after the fight and were used in a medical college for anatomical > purposes. Watson Brown's body was taken away for the same purpose, but was > traced and recovered by Mrs. Brown many years afterwards. > > The two whose whereabouts are unknown are Jeremiah G. Anderson and Lewis > S. Leary, the latter a negro. > > Ceremonies are to be held at John Brown's grave, and it is said that Rev. > Joshua Young, who buried John Brown and who suffered social ostracism for > it will take part. He is now living in Croton, Mass. A monument is to be > erected over the graves at North Elba. > > The bodies recovered are those of Oliver Brown, Stewart Taylor, W. H. > Leeman, William Thompson, John H. Kagi and Dangerfield Newby. A fragment > of a bearskin overcoat in which according to tradition, Oliver Brown was > buried, was found in one of the graves, and two lead pencils dropped from > it when it was taken up. > > N.B.: Besides "Brown", isn't the name John H. Kagi a familiar one to > Fremont county, Kagi having lived in Nebraska City? -- W.F. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > Visit Fremont County IAGenWeb http://iagenweb.org/fremont/ and for great > IAGenWeb gift ideas visit the 'Friends of IAGenWeb' store at > http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IAFREMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message