Who can tell the story of John Brown's widow Mary Anne Day Brown?
The people who knew her, such as her husband John Brown of
Harpers Ferry, the poet Frances Watkins Harper, her descendants,
and Mary's own words.
Follow Mary Brown and Her Daughters Project as transcribed primary
sources are added with historical context to continue the family legacy
of equality and cooperation.
The people who knew her, such as her husband John Brown of
Harpers Ferry, the poet Frances Watkins Harper, her descendants,
and Mary's own words.
Follow Mary Brown and Her Daughters Project as transcribed primary
sources are added with historical context to continue the family legacy
of equality and cooperation.
Mary A. wife of John Brown of
Harpers Ferry (1816-1884) is
buried at the Madronia Cemetery
in Saratoga, California.
Next to her are Sarah and Ellen,
daughters of John Brown.
Harpers Ferry (1816-1884) is
buried at the Madronia Cemetery
in Saratoga, California.
Next to her are Sarah and Ellen,
daughters of John Brown.
| Mary was photographed with her daughters Annie (left) and Sarah (right) ca. 1853 in Vernon, New York Library of Congress |
Mary Brown's Interview with the New York Tribune, December 1, 1859 and her journey to Virginia "Yankee Abolitionist" by Jean Libby |
| Ellen was born in 1854 Mary and her daughters emigrated to California with her only surviving son Salmon in 1863/1864. Saratoga Historical Museum (California) |
Lucy Higgins and Sarah Brown Collection, The Bancroft Library,
The University of California, Berkeley Gift of Lori Deal, October 2005
The University of California, Berkeley Gift of Lori Deal, October 2005
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| Frances Watkins Harper and Mary Anne Day Brown by Louis A. DeCaro, June 08, 2011 "A Remembrance of Free Spirits" Link to story |
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| Historian Herbert Aptheker at the grave of Mary Brown on Henry Organ, Allies for Freedom and San Jose City College May 9, 2000 students at Dr. Aptheker's commemoration "She was just as much an abolitionist as her husband!" Herbert Aptheker |
| Jean Libby signing Mary's biography John Brown's Family in California at the Madronia Cemetery, March 9 2009 |
