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John
Brown Family of Put-in-Bay
John
Brown Sr. the abolitionist is
forever a part of American History.
Four of his twenty children had
South Bass Island history.
Oldest
child, John Brown Jr. had a bounty
on his head when he moved to
Put-in-Bay about 1862. He helped
survey the land, organized an island
militia in 1864 when the Philo
Parsons was seized by southern
sympathizers intent on rescuing
Confederate officers at Johnsons
Island. Brown was a Justice of the
Peace and a highly respected member
of the island community. His
daughter, Edith, married actor
Thomas Benton Alexander, who later
owned the Crescent Hotel and was
Mayor of Put-in-Bay for twenty
years. The family is buried in the
old island cemetery.
Jason Brown lived on South Bass in 1866, moved to Akron for 20
years, out to California,
then
returned to the island after his
brother, John, died, to help his
sister-in-law, Wealthy Brown.
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote an
article about him on 1 March 1908
Living His Last Days on
Put-in-Bay.
Owen Brown also had a bounty on his head when he moved to South Bass with
John Brown Jr. Owen worked for Jay
Cooke as Gibraltar Island caretaker.
He eventually moved out to Pasadena,
California with Jason Brown, but
Owen never returned.
Henry and Ruth (Brown) Thompson are listed in the 1870 Ohio census
for Put-in-Bay Township. Their
daughter, Mary Thompson, was born on
the island. Ruth and family also
moved out to California.

1 John Brown Sr. 1800 1859 m.
Diantha Lusk 1801 1832
2 John Brown 1821 1895 m. Wealthy C. Hotchkiss 1829 -
1911
3
John Brown 1852 - 1917
3
Edith M. Brown 1866 1935 Thomas B.
Alexander 1866 1936
2 Jason Brown 1823 1912 m. Ellen Sherbondy 1827 -
1895
3
Charles P. Brown 1853 1927
2 Owen Brown 1824 1889
2 Ruth Brown 1829 1904 m. Henry W. Thompson 1822 -
1911
3 John H. Thompson 1854 1919 m.
Evelyn A. Herrick 1857 - 1919
3 Ella J. Thompson 1856 1948 m.
Francis N. Towne 1858 - 1940
3 Grace R. Thompson 1858 1921 m.
John L. Simmons 1852 - 1926
3 Dauphin O. Thompson 1861 - 1875
3 Mary E. Thompson 1871 - 1938
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