Martha E Brewster married Oliver Brown, son of John Brown the Abolitionist, on 7 APR 1858 in North Elba, NY. In 1859 Martha, aged 17, and her sister-in-law Annie Brown, aged 15, acted as housekeepers at the Kennedy Farm in Maryland where John Brown and his men lived while preparing for the Harper's Ferry Raid.
The Brown household upon hearing of the failure of the raid, took to bed sick, leaving a pregnant 17 year old Martha to care for the house, the farm and the family. Four months after learning about her husbands death during the raid, Martha took to bed ill. She gave birth to a premature girl, named Olive in honor of Martha's fallen husband. Olive died soon after birth, and Martha followed her a few days later.
The Brown household upon hearing of the failure of the raid, took to bed sick, leaving a pregnant 17 year old Martha to care for the house, the farm and the family. Four months after learning about her husbands death during the raid, Martha took to bed ill. She gave birth to a premature girl, named Olive in honor of Martha's fallen husband. Olive died soon after birth, and Martha followed her a few days later.
Martha E Brewster married Oliver Brown, son of John Brown the Abolitionist, on 7 APR 1858 in North Elba, NY. In 1859 Martha, aged 17, and her sister-in-law Annie Brown, aged 15, acted as housekeepers at the Kennedy Farm in Maryland where John Brown and his men lived while preparing for the Harper's Ferry Raid.
The Brown household upon hearing of the failure of the raid, took to bed sick, leaving a pregnant 17 year old Martha to care for the house, the farm and the family. Four months after learning about her husbands death during the raid, Martha took to bed ill. She gave birth to a premature girl, named Olive in honor of Martha's fallen husband. Olive died soon after birth, and Martha followed her a few days later.
The Brown household upon hearing of the failure of the raid, took to bed sick, leaving a pregnant 17 year old Martha to care for the house, the farm and the family. Four months after learning about her husbands death during the raid, Martha took to bed ill. She gave birth to a premature girl, named Olive in honor of Martha's fallen husband. Olive died soon after birth, and Martha followed her a few days later.
Inscription
Front of Stone
Martha E.
wife of
Oliver Brown
Born Oct 3 1842
Died Mar 2 1860
Back of Stone
"But they are o're – the hope, the fears, the anxious thoughts, but not the tears.
Nor yet the anxious prayer for Oh! thou wert most dear
Missing we can but morn thee here, if thou are blessed THERE
God granth thou art in his rest, thou art received and so art blest
Reserve from earthly care, toll and tension, woe and sin
The pearly gates thou'st entered in, as was thy daily prayer
Then though the blight came on the bloom,
thy dawning womanhood in the tomb
Was dashed – the heart stilled - we yet will trace a fathers love
In thy affection and remove and bless what he has willed."
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