Alanson Work
Age: 79
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1799
Death Date: 6 Jul 1879
Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery
Father Alexander Work
Married
Aurelia A Work
Children
1. Henry Clay Work
2. Edwin Lovejoy Work
3. Alanson Work
4. Charles S Work
5. Fidelia J Work
1799 – born 30 Aug in Connecticut, son of Alexander Work
1802 – family moved to Williamstown, Vermont, where he learned carpentry and gun stocking
1825 – married Aurelia Forbes and settled in East Hartford, CT
1832 – Oct 1. son Henry Clay Work born in Connecticut
1835 – moved to Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois
– moved to Mission Institute near Quincy, Adams County, Illinois to educate his children
1837 – Oct. Attended Anti-slavery convention in the Upper Alton Presbyterian Church, Alton, Illinois (as did George Thompson) which preceded the killing of Elijah Lovejoy in November
1841 – July 1. arrested in Missouri for abolitionist activities, along with 2 ministers James E. Burr and George Thompson
trial in Palmyra, Missouri
1841 – Sept. Sentenced in Marion County, Missouri to 12 years in penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri
1845 – released by Governor John C. Edwards after 3 years, 7 months & 6 days with the agreement that Work would return to Connecticut (Burr and Thompson were pardoned within two years)
1846 – moved to Middletown, Connecticut
1848 – moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he sold a book about his imprisonment, was an agent for the American Mission Society and worked at gun stocking
Alanson Work in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
CENSUS
Alanson Work in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Alanson Work
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1799
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Occupation: Bookseller
Industry: Miscellaneous retail stores
Line Number: 33
Dwelling Number: 889
Family Number: 1157
Household Members:
Name Age
Alanson Work 51
Aurelia A Work 44
Henry A Work 17
Edwin L Work 13
Alanson Work 8
Charles S Work 4
Fidelia J Work 0
Louisa Alford 19
This article appeared in the Signal of Liberty, May 19, 1845
Most of our readers will remember that this is the name of one of ihe three Abolitionists wli o have been imprisoned in the Penilentiary of Missouri for three years pas!, for aidim.T ilnves to escape from Missouri to Illinois. An nffecting letter from Mrs. Work to her friends in the East, was publithed in the Signal eome months since. Mr. Work has been pordoned end ca lied on na witli Mrs. Work and two chilürcn. a few days since. He is on his way east, where he will retnan for the present. We were heartily glad to take liim by the hnnd, and lcnrn his lii-tory from himself. His two fellow-prisoners, Burr and Thomson, are nnmarried men, and at the time of their imprisonment were pnrsuing their studies at ihe Al is? ion Insiitule at Quincy, prpparatory to entering' on the ministry. - Tliey had both been members of the Piesbytenan Church previous to their conneciion with the church at Quii cv, which is not denominational in its charncter. They were t'ented with comparative mildness at the time Mr. Woik left, being allowed firc, lightp, and writing materials- privileges unknown 'o the other prisoners. There is a prespect that they may be released before Ion, as public spntiment in Missouri is suppoeed to be f-omcwiini fiverble to theni, inasmuch as ihey had conunitird no actual crime, tiieir onence hnving been only an atlanpt to help off sla ves, by which none eccaped. Admilting the act to be criminal , tictlve years impnsonment is a disproportionate punisfiment f'jr the act. - Mr. Work eays that "Ã?ie tJbolitionists' have been pointed out to large numbers of the visilors of the prison of both sexes as great curiosities, but only on one or two occasions had they been msulted on account of their sonJiments. Their feilow prisoners regarded tliem raiher favnrnbly thnn otherwite, and some ofthein remarked, "if we had been put ir; here without having commilted any crime,as you have been, weehould Jeel bad. But with "the Aboiitionists" tiiis was n ground ot' rejoicing ralher tlion of sorrow. Mr. Work paye lie has become convinced of his impru. dence in doing as lic did, but hsnever been a! ÃO see that his coiir6e was wrong. The abor of the prisoners is eold to contractors, who have n!mo6l unlimited power over them, snd henee they worked more hous and were !e8s libera lly provided for than they proba ly vou.'d have been had tliey worked direct ly ror the State; but in other respects their confinetnent was less rigorous, and more social Teedom wasallowea. Air. Work was educated a mechauic, and was employed at makin cbairs. A large nnmber of prisoners had escaped during their residence thcre, but "the hree friends" had not availed thomelves of -everal favorable opportuniues thi.t had offered, lest the attempl should prejudice the nntislavery cause, and also because peculiar privileges had been granred thern on the express consideralion that they ivould not attempt to escape. To abu.ce the conh'dence repoaed in their integrity they coneidered would be wrong. We hope that Mpssrs. Thompson and Burr will toon be liberar cU, and cnnbled wiihoul restraint to preach, in all its ruines, the 3spel of Chrisl: and we are firmly perouded that if they slinll hold fast their Christian integnty, and we doubt not they will, they will be as well qualified for real vsrfulnegs in the vineyard of their Divine Master, by their three or four years residence in this Penitentbry, as they would have been by spending the same period of time within the walls of anv pro-slavery Thcological Scrainary in the land.
Age: 79
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1799
Death Date: 6 Jul 1879
Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery
Father Alexander Work
Married
Aurelia A Work
Children
1. Henry Clay Work
2. Edwin Lovejoy Work
3. Alanson Work
4. Charles S Work
5. Fidelia J Work
1799 – born 30 Aug in Connecticut, son of Alexander Work
1802 – family moved to Williamstown, Vermont, where he learned carpentry and gun stocking
1825 – married Aurelia Forbes and settled in East Hartford, CT
1832 – Oct 1. son Henry Clay Work born in Connecticut
1835 – moved to Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois
– moved to Mission Institute near Quincy, Adams County, Illinois to educate his children
1837 – Oct. Attended Anti-slavery convention in the Upper Alton Presbyterian Church, Alton, Illinois (as did George Thompson) which preceded the killing of Elijah Lovejoy in November
1841 – July 1. arrested in Missouri for abolitionist activities, along with 2 ministers James E. Burr and George Thompson
trial in Palmyra, Missouri
1841 – Sept. Sentenced in Marion County, Missouri to 12 years in penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri
1845 – released by Governor John C. Edwards after 3 years, 7 months & 6 days with the agreement that Work would return to Connecticut (Burr and Thompson were pardoned within two years)
1846 – moved to Middletown, Connecticut
1848 – moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he sold a book about his imprisonment, was an agent for the American Mission Society and worked at gun stocking
Alanson Work in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
CENSUS
Alanson Work in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Alanson Work
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1799
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Occupation: Bookseller
Industry: Miscellaneous retail stores
Line Number: 33
Dwelling Number: 889
Family Number: 1157
Household Members:
Name Age
Alanson Work 51
Aurelia A Work 44
Henry A Work 17
Edwin L Work 13
Alanson Work 8
Charles S Work 4
Fidelia J Work 0
Louisa Alford 19
This article appeared in the Signal of Liberty, May 19, 1845
Most of our readers will remember that this is the name of one of ihe three Abolitionists wli o have been imprisoned in the Penilentiary of Missouri for three years pas!, for aidim.T ilnves to escape from Missouri to Illinois. An nffecting letter from Mrs. Work to her friends in the East, was publithed in the Signal eome months since. Mr. Work has been pordoned end ca lied on na witli Mrs. Work and two chilürcn. a few days since. He is on his way east, where he will retnan for the present. We were heartily glad to take liim by the hnnd, and lcnrn his lii-tory from himself. His two fellow-prisoners, Burr and Thomson, are nnmarried men, and at the time of their imprisonment were pnrsuing their studies at ihe Al is? ion Insiitule at Quincy, prpparatory to entering' on the ministry. - Tliey had both been members of the Piesbytenan Church previous to their conneciion with the church at Quii cv, which is not denominational in its charncter. They were t'ented with comparative mildness at the time Mr. Woik left, being allowed firc, lightp, and writing materials- privileges unknown 'o the other prisoners. There is a prespect that they may be released before Ion, as public spntiment in Missouri is suppoeed to be f-omcwiini fiverble to theni, inasmuch as ihey had conunitird no actual crime, tiieir onence hnving been only an atlanpt to help off sla ves, by which none eccaped. Admilting the act to be criminal , tictlve years impnsonment is a disproportionate punisfiment f'jr the act. - Mr. Work eays that "Ã?ie tJbolitionists' have been pointed out to large numbers of the visilors of the prison of both sexes as great curiosities, but only on one or two occasions had they been msulted on account of their sonJiments. Their feilow prisoners regarded tliem raiher favnrnbly thnn otherwite, and some ofthein remarked, "if we had been put ir; here without having commilted any crime,as you have been, weehould Jeel bad. But with "the Aboiitionists" tiiis was n ground ot' rejoicing ralher tlion of sorrow. Mr. Work paye lie has become convinced of his impru. dence in doing as lic did, but hsnever been a! ÃO see that his coiir6e was wrong. The abor of the prisoners is eold to contractors, who have n!mo6l unlimited power over them, snd henee they worked more hous and were !e8s libera lly provided for than they proba ly vou.'d have been had tliey worked direct ly ror the State; but in other respects their confinetnent was less rigorous, and more social Teedom wasallowea. Air. Work was educated a mechauic, and was employed at makin cbairs. A large nnmber of prisoners had escaped during their residence thcre, but "the hree friends" had not availed thomelves of -everal favorable opportuniues thi.t had offered, lest the attempl should prejudice the nntislavery cause, and also because peculiar privileges had been granred thern on the express consideralion that they ivould not attempt to escape. To abu.ce the conh'dence repoaed in their integrity they coneidered would be wrong. We hope that Mpssrs. Thompson and Burr will toon be liberar cU, and cnnbled wiihoul restraint to preach, in all its ruines, the 3spel of Chrisl: and we are firmly perouded that if they slinll hold fast their Christian integnty, and we doubt not they will, they will be as well qualified for real vsrfulnegs in the vineyard of their Divine Master, by their three or four years residence in this Penitentbry, as they would have been by spending the same period of time within the walls of anv pro-slavery Thcological Scrainary in the land.
Alanson Work
Age: 79
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1799
Death Date: 6 Jul 1879
Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery
Father Alexander Work
Married
Aurelia A Work
Children
1. Henry Clay Work
2. Edwin Lovejoy Work
3. Alanson Work
4. Charles S Work
5. Fidelia J Work
1799 – born 30 Aug in Connecticut, son of Alexander Work
1802 – family moved to Williamstown, Vermont, where he learned carpentry and gun stocking
1825 – married Aurelia Forbes and settled in East Hartford, CT
1832 – Oct 1. son Henry Clay Work born in Connecticut
1835 – moved to Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois
– moved to Mission Institute near Quincy, Adams County, Illinois to educate his children
1837 – Oct. Attended Anti-slavery convention in the Upper Alton Presbyterian Church, Alton, Illinois (as did George Thompson) which preceded the killing of Elijah Lovejoy in November
1841 – July 1. arrested in Missouri for abolitionist activities, along with 2 ministers James E. Burr and George Thompson
trial in Palmyra, Missouri
1841 – Sept. Sentenced in Marion County, Missouri to 12 years in penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri
1845 – released by Governor John C. Edwards after 3 years, 7 months & 6 days with the agreement that Work would return to Connecticut (Burr and Thompson were pardoned within two years)
1846 – moved to Middletown, Connecticut
1848 – moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he sold a book about his imprisonment, was an agent for the American Mission Society and worked at gun stocking
Alanson Work in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
CENSUS
Alanson Work in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Alanson Work
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1799
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Occupation: Bookseller
Industry: Miscellaneous retail stores
Line Number: 33
Dwelling Number: 889
Family Number: 1157
Household Members:
Name Age
Alanson Work 51
Aurelia A Work 44
Henry A Work 17
Edwin L Work 13
Alanson Work 8
Charles S Work 4
Fidelia J Work 0
Louisa Alford 19
This article appeared in the Signal of Liberty, May 19, 1845
Most of our readers will remember that this is the name of one of ihe three Abolitionists wli o have been imprisoned in the Penilentiary of Missouri for three years pas!, for aidim.T ilnves to escape from Missouri to Illinois. An nffecting letter from Mrs. Work to her friends in the East, was publithed in the Signal eome months since. Mr. Work has been pordoned end ca lied on na witli Mrs. Work and two chilürcn. a few days since. He is on his way east, where he will retnan for the present. We were heartily glad to take liim by the hnnd, and lcnrn his lii-tory from himself. His two fellow-prisoners, Burr and Thomson, are nnmarried men, and at the time of their imprisonment were pnrsuing their studies at ihe Al is? ion Insiitule at Quincy, prpparatory to entering' on the ministry. - Tliey had both been members of the Piesbytenan Church previous to their conneciion with the church at Quii cv, which is not denominational in its charncter. They were t'ented with comparative mildness at the time Mr. Woik left, being allowed firc, lightp, and writing materials- privileges unknown 'o the other prisoners. There is a prespect that they may be released before Ion, as public spntiment in Missouri is suppoeed to be f-omcwiini fiverble to theni, inasmuch as ihey had conunitird no actual crime, tiieir onence hnving been only an atlanpt to help off sla ves, by which none eccaped. Admilting the act to be criminal , tictlve years impnsonment is a disproportionate punisfiment f'jr the act. - Mr. Work eays that "Ã?ie tJbolitionists' have been pointed out to large numbers of the visilors of the prison of both sexes as great curiosities, but only on one or two occasions had they been msulted on account of their sonJiments. Their feilow prisoners regarded tliem raiher favnrnbly thnn otherwite, and some ofthein remarked, "if we had been put ir; here without having commilted any crime,as you have been, weehould Jeel bad. But with "the Aboiitionists" tiiis was n ground ot' rejoicing ralher tlion of sorrow. Mr. Work paye lie has become convinced of his impru. dence in doing as lic did, but hsnever been a! ÃO see that his coiir6e was wrong. The abor of the prisoners is eold to contractors, who have n!mo6l unlimited power over them, snd henee they worked more hous and were !e8s libera lly provided for than they proba ly vou.'d have been had tliey worked direct ly ror the State; but in other respects their confinetnent was less rigorous, and more social Teedom wasallowea. Air. Work was educated a mechauic, and was employed at makin cbairs. A large nnmber of prisoners had escaped during their residence thcre, but "the hree friends" had not availed thomelves of -everal favorable opportuniues thi.t had offered, lest the attempl should prejudice the nntislavery cause, and also because peculiar privileges had been granred thern on the express consideralion that they ivould not attempt to escape. To abu.ce the conh'dence repoaed in their integrity they coneidered would be wrong. We hope that Mpssrs. Thompson and Burr will toon be liberar cU, and cnnbled wiihoul restraint to preach, in all its ruines, the 3spel of Chrisl: and we are firmly perouded that if they slinll hold fast their Christian integnty, and we doubt not they will, they will be as well qualified for real vsrfulnegs in the vineyard of their Divine Master, by their three or four years residence in this Penitentbry, as they would have been by spending the same period of time within the walls of anv pro-slavery Thcological Scrainary in the land.
Age: 79
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1799
Death Date: 6 Jul 1879
Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery
Father Alexander Work
Married
Aurelia A Work
Children
1. Henry Clay Work
2. Edwin Lovejoy Work
3. Alanson Work
4. Charles S Work
5. Fidelia J Work
1799 – born 30 Aug in Connecticut, son of Alexander Work
1802 – family moved to Williamstown, Vermont, where he learned carpentry and gun stocking
1825 – married Aurelia Forbes and settled in East Hartford, CT
1832 – Oct 1. son Henry Clay Work born in Connecticut
1835 – moved to Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois
– moved to Mission Institute near Quincy, Adams County, Illinois to educate his children
1837 – Oct. Attended Anti-slavery convention in the Upper Alton Presbyterian Church, Alton, Illinois (as did George Thompson) which preceded the killing of Elijah Lovejoy in November
1841 – July 1. arrested in Missouri for abolitionist activities, along with 2 ministers James E. Burr and George Thompson
trial in Palmyra, Missouri
1841 – Sept. Sentenced in Marion County, Missouri to 12 years in penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri
1845 – released by Governor John C. Edwards after 3 years, 7 months & 6 days with the agreement that Work would return to Connecticut (Burr and Thompson were pardoned within two years)
1846 – moved to Middletown, Connecticut
1848 – moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he sold a book about his imprisonment, was an agent for the American Mission Society and worked at gun stocking
Alanson Work in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
CENSUS
Alanson Work in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Alanson Work
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1799
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Occupation: Bookseller
Industry: Miscellaneous retail stores
Line Number: 33
Dwelling Number: 889
Family Number: 1157
Household Members:
Name Age
Alanson Work 51
Aurelia A Work 44
Henry A Work 17
Edwin L Work 13
Alanson Work 8
Charles S Work 4
Fidelia J Work 0
Louisa Alford 19
This article appeared in the Signal of Liberty, May 19, 1845
Most of our readers will remember that this is the name of one of ihe three Abolitionists wli o have been imprisoned in the Penilentiary of Missouri for three years pas!, for aidim.T ilnves to escape from Missouri to Illinois. An nffecting letter from Mrs. Work to her friends in the East, was publithed in the Signal eome months since. Mr. Work has been pordoned end ca lied on na witli Mrs. Work and two chilürcn. a few days since. He is on his way east, where he will retnan for the present. We were heartily glad to take liim by the hnnd, and lcnrn his lii-tory from himself. His two fellow-prisoners, Burr and Thomson, are nnmarried men, and at the time of their imprisonment were pnrsuing their studies at ihe Al is? ion Insiitule at Quincy, prpparatory to entering' on the ministry. - Tliey had both been members of the Piesbytenan Church previous to their conneciion with the church at Quii cv, which is not denominational in its charncter. They were t'ented with comparative mildness at the time Mr. Woik left, being allowed firc, lightp, and writing materials- privileges unknown 'o the other prisoners. There is a prespect that they may be released before Ion, as public spntiment in Missouri is suppoeed to be f-omcwiini fiverble to theni, inasmuch as ihey had conunitird no actual crime, tiieir onence hnving been only an atlanpt to help off sla ves, by which none eccaped. Admilting the act to be criminal , tictlve years impnsonment is a disproportionate punisfiment f'jr the act. - Mr. Work eays that "Ã?ie tJbolitionists' have been pointed out to large numbers of the visilors of the prison of both sexes as great curiosities, but only on one or two occasions had they been msulted on account of their sonJiments. Their feilow prisoners regarded tliem raiher favnrnbly thnn otherwite, and some ofthein remarked, "if we had been put ir; here without having commilted any crime,as you have been, weehould Jeel bad. But with "the Aboiitionists" tiiis was n ground ot' rejoicing ralher tlion of sorrow. Mr. Work paye lie has become convinced of his impru. dence in doing as lic did, but hsnever been a! ÃO see that his coiir6e was wrong. The abor of the prisoners is eold to contractors, who have n!mo6l unlimited power over them, snd henee they worked more hous and were !e8s libera lly provided for than they proba ly vou.'d have been had tliey worked direct ly ror the State; but in other respects their confinetnent was less rigorous, and more social Teedom wasallowea. Air. Work was educated a mechauic, and was employed at makin cbairs. A large nnmber of prisoners had escaped during their residence thcre, but "the hree friends" had not availed thomelves of -everal favorable opportuniues thi.t had offered, lest the attempl should prejudice the nntislavery cause, and also because peculiar privileges had been granred thern on the express consideralion that they ivould not attempt to escape. To abu.ce the conh'dence repoaed in their integrity they coneidered would be wrong. We hope that Mpssrs. Thompson and Burr will toon be liberar cU, and cnnbled wiihoul restraint to preach, in all its ruines, the 3spel of Chrisl: and we are firmly perouded that if they slinll hold fast their Christian integnty, and we doubt not they will, they will be as well qualified for real vsrfulnegs in the vineyard of their Divine Master, by their three or four years residence in this Penitentbry, as they would have been by spending the same period of time within the walls of anv pro-slavery Thcological Scrainary in the land.
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