John Brown: A Brief Biography

John Brown was born on May 04, 1800 in Torrington Connecticut and his father was Owen Brown and Mother Ruth Mills Brown. John’s father worked as a tanner, making leather from animal skins. Owen Brown had a large tanner’s business and moved his family to Hudson Ohio John was raised in a very religious family and area who originated a Puritans and studied to be a minister in Connecticut but after flunking out he started working for his father to be a tanner. After becoming a foreman in his father Tannery John Brown Married at twenty years old to Dianthe Lusk in 1820 who died in 1832 after being married to for 12 years to John and had seven children. John Married Mary Ann Day in 1833 who was an uneducated sixteen years of age. They had another thirteen children of which only six would survive adulthood. Some sources stated that he had twenty children of which only twelve survived. …show more content…
John Brown grew up in very anti-slavery atmosphere where even his father, Owen Brown, was involved in attempting to open Western Reserve College into an antislavery supported school. This school did not survive but even then Mr. Owen Brown attempted to open Oberlin College as that would be integrated and obviously against slavery. Mr. John Brown attempted numerous businesses: Tanner, Cannel builder, suburban developer, and raising sheep along with exporting wool. At this time, John Brown had no indication of being a hero, murder or terrorist at this point and was simply attempting to better his and his family’s financial position in life. John Brown was a Mason and church leader and leading what appeared to be a normal