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John Brown, III, was the father of John, Frederick, Owen and Abiel Brown; and the honored grandfather of John Brown, the hero of Kansas and of Harper's Ferry.
John Brown, III, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, was chosen Captain of the West Simsbury (now Canton) train, and in the spring of 1776, joined forces of the Continental Army at New York. His commission from Governor Trumbull is dated May 23, 1776. After a service of two months' duration, he fell a victim to the prevailing epidemic of the camp, at the age of 48 years. He died in a barn, attended only by a faithful subordinate, a few miles north of New York City, where the Continental Army was at that time encamped. His body was buried on the Highlands, near the western bank of the East River.
A marble monument in the graveyard of Canton Center was erected to his memory.
John Brown Farm Grounds Cenotaph
The gravestone for Captain John and Hannah (Owen) Brown is a replacement made after she died. Their grandson, (John Brown, the abolitionist) bought the old stone from the other heirs and had it shipped to his farm in Lake Placid, New York. It now marks his grave. See "The Stone on John Brown's Grave," by Clarence Gee, in New York History, 1961.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2019), memorial page for Capt John Brown, III (4 Nov 1728–3 Sep 1776), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50920432, citing Canton Center Cemetery, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Kelly in CT (contributor 47077034) .
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