Margaret Lovell Brown Born to Commanding Major General Jacob Jennings Brown and Pamela Williams originally of Williamstown Mass. arriving on the 14th Just in time for Christmas 1816 and Thirty years later on Sept. 21 1846 she Married John E. Brown. Her Father Gen. Jacob passed from wound complications suffered from wounds received at the Battle of Lundy's after receiving The 24th Congressional Gold Medal of Honor by resolution of Nov 3 1814 for Valor and Eminent effect upon history in the Battles of Chippewa , Niagara and Fort Erie which he took away from a superior British force which fails to even mention the enemy threat he faced at Sacketts Harbor right out the front door of his own home. In 1815 Margaret's father was appointed by resolution of Congress as Senior Officer of The U.S.Army
and six years later in 1821 Congress resolved to change the title of his office to Commanding major General of the U.S. Army after becoming the only man to ever hold both of these titles of distinction Margaret's Father passed when she was only 11 years old. Undoubtedly old enough to see the grief that struck over the Nation at the loss of their most beloved Patriot and War Hero of 1812 Reflected in the Publication in D.C. at the time known as The National Intelligencer The announcements which they Published included The News of the passing and the preparations by The AdJ. Generals Office for the Procession arrangements for The procession which was a mile long and Contained The entire Federal Government and Military Escorts To Include Then Gen Jacob's close and personal friend President John Quincy Adams Who the task of writing his Monument Transcription befell upon...
" Sacred to the memory of General Jacob Brown, who was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania , on the 9th day of May, 1775, died at the City of Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, on the 27th day of February, 1828.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
Pres. Adams words read upon his Monument.
The mile long procession and The services the Monument The Greiving must have been all quite a lot for Margrett a child of 11 to bear witness to and being there with the whole of the Government proceeding down Pennsylvania Ave. towards the Congressional burying grounds The ongoing ordered firing of the munitions every half hour Saluting from Dawn to Dusk must have been unsettling as well for her and all her siblings......Her Younger Brother Nathan William had just celebrated his 8th Birthday only a month before and here it was their father the brave man who had lead his family all the way from the original Brown homestead in PA to the wilderness of The Canadian Border to a log cabin to a Brown mansion in Brownville and one in D.C. was gone...young Nathan's Father would never see him go on to become a Brigadier General himself.
President Adams had made several entries to his diaries preceding the generals passing one related a discussion they had over the Generals health where he reflected the deep effect upon him and others the news of his passing and his words shortly before hand in reflection His greatest concern still for his Nation that his family had suffered much for after the services of the day he had entered this
" The immediate cause of his death was lung fever, taken
this day week, and its primary cause was the severe wounds he 15had received during the war with Great Britain, and the paralytic shock which he received some years afterwards, disclosed the malignancy of it. His health had been declining for several years and though long sustained by a firm and buoyant spirit, has been sinking irredeemably for the last three months.On the 14th of last month he came and disclosed, in a manner that deeply affected me, his own state of mind and body, of which he was fully conscious. Lieutenant Vinton said that his last thoughts were of the public, recollections of his sufferings and services, and anticipations of the greatness and glory of his country.
" General Brown was one of the eminent men of the day,
and though bred a Quaker was a man of lofty and martial spirit,and in the last war contributed perhaps more than any other man to redeem and establish the military character of his country."
Vol. 37 President John Q Adams diaries.
Young Margaret probably never got The chance to read those words written of her father in her lifetime. he wasn't there to dance with her at her wedding or to see any children of hers...... had she had any.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
and six years later in 1821 Congress resolved to change the title of his office to Commanding major General of the U.S. Army after becoming the only man to ever hold both of these titles of distinction Margaret's Father passed when she was only 11 years old. Undoubtedly old enough to see the grief that struck over the Nation at the loss of their most beloved Patriot and War Hero of 1812 Reflected in the Publication in D.C. at the time known as The National Intelligencer The announcements which they Published included The News of the passing and the preparations by The AdJ. Generals Office for the Procession arrangements for The procession which was a mile long and Contained The entire Federal Government and Military Escorts To Include Then Gen Jacob's close and personal friend President John Quincy Adams Who the task of writing his Monument Transcription befell upon...
" Sacred to the memory of General Jacob Brown, who was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania , on the 9th day of May, 1775, died at the City of Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, on the 27th day of February, 1828.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
Pres. Adams words read upon his Monument.
The mile long procession and The services the Monument The Greiving must have been all quite a lot for Margrett a child of 11 to bear witness to and being there with the whole of the Government proceeding down Pennsylvania Ave. towards the Congressional burying grounds The ongoing ordered firing of the munitions every half hour Saluting from Dawn to Dusk must have been unsettling as well for her and all her siblings......Her Younger Brother Nathan William had just celebrated his 8th Birthday only a month before and here it was their father the brave man who had lead his family all the way from the original Brown homestead in PA to the wilderness of The Canadian Border to a log cabin to a Brown mansion in Brownville and one in D.C. was gone...young Nathan's Father would never see him go on to become a Brigadier General himself.
President Adams had made several entries to his diaries preceding the generals passing one related a discussion they had over the Generals health where he reflected the deep effect upon him and others the news of his passing and his words shortly before hand in reflection His greatest concern still for his Nation that his family had suffered much for after the services of the day he had entered this
" The immediate cause of his death was lung fever, taken
this day week, and its primary cause was the severe wounds he 15had received during the war with Great Britain, and the paralytic shock which he received some years afterwards, disclosed the malignancy of it. His health had been declining for several years and though long sustained by a firm and buoyant spirit, has been sinking irredeemably for the last three months.On the 14th of last month he came and disclosed, in a manner that deeply affected me, his own state of mind and body, of which he was fully conscious. Lieutenant Vinton said that his last thoughts were of the public, recollections of his sufferings and services, and anticipations of the greatness and glory of his country.
" General Brown was one of the eminent men of the day,
and though bred a Quaker was a man of lofty and martial spirit,and in the last war contributed perhaps more than any other man to redeem and establish the military character of his country."
Vol. 37 President John Q Adams diaries.
Young Margaret probably never got The chance to read those words written of her father in her lifetime. he wasn't there to dance with her at her wedding or to see any children of hers...... had she had any.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
Margaret Lovell Brown Born to Commanding Major General Jacob Jennings Brown and Pamela Williams originally of Williamstown Mass. arriving on the 14th Just in time for Christmas 1816 and Thirty years later on Sept. 21 1846 she Married John E. Brown. Her Father Gen. Jacob passed from wound complications suffered from wounds received at the Battle of Lundy's after receiving The 24th Congressional Gold Medal of Honor by resolution of Nov 3 1814 for Valor and Eminent effect upon history in the Battles of Chippewa , Niagara and Fort Erie which he took away from a superior British force which fails to even mention the enemy threat he faced at Sacketts Harbor right out the front door of his own home. In 1815 Margaret's father was appointed by resolution of Congress as Senior Officer of The U.S.Army
and six years later in 1821 Congress resolved to change the title of his office to Commanding major General of the U.S. Army after becoming the only man to ever hold both of these titles of distinction Margaret's Father passed when she was only 11 years old. Undoubtedly old enough to see the grief that struck over the Nation at the loss of their most beloved Patriot and War Hero of 1812 Reflected in the Publication in D.C. at the time known as The National Intelligencer The announcements which they Published included The News of the passing and the preparations by The AdJ. Generals Office for the Procession arrangements for The procession which was a mile long and Contained The entire Federal Government and Military Escorts To Include Then Gen Jacob's close and personal friend President John Quincy Adams Who the task of writing his Monument Transcription befell upon...
" Sacred to the memory of General Jacob Brown, who was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania , on the 9th day of May, 1775, died at the City of Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, on the 27th day of February, 1828.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
Pres. Adams words read upon his Monument.
The mile long procession and The services the Monument The Greiving must have been all quite a lot for Margrett a child of 11 to bear witness to and being there with the whole of the Government proceeding down Pennsylvania Ave. towards the Congressional burying grounds The ongoing ordered firing of the munitions every half hour Saluting from Dawn to Dusk must have been unsettling as well for her and all her siblings......Her Younger Brother Nathan William had just celebrated his 8th Birthday only a month before and here it was their father the brave man who had lead his family all the way from the original Brown homestead in PA to the wilderness of The Canadian Border to a log cabin to a Brown mansion in Brownville and one in D.C. was gone...young Nathan's Father would never see him go on to become a Brigadier General himself.
President Adams had made several entries to his diaries preceding the generals passing one related a discussion they had over the Generals health where he reflected the deep effect upon him and others the news of his passing and his words shortly before hand in reflection His greatest concern still for his Nation that his family had suffered much for after the services of the day he had entered this
" The immediate cause of his death was lung fever, taken
this day week, and its primary cause was the severe wounds he 15had received during the war with Great Britain, and the paralytic shock which he received some years afterwards, disclosed the malignancy of it. His health had been declining for several years and though long sustained by a firm and buoyant spirit, has been sinking irredeemably for the last three months.On the 14th of last month he came and disclosed, in a manner that deeply affected me, his own state of mind and body, of which he was fully conscious. Lieutenant Vinton said that his last thoughts were of the public, recollections of his sufferings and services, and anticipations of the greatness and glory of his country.
" General Brown was one of the eminent men of the day,
and though bred a Quaker was a man of lofty and martial spirit,and in the last war contributed perhaps more than any other man to redeem and establish the military character of his country."
Vol. 37 President John Q Adams diaries.
Young Margaret probably never got The chance to read those words written of her father in her lifetime. he wasn't there to dance with her at her wedding or to see any children of hers...... had she had any.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
and six years later in 1821 Congress resolved to change the title of his office to Commanding major General of the U.S. Army after becoming the only man to ever hold both of these titles of distinction Margaret's Father passed when she was only 11 years old. Undoubtedly old enough to see the grief that struck over the Nation at the loss of their most beloved Patriot and War Hero of 1812 Reflected in the Publication in D.C. at the time known as The National Intelligencer The announcements which they Published included The News of the passing and the preparations by The AdJ. Generals Office for the Procession arrangements for The procession which was a mile long and Contained The entire Federal Government and Military Escorts To Include Then Gen Jacob's close and personal friend President John Quincy Adams Who the task of writing his Monument Transcription befell upon...
" Sacred to the memory of General Jacob Brown, who was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania , on the 9th day of May, 1775, died at the City of Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, on the 27th day of February, 1828.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
Pres. Adams words read upon his Monument.
The mile long procession and The services the Monument The Greiving must have been all quite a lot for Margrett a child of 11 to bear witness to and being there with the whole of the Government proceeding down Pennsylvania Ave. towards the Congressional burying grounds The ongoing ordered firing of the munitions every half hour Saluting from Dawn to Dusk must have been unsettling as well for her and all her siblings......Her Younger Brother Nathan William had just celebrated his 8th Birthday only a month before and here it was their father the brave man who had lead his family all the way from the original Brown homestead in PA to the wilderness of The Canadian Border to a log cabin to a Brown mansion in Brownville and one in D.C. was gone...young Nathan's Father would never see him go on to become a Brigadier General himself.
President Adams had made several entries to his diaries preceding the generals passing one related a discussion they had over the Generals health where he reflected the deep effect upon him and others the news of his passing and his words shortly before hand in reflection His greatest concern still for his Nation that his family had suffered much for after the services of the day he had entered this
" The immediate cause of his death was lung fever, taken
this day week, and its primary cause was the severe wounds he 15had received during the war with Great Britain, and the paralytic shock which he received some years afterwards, disclosed the malignancy of it. His health had been declining for several years and though long sustained by a firm and buoyant spirit, has been sinking irredeemably for the last three months.On the 14th of last month he came and disclosed, in a manner that deeply affected me, his own state of mind and body, of which he was fully conscious. Lieutenant Vinton said that his last thoughts were of the public, recollections of his sufferings and services, and anticipations of the greatness and glory of his country.
" General Brown was one of the eminent men of the day,
and though bred a Quaker was a man of lofty and martial spirit,and in the last war contributed perhaps more than any other man to redeem and establish the military character of his country."
Vol. 37 President John Q Adams diaries.
Young Margaret probably never got The chance to read those words written of her father in her lifetime. he wasn't there to dance with her at her wedding or to see any children of hers...... had she had any.
" Let him who in after years
Shall view this monument of praise,
For honor heave the patriot sigh
And for his Country learn to die."
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