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The road to the Sesquicentennial: The family feud heats up
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 7:55 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, when we paused last time along the road to the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by my parents, Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, we were in the late 1880s and a bitter family feud was brewing.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The family feud heats up

    Wednesday, January 15, 2020 7:55 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, when we paused last time along the road to the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by my parents, Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, we were in the late 1880s and a bitter family feud was brewing.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Funerals and feuds

    Wednesday, January 8, 2020 10:05 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, when my great-great-great-grandfather Joshua Brown, the patriarch of the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, passed away in 1867 at the age of 59, it was noted that his eight children were still living at the time of his death.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Brown farmland moves to the next generation

    Tuesday, December 24, 2019 7:32 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, my great-great-great-grandfather Joshua Brown, the patriarch of the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, passed away 152 years ago at the age of 59.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The last will of the patriarch

    Wednesday, December 18, 2019 9:08 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, back in the days when my great-great-great-grandfather Joshua Brown, the patriarch of the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, walked this earth, it wasn’t uncommon for parents to lose children at a young age.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Inskeeps and Browns

    The road to the Sesquicentennial: Inskeeps and Browns

    Wednesday, December 11, 2019 12:12 PM
    Ladies and gentlemen, my great-great-great-grandfather Joshua Brown, the patriarch of the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, married Jeannette Inskeep 183 years ago.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The Brown brothers

    Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:10 PM
    Ladies and gentlemen, when my great-great-great grandfather Joshua Brown, the patriarch of the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, was born May 6, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States and Ohio had been a state for two whopping years.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The Browns arrive in Highland County

    Wednesday, November 20, 2019 12:39 PM
    Ladies and gentlemen, Joshua Brown, the patriarch of the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, was born May 6, 1807 and is my great-great-great-grandfather.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Strange land becomes Brown property

    Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:44 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, on Jan. 31, 1860, Joshua Brown bought 112 acres of land that would be the catalyst that led to the Brown-Roush Farm west of Hillsboro being designated an Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm in 2019.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial

    Wednesday, November 6, 2019 3:23 PM
    Ladies and gentlemen, the year was 1860 – James Buchanan was president of the United States, though Abraham Lincoln won election to the office that year, future Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase started the year as Ohio governor, the United States was on the brink of the Civil War, and old farmer Brown bought 52.853 additional acres of land.
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  • The Scott House now

    Wednesday, October 30, 2019 7:19 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, as we wrap up this 175th celebration series of offerings on Scott House mansion and Highland House museum, we look at the uptown landmark built by William Scott since it’s been owned by the Highland County Historical Society.
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