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The tombstone of little Wesley Kenneth Roush.
The tombstone of little Wesley Kenneth Roush.

The road to the Sesquicentennial: Another 1880s tragedy

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:19 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, when we paused last time in 1889 on the long and winding road to the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by my parents, Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, the matriarch of the Brown family, Jeanette Brown, died tragically in the house my parents call home.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Another 1880s tragedy

    Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:19 PM
    Ladies and gentlemen, when we paused last time in 1889 on the long and winding road to the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by my parents, Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, the matriarch of the Brown family, Jeanette Brown, died tragically in the house my parents call home.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Another tragic death

    Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:10 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, when we paused in the summer of 1889 on the long and winding road to the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by my parents, Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, Marion DeCalb Britton was convicted of fatally shooting his brother-in-law John Brown at the Parker House Hotel a year earlier, but the judge tossed the verdict and ordered a new trial upon the ground of juror misconduct.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Britton found guilty of murder, but judge declares mistrial

    Wednesday, March 4, 2020 10:33 AM
    When we go back to the summer of 1889 on the long and winding road to the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by my parents, Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, the fate of Marion DeCalb Britton, accused of fatally shooting his brother-in-law John Brown at the Parker House Hotel a year earlier, is in the hands of the jury.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The defense rests

    Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:11 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, as the old Parker House Hotel in Hillsboro is set to be demolished this week in 2020, 133 years ago in 1888, my third great-uncle, John Brown, was fatally shot at that very site.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The Britton trial continues

    Wednesday, February 19, 2020 8:37 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, on the long and winding road to the Brown-Roush Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm owned by my parents, Ken and Judy Roush of Highland County, we return to the summer of 1889 and Marion Britton is on trial for the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law, John C. Brown (1851-1888), my third great-uncle.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The last will of John Brown

    Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:27 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, it was the summer of 1889 and Marion Britton was on trial for the murder of his brother-in-law, John C. Brown.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: The Britton trial begins

    Wednesday, February 5, 2020 9:42 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, it was the summer of 1888, and John Brown had been shot twice at the Parker House in uptown Hillsboro on Aug. 4.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Family feud leads to gunfire, Part II

    Wednesday, January 29, 2020 9:58 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, in the 1880 United States Federal Census, John Brown was listed as farming the land his late father, Joshua Brown (1807-67), founded, and was living with his 66-year-old mother, Jeannette, and his older sister, Mary.
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  • The road to the Sesquicentennial: Family feud leads to gunfire

    Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:44 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 spring of 1888 and John Brown and his brother-in-law Marion Britton had just had a heated argument after Brown’s sister, Mary, had broken off her engagement to Britton at the behest of her brother.
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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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