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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 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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  • 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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