While his brothers Frederick, Owen, and Salmon traveled by land, John Jr., his brother Jason, and their families traveled by boat, across the state of Missouri on the Missouri River. moved with four of his brothers to Kansas Territory in spring 1855. Socially he is amiable, warm hearted and affectionate." Kansas Strictly honest and conscientious." "His family and himself are beloved and sympathized with by his neighbors of all parties and well he may be for he is one of the finest specimens of men, physically and intellectually.He is a man who would be distinguished anywhere for his active, energetic temperament and fearless manner. He was described by a Kansas acquaintance as "a man of education, and of more than common abilities. The couple settled in Springfield, Massachusetts and had two children. In spring 1842 he enrolled at the Grand River Institute in Austinburg, Ohio. In 1841 he tried teaching in a country school, but left it after one year, finding it frustrating and the children "snotty". His mother was Brown's first wife, Dianthe Lusk Brown, who died when John Jr. (J– May 3, 1895) was the eldest son of the abolitionist John Brown.
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