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My great great great grandmother, who stood at the front second story window of the family home in Ohio with a pot of boiling water when Kentucky militia riders were riding up the road to search for the runaway slaves that her family was helping the Underground Railroad hide
Unfortunately, this is all I know about the brave woman from Brown County, OH - who, incidentally, was the mother of Prof Christopher N Brown, for whom Brown Hall at the @OhioState University was named for 
Getting a little closer, digging through the folders. Her maiden name was Catherine Rogers - her brother John is pictured here. She married Isaac Brown
Their daughter was Permelia Brown - right - who married my GGGrandfather - left - when he came home from the Civil War - she liked him because he was kind to animals, especially his horse (he'd been a cavalryman) and she surmised he'd be kind to her.
Dammit, y'all, I'm supposed to be cleaning my gutters. Now I'm reading my great-uncle's journal from 1942. He commanded an OHARNG FA battalion in the Pacific:
"March 30, 1942. Kiss wife goodbye. Both hold up ok but the feeling in my throat matches the moisture in her eyes"
"March 30, 1942. Kiss wife goodbye. Both hold up ok but the feeling in my throat matches the moisture in her eyes"
