by Jeanne Gehret
by Jeanne Gehret
Interior of Adair Cabin in Osawatomie, where Merritt Anthony was married. Photo by Jeanne Gehret
It took me a while to find these photos of my excursion to Osawatomie, Kansas. My last post dealt with the marriage of Merritt and Mary Luther Anthony inside the Adair cabin, pictured above. Below is the exterior. Note the whitewashed walls.
It seemed pretty comfortable for a cabin, and I can just imagine the minister presiding in his nightclothes while his family, similarly clad, looked on. Somehow I think it was a brief ceremony!
Adair Cabin where John Brown’s son Frederick died at the battle of Osawatomie, Kansas
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