The Tragic Death of Grace Brown

The shocking 1906 murder of a pregnant factory worker from Upstate New York by an ambitious socialite

Grace Mae Brown, Public Domain Image, Wikimedia Commons

Grace Mae Brown was the pretty daughter of farmer Frank Brown and his wife, Betsy Minerva Babcock. She was born in South Otselic, New York, on March 20, 1886 — the fifth of nine children. Grace graduated from a one-room school at age 16. She…