Brewer, Charles Martin – Brewster, Simon Latham
Brewer, Charles Martin
lawyer, was born Nov. 4, 1860, in Rock Dell, Minn. In 1890 he was admitted to the bar; has been justice of the peace for four years; and is postmaster of Stacy, Minn., where he holds a high position as an able lawyer and public officer.
Brewer, David Josiah
associate justice of the United States supreme court, was born June 20, 1837, in Smyrna, Asia Minor. He is the son of Rev. Josiah Brewer and Emilia A. Field, sister of David Dudley, Cyrus W., and Justice Stephen J.
Field; and his father was an early missionary to Turkey. He was graduated from Yale college in 1856 and from the Albany Law school in 1858; and established himself in his profession at Leavenworth, Kan., in 1859, where he resided until he removed to Washington to enter upon his present duties. In 1861 he was appointed United States commissioner; from 1862 to 1865 was judge of the probate and criminal courts of Leavenworth county; from 1865 to 1869 was judge of the district court; and from 1869 to 1870 was county attorney of Leavenworth. In 1870 he was elected a justice of the supreme court of his state, and re-elected in 1876 and 1882; in 1884 was appointed judge of the circuit court of the United States for the eighth district; and was appointed to his present position, to succeed Justice Stanley Matthews, deceased, in December, 1889, and was commissioned December 18, 1889.
Brewer, Francis B
pioneer, physician, legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1820, in Keene, N. Y. In connection with others he organized the Pennsylvania Rock Oil company, the pioneer petroleum enterprise. He then settled at Westfield, N. Y.; was a representative in the state legislature in 1873 and 1874; government director of the Union Pacific railroad from 1874 to 1878; and manager of the State Insane asylum at Buffalo in 1881 and 1882. He was for ten years president of the First National bank of Westfield; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-eighth congress as a republican.
Brewer, J. Hart
manufacturer, legislator, congressman, was born March 29, 1844, in Hunterdon county, N. J. He engaged in the manufacture of pottery; was a member of the state house of representatives in 1876; and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.
Brewer, Josiah
missionary, was born in 1796, in Berkshire, Mass. He was one of the first to volunteer as a missionary to Turkey for the American board, and in 1830 sailed for the east.
He died Nov. 19, 1872, in Boston, Mass.
Brewer, Leigh Richmond
bishop of Montana, was born Jan. 20, 1839, in Berkshire, Vt. He was rector of Grace church of Carthage, N. Y., for six years, when he became rector of Trinity church of Watertown, N. Y. He was then elected missionary bishop of Montana, and was consecrated in 1880.
Brewer, Mark S
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1837, in Addison, Mich. He received an academic education; read law with Governor Moses Wisner and the Hon. M. E. Crofoot, and since 1864 has practiced law in Pontiac, Mich. He has been city attorney; was state senator in 1873-74; and has served with distinction as a member of the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican; declining a renomination. During 1881-85 he was United States consul general to Berlin. He is an able lawyer and brilliant orator; and is recognized as one of the most prominent republicans of Michigan. In 1896 he was a delegate at large to the republican national convention.
Brewer, Theodore Freling- Huysen
clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 20, 1845, in Gibson county, Tenn. He received his education at the Yorkville academy and the Andrew college. He is a noted clergyman in the methodist episcopal church, and president of the Harrell International institute of Muskogee, I. T.
Brewer, Thomas Mayo
ornithologist, author, was born Nov. 21, 1814, in Boston, Mass. He was a Massachusetts ornithologist who was the principal author of the History of North American Birds prepared with Ridgway and S. F.
Baird; and Oölogy of North America is also by him. He died Jan. 24, 1880, in Boston, Mass.
Brewer, William Henry
educator, author, was born Sept. 14, 1828, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He has been a professor of agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific school at New Haven since 1864; and is the author of Botany of California. was
Brewer, Willis
soldier, journalist, state senator, congressman, author, was born in Alabama. He entered the military service of the confederate states at the age of eighteen years; has been a journalist, has practiced law, has written books, and is now a planter. In 1871 he was county treasurer of Lowndes; state auditor from 1876 to 1880; was state legislator from 1880 to 1882; state senator from 1882 to 1890; state legislator from 1890 to 1894; and state senator from 1894 till he resigned in 1897. He was elected for the state at large on the democratic ticket in 1892, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Brewerton, George Douglas
soldier, author, was born in 1820, in Cuba.
He is a United States army officer; and the author of The War in Kansas, a Rough Trip to the Border; Fitzpoodle at Newport; Ida Lewis, the Heroine of Lime Rock; The Automaton Company; and The Automaton Battery.
Brewster, Benjamin Harris
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 13, 1816, in Salem county, N. J. He was appointed, by President Polk, to adjudicate the claims of the Cherokee Indians against the United States; and in 1867 was appointed In attorney-general of Pennsylvania. 1881 he was appointed, by President Garfield, attorney-general of the United States. He died April 4, 1888, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Brewster, Charles Warren
journalist, author, legislator, state senator, was born Sept. 13, 1812, in Portsmouth, N. H. He began to work for his living as an apprentice in the office of the Portsmouth Journal. In fifteen years he had become its proprietor, and when he died had been connected with his journal for more than fifty years. He served several terms in the legislature, and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1850-51. He is the author of Fifty Years in a Printing Office; and Rambles about Portsmouth. He died Aug. 3, 1868, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Brewster, David P
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1843. He died Feb. 21, 1876, in Oswego, N. Y.
Brewster, Flora Alzora
journalist, physician, surgeon, was born Feb. 26, 1852, in Alfred, N. Y. In 1879 she edited The Newsboys' Appeal of Chicago; in 1889-90 was editor of the Baltimore Family Health Journal; and in 1891 was assistant editor of the Homœopathic Advocate. She was the former physician in charge of the Home for Fallen Women, and the Female House of Refuge of Baltimore; and is now the proprietor and surgeon in charge of The Sanitarium.
She was also lecturer on physiology and hygiene at the Maryland Woman's college of Lutherville, Md.
Brewster, Frederick Carroll
lawyer, author, was born May 15, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was judge of the court of common pleas for three years; and in 1869 was appointed attorney-general of the commonwealth. He is the author of Molière in Outline; Life of Disraeli; Condensation of Blackstone; Rule in Shelly's Case; and Digest of Pennsylvania Reports.
Brewster, Henry
manufacturer, was born May 19, 1824, in New Haven, Conn. He started in business for himself in 1856, with partners, as Brewster and Co., and devoted himself to the construction of fine carriages. The firm soon became the largest of their class in the world. He was one of the organizers of the Union League club, and he stoutly espoused the cause of the union during the civil war. He died Sept. 20, 1887, in New York city.
Brewster, Henry C
banker, congressman, was born Sept. 7, 1845, in Rochester, N. Y. He became a bank clerk in clerk in 1863, and bank ofbank officer in 1868, which position he still occupies. He also holds other important positions in the business affairs of his native city. Has been president of the chamber of commerce and also of the Clearing House association. He has always taken an active interest in the republican party, and has contributed largely of his time and means toward its success. He has been vice-president of the New York State League of Republican clubs and president of the Monroe County league, and vicepresident of the National League of Republican clubs. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican.
Brewster, Lyman Dennison
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born July 31, 1832, in Salisbury, Conn. He was judge of probate in 1858; judge of court of common pleas from 1870 to 1874; member of the state legislature in 1870, 1878 and 1879; and a prominent member of the state senate in 1880 and 1881.
Brewster, Simon Latham
merchant, banker, was born July 27, 1811, in Griswold, Conn. In 1863 he became president of what is now The Traders' National bank of Rochester; and is the oldest president of a national bank in the state.
He was one of the first promoters of the Hoosac Tunnel road; and is president of The Nashua, Acton and Boston railroad.