Reuben Stephen Brewer (1891 - 1960)

Born 11 Dec 1891 in Lincoln, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dolda (Medini) Brewer — married 20 Nov 1918 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine

Died 2 Apr 1960 at age 68 in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lived with his parents^[1]

1910 Census, 18 years old^[2]

Birth date cited in draft registration^[3]

Marriage^[4]

Lived with his wife^[5][6]

Lobsterman from the Boothbay Harbor area. Murdered his wife, Dolda Medini Brewer, in 1936^[7][8] He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

In prison, Thomaston Town, Knox, Maine, United States, 1940^[9]

Died at the Augusta Mental Health Institute in 1960. ^[10][11]

At one point the death register of the AMHI was available on line. According to https://www.centralmaine.com/2012/05/27/maines-forgotten-dead_2012-05-26/, "With permission from the Legislature, the remembrance list is published in a book displayed in the lobby of Riverview Psychiatric Center, which opened on the hospital grounds in 2004. The list also is part of a hospital history posted on the DHHS website."^[12]Active listing as of 2023^[13]

See also accounts of patient deaths at Augusta Mental Health Institute^[14][15]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLG-LFP : accessed 7 September 2019), Reuben S Brewer in household of Cyrus A Brewer, Boothbay town, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 162, sheet 13A, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,595..
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3C-V91 : Wed Jul 19 06:46:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Cyrus A Brewer and Rose E Brewer, 1910.
3. ↑ "Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HM-2XDG : 11 March 2018), Reuben Stephen Brewer, 1917-1919; citing Draft Registration, Boothbay, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States, Maine State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 004403587.
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-981S : 13 March 2018), Reuben Stephen Brewer and Dolda Medina, 20 Nov 1918; citing Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZP-RC3 : accessed 14 May 2019), Ruben S Brewer, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing ED 86, sheet 9B, line 100, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 645; FHL microfilm 1,820,645.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD9-583 : accessed 14 May 2019), Reuben S Brewer, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 5B, line 66, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 835; FHL microfilm 2,340,570.
7. ↑ https://newspaperarchive.com/biddeford-daily-journal-may-13-1936-p-1/
8. ↑ https://casetext.com/case/state-of-maine-v-brewer
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMJ-253 : 15 March 2018), Reuben S Brewer, Thomaston Town, Knox, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-38, sheet 1B, line 43, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1482.
10. ↑ "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCV8-W38 : 27 November 2014), Reuben S Brewer, 02 Apr 1960; citing Death, Augusta, city code 11020, certificate 6003143, Maine State Archives, Augusta.
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2020), memorial page for Reuben Stephen Brewer (11 Dec 1891–2 Apr 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #169942571, citing Cony Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Deirdre (contributor 48960828) .
12. ↑ https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/riverview/history/index.html
13. ↑ https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/sites/maine.gov.dhhs/files/inline-files/AMHI-Memorial-List.pdf
14. ↑ https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20010617/News/306179982
15. ↑ https://www.centralmaine.com/2012/05/27/maines-forgotten-dead_2012-05-26/

See also:

• https://gw.geneanet.org/jerecubby?lang=en&pz=robert&nz=wylie&ocz=1&p=reuben+stephen&n=brewer

• Newspaper Archives Online, many articles of murder and trial.

• https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/riverview/about-us/history