George Marion Brewer (1844 - 1912)

Born 10 Jun 1844 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Ester Bayly (Smith) Brewer — married 31 Aug 1865 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1912 at age 68 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

The son of Enoch Brewer (1810-1855) and Jane Cantrell (1802-1870), George Brewer was born in Wayne County, Tennessee ^{[citation needed]}in 1844., residing with his family in 1850 in nearby Lauderdale County, Alabama.^[1] By 1860, they lived again in Wayne County, Tennessee.^[2] George's siblings included:

1. Sanders Brewer (1832-1896)
2. Justin Brewer (1834-)
3. Henry P. Brewer (1834-1858)
4. Sarah Emily Jane Brewer (1835-1904)
5. Elizabeth Brewer (1835-1880)
6. Ephraim Brewer (1836-1885)
7. William Riley Brewer (1836-1862)
8. Sarah Angeline Brewer (1838-1936)
9. Mary Jane Brewer (1840-1880)
10. John W. Brewer (1840-1887)
11. Martha Brewer (1842-1843)
12. Mary Emeline Brewer (1842-1880)
13. Lucinda Brewer (1842-)
14. Elizabeth Brewer (1846-1876)
15. Melinda Brewer (1850-)

During the American Civil War, George Brewer enlisted as a Private in Company A of the 10th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, fighting on the side of the Union.^{[citation needed]} He later fought in Company E of the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, receiving an invalid's pension on September 5, 1890.^[3] He was captured and confined at the Andersonville, Georgia prison camp hospital, being transferred there on April 20, 1864.^[4]

After the war, George Brewer married Ester (Smith) Brewer, the daughter of Spencer Smith and Jane Virginia Wilson, marrying in Wayne County on August 31, 1865^[5] and having ten known children together: George and his family made their home in District 11 of Wayne County, now District 11 of Grainger County, farming there.^[6][7] By 1910, that area was enumerated at District 7 of Wayne County.^[8]

George Brewer passed away at the age of 69 and is buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in rural Wayne County, Tennessee.^[9]

Research Notes

There is an image of " Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee" shared on Ancestry, difficult to read but one that has been transcribed, page 8:

Military Records dated Feby. 10,1864 to May 10,1865 state that George M. Brewer was 19 years old, blue eyes, he was present but for the following dates, April 30,1864 present with remarks. In Hospital, sick, June 30,1864 absent without leave since June 1864. On June 21,1891 George writes: "I was taken sick and sent to Hospital 9 or 10 years ago, where they say I recuperated 23 months. I do not remember what passed while I was there, When I came to myself I was paralyzed in my left side and I have never recovered a proper use of it. I cannot do Manuel labor. George M. (LAST PORTION OF NOTES FROM BOARD) The 23 months in hospital was in Lunatic Asylum, he was very boisterous in the beginning & killed one of his Uncles or near kinsman.(JAMES H. BREWER, His Cousin) He is dementia, aged silly now and the man with him here says he has no homicidal or suicidal position, his heart is Normal, and are f----, no evidence of syphilis, however previous to his insanity 8 or 9 years ago he drank whiskey a great deal, he was said to be of loose morals, this is a case of loss of motion,or impaired coordination of motion,or impaired coordination and not one of complete paralysis. he cannot perform manual labor.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5S-M44 : 19 December 2020), George Brewer in household of Enoch Brewer, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TY-NGZ : 18 February 2021), George Brewer in entry for S Brewer, 1860.
3. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 50. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Ancestry Record 4654 #627807 with attached Image
4. ↑ Selected Records Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-1865. National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; NARA film publicaton #:: M1303; Record Group: Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners; Record Group Number: 249. Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Ancestry Record 1124 #1262140 with attached Image
5. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQY-55S : 17 March 2020), George M. Brewer, 1865.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWV-JGV : 15 January 2022), Gorge M. Brewer, District 11, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ,sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZV-PJ8 : 11 March 2022), George M Brewer, 1900.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNV-MN1 : accessed 28 May 2022), George M Brewer, Civil District 7, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 133, sheet 5A, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1524; FHL microfilm 1,375,537.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-GM1V : 27 July 2019), George Marion Brewer, 1912; Burial, Wayne, Tennessee, United States of America, Cedar Grove Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #15640421