Born about in Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Timothy Seymour Brewster
and Lovesta (Howard) Brewster
Sister of
George L. Brewster, Mary (Brewster) Eaton, Lovesta (Brewster) Sherwood, Julia Brewster, Marcella (Brewster) Annis, Adella Brewster, Cornelius Seymour Brewster, Francis Brewster and Linda Brewster
Wife of
Austin Melvin
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
George W. Melvin and James A. Melvin
Died
at about age 59
in Bloomingdale, Van Buren, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
Elizabeth Brewster was born in Ohio in 1833. She married as his second wife, Austin Melvin 27 Nov 1858 in Allegan, Michigan. She died 15 Oct 1892 in Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA. She is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA.
Burial
- Burial:
- Place: Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI
Research notes
In 1850 a Timothy S. Brewster (47, b. NY, waggin [sic] maker) headed a Otsego, MI (Allegan County) household with Lovesta Brewster (37, b. OH), Elizabeth Brewster (17, b. OH), George Brewster (15, b. OH), Mary Brewster (11, b. OH), Lovesta Brewster (10, b. OH), Julia Brewster (8, b. OH), Messella Brewster (female, 6, b. OH), Delia Brewster (4, b. OH), and Cornelius Brewster (2, b. OH).
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #196734823
- "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8H-N66 : 17 January 2020), Elizabeth Brewster in entry for Austin Melvin, 1858.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW63-3XX : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Melvin in entry for Austin Melvin, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCK-82S : 3 January 2021), Elizabeth Melvin in entry for Austin Melvin, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3J-8L2 : 19 February 2021), Elisabeth Melven in household of Austin Melven, Bloomingdale, Van Buren, Michigan, United States
Acknowledgement
This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.
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Categories: Spring Grove Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Michigan
By the censuses the children are sons Berdett and Elbert