Emmaline (Watts) Brewer (1842 - 1925)

Born May 1842 in South Carolina, United States

Wife of Robert Brewer — married about 1863 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Jul 1925 at age 83 in Pageland, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States

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Emmaline (Watts) Brewer is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Emmaline was born in 1842. She was a former slave, and it is believed that she was the daughter of Thomas H. Watts, a landowner in South Carolina. She was a nurse and a midwife and had cared for all people regardless of their color. She was highly respected in the town of Pageland where she lived. Her mother is believe to be Arcilla Watts, an African American woman who received a 50 acre lot of land from Thomas H. Watts. Emaline passed away in 1925.

Her great grandson, Robert C Robinson, Jr. was a Tuskegee airman who lost his life in 1945, on a mission over Hungary.

Sources

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3D9-WDM : 20 February 2021), Emmaline Brewer in entry for Sarah M. Robinson, 03 Aug 1916; citing Marks Creek, Richmond, North Carolina, reference fn 188 vol 4 cn 433, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,878,031.