Life History

Other facts

Notes

• In the 1860 census, William's mother Susan Brewer is a widow, and in is the household of Caroline Hays, who appears to be her mother.  I note that some genealogies who have sparse information and some incorrect information, do have William's mother named as Susan Hays, which gave me the clue to who Caroline was.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, 30 June, PO Cypress Inn, page 67 (scan 269), Hse/Fam #449
  Caroline Hays 58 F --- $1200 Real Estate $600 Personal b Virginia
  Susan Brewer 30 F b Tenn [b abt 1830]
  Hettie J Brewer 9 F b Tenn [b abt 1851]
  Nellie C Brewer 8 F b Tenn [b abt 1852]
  William T Brewer  3 M b Tenn [b abt 1857]
  Eliza J Czfurt (?) 12 F b Tenn [b abt 1848]
  
  By 1880, William's mother has married a widower named John Berry.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, 2 June, Civil District 10, Enumeration District 170, page 1 (scan 89A), Hse/Fam #239
  Berry, John W M 50 Farmer TN AL TN
  Berry, Susan W F 19 Wife TN NC TN
  Berry, Eliza A  W F 17 Dau TN AL TN
  Berry, James E  W M 15 Son TN -- TN
  Berry, Joseph  W M 12 Son TN -- TN
  Berry, Cally  W F 11 Dau TN -- TN
  Berry, David  W M 8 Son TN -- TN
  Brewer, W T  W M Stepson 22 TN -- TN
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, 21 June, Township 15, District 40, page 9B, Hse/Fam #173
  Brewer, William Head W M Aug 1857  42 Married 20 yrs  TN AL TN Farmer Rents
  Brewer, Molly Wife W F Oct 1864  35 Married 20 yrs  9 child/6 living AL TN AL
  Brewer, Leonard  Son W M Mar 1882  18 Single  TN AL AL Farm Laborer
  Brewer, Estelle Dau W F Sept 1883  16 Single  TN TN AL
  Brewer, William Son W F Oct 1887  12 TN TN AL
  Brewer, Charley Son W F Nov 1889  10 TN TN AL
  Brewer, Vera Dau W F July 1897  2 Indian Terr TN AL
  Brewer, Myrtle Dau W F Mar 1900  2mos Indian Terr  TN AL
  
  The ages and places of birth of their children tell us they moved from Wayne County, Tennessee to Indian Territory about 1888.  The 1918 draft registration of William and Molly's son William Robert Brewer reports that he was born in Tennessee in 1887.  Their presence in Tennessee at that time is consistent with the other information about the family and their residences.  In his WWI registraiton, Robert reported his residence as Wagoner County, Oklahoma, the location of his father's enumeration.
  
  In 1910, widower William is still living in Cherokee Nation, in what is now Wagoner County, Oklahoma, the county north of Muskogee County where his daughter Stella (Estelle or Estella) Jackson is living.  The age of the last daughter tells us that William's wife Molly (Mary) died in or after 1902.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 22 April, Blue Mound Township, District 235, page 2B, Hse/Fam #35
  Brewer, William T Head M W 52 Widowed TN AL TN Farmer Rents
  Brewer, Charley Son M W 20 Single TN TN AL
  Brewer, Ethel Dau F W 12 OK TN AL
  Brewer, Myrtel Dau F W 10 OK TN AL
  Brewer, Thelma Dau F W 8 OK TN AL
  
  1920 Federal Census, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, 17 January, Blue Mound, District 170, page 7A, Hse/Fam #103
  Brewer, William T Head  Rents M W 63 Married TN AL TN Farmer
  Brewer, Ellie Wife F W 48 Married KS US US
  Brewer, Thelma Dau F W 18 Single OK TN AL
  Cooper, Elmer Stepson M W 15 Single AR MO KS
  
  1930 Federal Census, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, [no date], Blue Mound Township, District 3, page 3B, Hse #62, Fam #64
  Brewer, William T Head Rents M W 72 Married at 22 TN TN TN
  Brewer, Ella F Wife F W 59 Married at 16 KS MO IN
  
  Note that here William's father is reported as born in Tennessee, not Alabama as in previous censuses.  One census record I found for a Henry and Susannah, which appeared to be William's parents, also reports Henry born in Tennessee.  Susannah matches the name Susan reported for his mother in the other censuses.  Genealogies with details and photos confirm that William's father was Henry J Brewer.  These genealogies, however, report his mother's name as Susan H Hays, not Susannah.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, 2 November, Civil District 10, page 675 (scan 339), Hse #991, Fam #1003
  Henry Brewer 25 M Farmer $100 Real Estate b Tenn [b abt 1825]
  Susannah Brewer 20 F b Tenn [b abt 1830]
  
  William T. Brewer
  Birth 1856
  Death 1943
  Buried beside his wife, Mary.
  Spouse Mary Brewer (1864 - 1904)
  Daughter Ethel Brewer Holman (1898 - 1934)
  Burial Citizens Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma
  Created by Alice P Apr 05, 2004
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #8603319, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8603319

Sources

• 1. 1920 Federal Census, Wagoner County, Oklahoma
  • 17 January, Blue Mound, District 170, page 7A, Hse/Fam #103
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
  • 21 June, Township 15, District 40, page 9B, Hse/Fam #173
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Wayne County, Tennessee
  • 30 June, PO Cypress Inn, page 67 (scan 269), Hse/Fam #449
• 4. 1930 Federal Census, Wagoner County, Oklahoma
  • [no date], Blue Mound Township, District 3, page 3B, Hse #62, Fam #64
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Wagoner County, Oklahoma
  • 22 April, Blue Mound Township, District 235, page 2B, Hse/Fam #35
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Wayne County, Tennessee
  • 2 June, Civil District 10, Enumeration District 170, page 1 (scan 89A), Hse/Fam #239
• 7. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 8. Obituary of Estella Brewer Jackson, Riverside Daily Press, Riverside, California, 1 July 1919
• 9. 1910 Federal Census, Muskogee County, Oklahoma
  • 2 May, Nash Township, District 107, Page 14A,  Hse/Fam #107
• 10. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 11. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 12. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 13. 1940 United States Federal Census
  • 9 April, Blue Mound Township, District: 73-22B, page 2B, Hse #91, Fam #43
• 14. 1940 Federal Census, Wagoner County, Oklahoma
  • 22 April, Wagoner, District 73-22B, page 2B, Hse #35, Owns $1000