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Family Group Record 0068
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Moved to Arkansas 1818
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Husband's Name James Stephenson Brewer
Born: 26 Jul 1811 Place: Bellevue, Washington, Missouri
Died: Place:
Married: 03 Mar 1833 Place: Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas
Father: Oliver Brewer
Mother: Mary (Polly) Henderson
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Wife's Name Zerilda (Serilda) E. White
Born: Abt 1812 Place: Tennessee
Died: Place: Hopkins County, Texas
Father: Absalom White
Mother: ....... unknown
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Children
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1. Sex Name
F Mary Ellen Brewer
Born: 14 Sep 1835 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 23 Feb 1869 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 15 May 1859 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: William David Alford
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2. Sex Name
M James Calvert Brewer
Born: 30 Jan 1838 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Died: 04 Feb 1907 Place:
Married: Abt 1857 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Mary Jane Stone
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Sources of Information: Chronicles of Oklahoma, December 1932, Volume 10,
Number 4, page 600; Thera L. Bagley, Anchorage, Alaska correspondence with
David Kelley (1977, 1982, 1983, 1989); Census Records: Hopkins County,
Texas 1880; Pike County, Arkansas 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870; Estate Records
(Probate) abstract, Absalom White, April 23, 1855, Abstract of Title Book
Prior to 1890, page 302; Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern
Arkansas (Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis): The Goodspeed Publishing Co.,
1890, page 314. Family Group Record, James Calvert Brewer & Mary Jane
Stone, Thera L. Bagley, Anchorage, Alaska (24 Nov 1977).
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Thompson Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 25th day of October, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.
5-5 James S. Brewer 38 m Farmer Missouri
Zerilda Brewer 27 f Tennessee
Mary E. Brewer 13 f Arkansas
James C. Brewer 12 m Arkansas
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1860
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Antoine Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 4th day of September, 1860. W.J.
White, Ass't Marshal. Post Office: Redland
531-531 J.S. Brewer 49 m Farmer Missouri
Zerelda Brewer 48 f Tennessee
J.C. Brewer 22 m Arkansas *
M.J. Brewer 21 f Alabama *
W.F. Holyday 14 m Arkansas
C.M. Holyday 9 m Arkansas
S.A. Holyday 6 f Arkansas
532-532 W.D. Alford 25 m Farmer Alabama
M.E. Alford 24 f Arkansas
* J[ames] C[alvert] Brewer and M[ary] J[ane Stone] Brewer were married
within the year prior to the census.
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1870
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Schedule 1. Inhabitants in Antoine Township in the County of Pike, State of
Arkansas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of --------- , 1870. -----------
----- , Ass't Marshal. Post Office: Red Land
33- James C. Brewer 32 m w Farmer Arkansas
Mary J. Brewer 31 f w South Carolina
Susan E. Brewer 12 f w Arkansas
Zerelda A. Brewer 6 f w Arkansas
Lucinda A. Brewer 4 f w Arkansas
Henry O. Brewer 2 m w Arkansas
Rebecca J. Brewer 4 mo f w Arkansas *
Zerelda E. Brewer 58 f w Tennessee
Matthew Hensley 12 m w Farm Labor Arkansas
George Hensley 8 m w Farm Labor Arkansas
* Rebecca J. Brewer born January
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Susan E. is not shown with James and Mary on the 1860 census. The fact that
Susan is 12 years old in 1870 seems to indicate that she was born before
James and Mary married while that is not an unusual occurance it begs the
question: Why wasn't Susan shown on the 1860 census? She would have been
about two year old then.
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Hopkins County, Texas Census 1880
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Schedule 1. Inhabitants in Precinct Number 5 in the County of Hopkins, State
of Texas enumerated by me, on the 5th & 7th day of June, 1880. J.P.
Hargrave, Enumerator
53 James C. Brewer Head 42 m w w Farmer Arkansas Missouri Tennessee
Zerelda E. Brewer Mother 68 f w w Keeping House Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Zerelda A. Brewer Daughter 15 f w s At Home Arkansas Arkansas South Carolina
Lucinda A. Brewer Daughter 13 f w s At Home Arkansas Arkansas South Carolina
James H. Brewer Son 11 m w s Works on Farm Arkansas Arkansas South Carolina
Rebecca J. Brewer Daughter 10 f w s At Home Arkansas Arkansas South Carolina
William J. Brewer Son 8 m w s Arkansas Arkansas South Carolina
Sara A. Brewer Daughter 6 f w s Arkansas Arkansas South Carolina
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Nov. 24, 1977 ... my Father's sister was the oldest child born in 1885 and
gifted with the family memory ... She said her grandmother Brewer died
before she was born which computes because she (Mary Jane Stone Brewer) was
not on the 1880 census. She said her great-grandmother Stone (Mary Jane's
mother) lived to be in her 90's ... she spoke of an Uncle Oliver Stone, I
thought her memory off there, but found an Oliver Stone age 45 on the
Hopkins Co. (Texas) 1870 census, born in S.C. So there were Olivers on both
sides ... I wonder if James Calvert ever remarried. There was no wife
listed on the 1880 Hopkins Co., Tex. census, only his mother Zerelda E. age
68 and the children, all birthplaces, check ... Thera Bagley. Letter to
David Kelley.
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Updated 05.18.03 David Kelley & Morris Myers 2003 FGR-0068.HTM
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