Tattnall County, Ga Biographies  Benjamin B. Brewton and David Jessie Brewton

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Extracted from "Memoirs of Georgia"
Published 1895
Southern Historical Society, Atlanta, Ga
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BREWTON, Benjamin Berry, farmer, was born in Tattnall county,
about two miles from where he now resides-a half mile from
Bellville-and was the son of Benjamin and Charlotte Brewton, of
Tattnall county. His father and mother had several children, as
follows: Nathan Brewton, deceased; Nancy, wife of D.H. Smith,
deceased; Charlotte Asbury; Alexander, deceased; Matilda, wife
of James H. Wilkinson; Martha, wife of William E. Tippins;
Jonathan B.; Emanuel. Mr. B.B. Brewton married Candacy Tippins,
daughter of William W. and Mary Tippins, of Tattnall County,
Sep. 29, 1863. This marriage has been blessed with many
children, viz.: Andrew Jackson, born July 6, 1864; William
Henry, Dec. 21, 1865; Mary, born Sept. 17, 1867; Martha B.,
born June 20, 1869; Nancy C., born May 27, 1871, died Oct. 20,
1872; David Giles, born Sept. 7, 1875, died April 3, 1889;
Charley M., born Sept. 18, 1879, died Oct. 6,1879; Robert B.,
born July 31, 1873; George Asbury, born Oct. 9, 1879; F.
Theodore, born May, 1882. Mr. B.B. Brewton has been engaged in
farming and the timber trade for many years. He is a member of
the Methodist church at Brewton, named in honor of the family.
He is very liberal, and, besides contributing freely to the
support of the church, gave a large amount toward the building
of the Bellville academy. When the town of Bellville was laid
out, Mr. Brewton owned most of the property upon which it was
built, and still holds many of the lots. His farm reaches the
corporate limits of the town. When the war broke out he
enlisted in the Confederate army, under Capt. Daniel Johnson,
Col. John H. Lamar, and in Gen. John B. Gordon's brigade. He
was in the battle of Gettysburg, battle of Fredericksburg, was
at Richmond, the battle of the Wilderness, and in various other
fights in Virginia. He was at Winchester, and there captured
and sent to Point Lookout prison. He was also wounded in the
battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Brewton is one of the most prominent
citizens in this section of the county, and is very much
interested in the improvement and development of Bellville.

BREWTON, David Jessie, real estate dealer, Bellville, Ga., was
born April 26, 1858, in Tattnall county. His father was Nathan
J. Brewton, a farmer, born Dec 6, 1828, and died Feb. 14, 1861.
His mother was Jane Elizabeth, a daughter of Jesse and
Elizabeth Durrence, who was born Nov. 4, 1833, and married to
Mr. Brewton July 27, 1848. Upon his death, she married, Jan. 7,
1865, Allen Jones Sikes, and both are now living. Nathan J. and
Jane Elizabeth Brewton had born to them several children:
Charlotte Elizabeth, Joseph Chandler, William Baker, David
Jesse, and two who died in infancy. There were six children by
Alien Sikes, viz: Frances Eugenia, Melville Thomson, Ida Leila,
Commodore Perry, Henry Alien, and Eugene Wilbur. David Jessie
Brewton married Miss Euzebia E. Hendrix, a daughter of S.A. and
Rebecca Hendrix. She was born Feb. 13, 1861, and was married
Feb. 16, 1879. They have several children: Allen Jackson, born
Jan. 16, 1880, died May 24,1881; Nettie Iola, born Sept. 9,
1881; Benjamin Lester, born Dec. 5, 1883; Rosa May, born Aug.
17, 1886; Minnie Neta, born (*No month given here) 17, 1889,
died April 25, 1894; Maudie Durean, born June 5, 1891. Mr.
Brewton joined the Methodist church in October, 1871, at
Brewton's church, and has belonged to that congregation ever
since. He has been a steward for many years, and a teacher in
the Sunday-school. His wife is also a member of the same
church. Mr. Brewton left home in 1874 to attend school, and was
given a good education. After he finished his schooling he ran
a wagon train two years, hauling goods from Savannah into
Tattnall and surrounding counties. He farmed for about ten
years, and in 1890 located in Bellville and took hold to help
build up the school there. In two years he placed this school
in the front rank of Georgia high schools, and it was not
surpassed by a like school in Tattnall county. About 100 pupils
were in attendance. He was then induced to help the school at
Hagan, and in connection with his school duties, conducted a
merchandise store. So successful had been his educational
services that he was in demand, and next year he started
helping in a school at Claxton. There was no school at
Bellville or Hagan when Mr. Brewton moved to these towns, and
in three years there was an average attendance at the three
schools of 238, and $2,500 in salary was paid for instruction.
In 1894 he returned to Bellville, in order to help in the
school, leaving the others in a prosperous condition. In
addition to his duties in that respect he is engaged in dealing
in real estate and stocks. He also owns an oyster farm and
fisheries on the Atlantic coast, where he expected to make his
home in the future, but, finding that he could not build up a
school in that locality, has moved to the South Georgia
college, in order to educate his children.