Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Julia Minerva December 25, 1928
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The Rock Island Argus, Wednesday, December 26, 1928, Page 10
DESCENDANT OF PILGRIMS DEAD AT PORT BYRON

A. G. Brewster. 61 Years Old, Traced Lineage Back to Famous Clergyman.

(Special to The Argus.)

Port Byron. Ill., Dec. 26, - Mrs. A. G. Brewster, 61 years old, a life 
resident of Zuma township and Port Byron, and a descendant of Elder William 
Brewster, Pilgrim minister, died at her home here yesterday. She had been an 
invalid for many years.

Mrs. Brewster was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Brown, pioneer settlers 
of Zuma township. It was through her mother, Mrs. Antonette Brown, that her 
lineage was traced back to the Pilgrim fathers.

Julia M. Brown was born in Zuma township on Feb. 6, 1867, and lived in that 
community intil 18 years ago, when she was married to A. G. Brewster. The 
couple had since lived in Port Byron.

Mrs. Brewster was a member of the Port Byron Congregational church, the Dorcas 
society, Esther chapter of the Eastern Starr and Royal Neighbors of America.

She is survived, besides the widower, by four sisters, the Misses Clara M. and 
Netta M. Brown, who reside on the old family homestead in zuma; Mrs. Richard 
Hall of Sloan, Iowa, and Mrs. G. H. Osborn od Davenport, and two brothers, W. 
S. Brown of Geneseo and John Brown of Hillsdale.

Funeral services will be held in the Brewster home Friday afternoon at 2:30 
o’clock, Rev. D. C. Ellinwood, pastor of the Port Byron Methodist church, 
officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Grove cemetery at Port Byron.

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