BIO:  BREWER, George W., s/o George & Anne (Carrico) Brewer

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

BREWER   CARRICO   MONTGOMERY   HOWARD

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Barr Twp., page 811

GEORGE W. BREWER is a son of George and Anne (Carrico) Brewer.  The father
was born in Maryland, in 1802, and when a lad moved with his father to
Kentucky, where he grew to manhood.  In 1827 he married our subject's
mother, who was born in Kentucky, in 1807.  Three years later they came to
Indiana, and located in Daviess County in 1831, where they spent the
remainder of their lives in agricultural pursuits.  The father died in 1867,
and the mother in 1869.  Subject was born in 1832.  He attended the old-time
subscription schools, and on reaching manhood his father gave him eighty
acres of timber land which he began to clear.  By hard work and good manage-
ment he has increased his farm to 140 acres, 100 acres being under cultiva-
tion.  In 1857 he was married to Josephine L. Montgomery, born in 1827.  She
is the daughter of James and Julia (Howard) Montgomery.  To them were born
these children:  Julia A., Joseph Mathew, Mary A. and Annie E.  All the
family are members of the Catholic Church.  Mr. Brewer is a Democrat and
has been very successful in his business enterprises.
(See bio of James T. Brewer)
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