Brewster, James abt 1828 - 1900

BREWSTER, ROY, ALLEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/3/2017 at 14:28:04

Alton Democrat of Jan 13, 1900

James Brewster, one of Sioux county's oldest settlers, died at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon after a month's illness with pneumonia fever. He was 72 years old and leaves a wife and nine children and two brothers to mourn his loss. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock and the remains were interred in Greenwood cemetery. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the afflicted relatives.

Note: He was the son of John Brewster 1783-1861 and Anne Roy 1800-1875. He was married to Elizabeth Allen 1857-1944. Children: John A, Ann Edith, James Robert, William George, Lewis Jospeh, Richard Maxwell, Elizabeth Hannah, Noman Thomas, Allen Roy, Henry Alfred, Ivan Duncan.