Husband: Marshall BREWSTER
Birthdate: 13 Dec 1801
Birthplace: Washngton, Berkshire, MA
Death date: 25 Sep 1872
Place of death: Near Thayer, Neosho, KS
Burial: Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Neosho, KS
Father: Jasper BREWSTER
Mother: Theodosia BREWSTER

Marriage date: 18 Nov 1836
Marriage place: Kirtland, Geauga (now Lake), OH

Wife: Chloe K. SMITH
Birthdate: 16 Nov 1812
Birthplace: Harpersfield, Ashtabula, OH
Death date: 26 Mar 1896
Place of death: Near Thayer, Neosho, KS
Burial: Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Neosho, KS
Father: Stephen A. SMITH
Mother: Clarissa WHEELER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Clarissa Theodosia BREWSTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 15 Dec 1837
Birthplace: Madison, Lake, OH
Death date: 16 Aug 1862
Place of death: Harrison Twp, Bartholomew, IN
Burial: Harmony-Lawton Cemetery, Bartholomew County, IN
Marriage date: 18 Oct 1857
Marriage place: Harrison Twp, Bartholomew, IN
Spouse's name: Edward Henry DEATS

Child No. 2: Jasper W. BREWSTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 23 Jan 1840
Birthplace: Madison, Lake, OH
Death date: 15 Oct 1915
Place of death: Fredonia, KS
Burial: Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Neosho, KS
Marriage date: 7 September 1862
Marriage place: OH or IN
Spouse's name: Amanda J. KEYSER

Child No. 3: Oscar Fitzallan BREWSTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 08 Nov 1842
Birthplace: Harrison Twp, Bartholomew, IN
Death date: 02 Feb 1877
Place of death: Indianapolis, Marian, IN
Burial: unknown-Memorial at Thayer Cemetery
Marriage date: N/A
Marriage place: N/A
Spouse's name: N/A

Child No. 4: Sidney L. BREWSTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 Dec 1846
Birthplace: Harrison Twp, Bartholomew, IN
Death date: 08 Feb 1918
Place of death: Glendale, Maricopa, AZ
Burial: Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Neosho, KS
Marriage date: 06 Mar 1873
Marriage place: Neosho County, KS
Spouse's name: Louisa CURRY

Child No. 5: Edward BREWSTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Nov 1851
Birthplace: Harrison Twp, Bartholomew, IN
Death date: 03 Jan 1922
Place of death: Liberty, Maricopa, AZ
Marriage date: 26 Nov 1874
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Maricopa, AZ
Marriage place: Chetopa Twp, Neosho, KS
Spouse's name: Catharine Mary SAVAGE

Child No. 6: Samuel Wheeler BREWSTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Dec 1853
Birthplace: Harrison Twp, Bartholomew, IN
Death date: 13 Dec 1917
Place of death: Thayer, Neosho, KS
Burial: Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Neosho, KS
Marriage date: 7 Sept 1879
Marriage place: Thayer, Nesosho, KS
Spouse's name: Hattie Margaret MILLS
 
 
Documentation:
   a) Vital Records of Washington, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Massachusetts)FHL US/CAN 2055302 Item 7. Congregational Church Records, Washington, Massachusetts, 1744-1875 and Town Records, copied by Rollin H Cooke FHL US/CAN 234576 Item 3
   b) U.S. Federal Census records: MA(1800,1810) OH(1820,1840), IN(1850,1860,1870) Available through the LDS Family History Centers on order (see their website @ www.familysearch.org) and miscellaneous paid websites. Also various genealogical societies and state archives may carry these.
   c) State Census records: State Board of Agriculture KS (1885-FHL US/CAN 976210 Neosho Co-Cities; Townships B-C and FHL US/CAN 976212 Townships E-W)(1895-Neosho Co. Cities; Townships B-C FHL US/CAN 570339 and Neosho Co Townships C-M FHL US/CAB 570340 and Neosho Co Townships S-W FHL US/CAB 570341 (all available for circulation at LDS Family History Centers but NOT available for indefinite loan)
   d) Educational records/info: Williams College, Williamstown, Berkshire, MA correspondence.(An interesting website on the college's history is found at:
http://www.williams.edu/home/history.php) Other interesting pages located at the Williams site under: "about Williams" - Traditions, Firsts, Presidents and Williams in Pictures
   e) Marriage records, 1806-1920 Ohio Probate Court & Geauga Co, Ohio Clerk of Courts Records vol A-C FHL US/CAN 873461.Licenses 1825-1841 FHL US/CAN 873464
   f) Biographical history of northeastern Ohio, embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake: containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with a biography of each, together with portraits and biographies of Joshua R Giddings, Benjamin F Wade, and a large number of the early settlers and representative families of today, Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1893, viii, 1028 pp "R. L. Brewster" pp 817-8 FHL US/CAN Film 873834 (available digitized through www.familySearch.org website & BYU @
http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH3,51009) An interesting fact about Marshall's brother Emerson Wadsworth is that he kept a station on the Underground Railroad -- according to the article the other brothers felt similarly about slavery.
   g) History of Neosho and Wilson Counties, Kansas: Containing sketches of our pioneers-revealing their trials and hardships in planting civilization in these counties-biographies of their worthy successors and portraits of prominent people of the counties-past and present. Fort Scott, Kansas: L.W. Ducan, 1902 922 pp FHL US/CAN 823578 Item 2 (Brewster: pp. 353, 382 and 383)
   h) Marriage Records, 1864-1918 KS Probate Court Neosho County & Neosho County County Clerk FHL US/CAN 1404957
   i) The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower", ruling elder of the Pilgrim Church which founded Plymouth colony in 1620. Compiled and edited by Emma C Brewster Jones volumes 1 & 2 NY, NY: Grafton Press c1908 1415 pp FHL US/CAN Film 1033974 Item 1 (available digitized through www.familysearch.org website & byu @
http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH12,3998)
   j) Land & marriage records: IN, Bartholomew County as researched by F Brewster
   k) Family Photos of family with comments written on them for Neosho County, KS (Marshall Brewster,Chloe & some grandchildren at Brewster farm in Chetopa Twp, Neosho, KS, Brewster Family Reunion-Neosho County, KS, Brewster Family Farm-Chetopa Twp, Neosho, KS) in possession of B Brewster Cemetery photos (KS, IN, OH), misc. records, personal visits to "family areas"(KS, IN, OH), lookup volunteers: RAOGK and at various www.usgenweb.org state/county sites, family members photos.
   l) E-mail correspondence & visitation with several descendants of Marshall &/or Jasper Brewster:2000-2006.
   m) Marshall Brewster family record scroll in the possession of B Brewster. Originally compiled by "F Brewster".

Notes:
   1) Descendant of Elder William Brewster & William Bradford (Pilgrims) Pedigree is: Elder William, Love, Deacon William, William, Oliver, Wadsworth, Jasper, Marshall) His paternal grandfather, Wadsworth Brewster served in the Revolutionary War.
   2) Baptized at the Congregational Church of Washington, Berkshire, MA
   3) Moved to Madison, OH in the winter of 1817 with his family.
   4) Graduated in 1827 from Williams College, Williamstown, MA. Marshall's daughter attended Oberlin College per records there.
   5) Is listed as having taught at both Oberlin and Williams in both county & other histories & family records however neither college has a record of this.
   6) Was married by Joseph Smith, JR at Kirtland, OH LDS records say he received a Patriarchal Blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr. Did not go with main group to Nauvoo that we can find record of and we haven't found other records to tie them to the Mormon church. We have found mention in a county history that Marshall dropped his membership with the Congregational (Presbyterian) Church due to differences in theology. Later records seem to indicate that family descendants might have been associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church when they moved to KS.
   7) Per one history Marshall stopped teaching at about 40 years old due to health problems and became a farmer thereafter.
   8) Moved to Bartholomew County by 1842 per land/tax records.
   9) While in Indiana his daughter and son in law died (they are buried at Harmony-Lawton in Bartholomew county, IN). They had lived next to him and left a child named after his dad who would also travel with family to the next place they settled in---Kansas.
   10) Marshall moved to Chetopa Twp (near Thayer), Neosho, KS in 1871 --two of his sons had traveled there earlier.
   11) He is buried in Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Neosho, KS along with other Brewster family. Also, there is a memorial there to the two children who died---Theodosia (Docia) as mentioned earlier and Oscar who died in 1877 as a result of the effects of war (He served in the Civil War).
   12) Marshall lost one of his eyes due to an accident with an ox according to one of the notes made on his photo -- we are not sure when this occurred as he made three major moves in his life and also was a farmer. We also wonder if this incident is the one that caused him to choose farming as an occupation or if this preceded his education.
Marshall BREWSTER:
*Contact F Brewster at LuvKUHawks@aol.com; B Brewster at codyblue@aol.com if you are a descendant or have questions, comments, information re: any person in this line.*