Nancy Brewer

6 March 1827–31 December 1882 (Age 55)
Anson, North Carolina, United States

The Life of Nancy

When Nancy Brewer was born on 6 March 1827, in Anson, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Brewer, was 36 and her mother, Martha Edwards, was 33. She married Absalom A Caudle about 1846, in Anson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 31 December 1882, in Burnsville, Anson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Burnsville Township, Anson, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Absalom A Caudle
1831–1866
Nancy Brewer
1827–1882
Marriage: about 1846
Sampson Caudle
1864–1880
Belinda Caudle
1866–1934
Louvencie Caudle
1866–1937

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
about 1846
Anson, North Carolina, United States
children

(3)

    Sampson Caudle

    Male1864–1880Male

    Belinda Caudle

    Female1866–1934Female

    Louvencie Caudle

    Female1866–1937Female

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(11)

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 3

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Trail of Tears

Age 3

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846

Age 19

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

1 English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’. Compare Brewster .2 English (of Norman origin): anglicized form of French Bruyère ( see Bruyere ), habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France.3 Translation of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Nancy Caudle, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Nancy Brewer in household of John Brewer, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy Brewer in entry for Louvinia Caudle High, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"

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