When Margaret Brewer was born on 26 January 1805, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Amos Brewer, was 37 and her mother, Jane E Graves, was 34. She married Philander Wescoat on 9 October 1823, in Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 16 December 1887, in Elk Township, Vinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Elk Cemetery, McArthur, Elk Township, Vinton, Ohio, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
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.
English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .
English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.
Americanized form (translation into English) 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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