When James Monroe Brewer was born in 1841, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, his father, Jonas Butler Brewer, was 35 and his mother, Margaret J Brewer, was 26. He married Nancy Pairlee Martin on 4 January 1872, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Arkansas, United States in 1870 and Prairie Township, Boone, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 10 November 1897, in Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Daniel Brackett Cemetery, Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States.
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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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