Alexander W. Brewster

Alexander W. Brewster (5 June 1796 - 6 May 1851) was a prominent merchant and manufacturer, as well as a politician and educator in Erie, Pennsylvania.[1]

Brewster was a local educator. He taught at the Grubb Schoolhouse in Mill Creek, Pennsylvania in 1818.[2] He taught at a log house at 7th and Holland in Erie, and at the Erie Academy.[3]

He served as sheriff of Erie County, Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1831.[4] He served as a burgess in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1849.[5]

He was the first person buried at Erie Cemetery, a graveyard he helped organize.[6] The Brewster Home, on East 5th Street between Holland and French Streets in Erie, was originally built in 1823 and restored by Erie Insurance in 1984.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Find A Grave, retrieved 23 May 2012
  2. ↑ Mill Creek Township, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, by Samuel P Bates, 1884, retrieved 23 May 2012
  3. ↑ "Famous Residents, Erie Cemetery Association, retrieved on 23 May 2012". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. ↑ "Elected Sheriffs of Erie County, Pennsylvania; Erie County official website, retrieved 23 May 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  5. ↑ "Famous Residents, Erie Cemetery Association, retrieved on 23 May 2012". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  6. ↑ A Twentieth Century History of Erie County, by John Miller, retrieved at eBooks on 23 May 2012
  7. ↑ "Famous Residents, Erie Cemetery Association, retrieved on 23 May 2012". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
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