Matilda Brewer and Russell Henderson

Matilda Brewer, daughter of Daniel Levi Brewer and Catherine Hedden, married Russell Henderson, son of Atwell Henderson and Mary Foreman, on Feb 19 1869 in Neosho county, Kansas. Her sister, Rachel Jane Brewer, married Russell’s brother, Atwill Henderson, on Aug 29 1866.

They were both sisters of this blog’s David Nathaniel Brewer.

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Husband: Russell > Henderson
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Born: 1846 May 26 – , Beaufort or Wake, North Carolina (1)
Christened:
Died: 1921 May 8 – Niotaze, Chautauqua, Kansas
Buried: – Fairview Cemetery, Niotaze, Chautauqua, Kansas
Father: Atwell Henderson (Cir 1816-Abt 1847)
Mother: Mary Foreman (1817-1891)
Marriage: 1869 Feb 19 Place: , Neosho, Kansas
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Other Spouse: Harriet Recard (Record) (Abt 1847- ) Date: 1875 Dec 7
(2)
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Other Spouse: Phoebe Jane “Jennie” Colean (Abt 1862/1866- ) (2)
Date: 1895 Mar 10 – , Chautauqua, Kansas
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Events
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1. Parentage: Russell’s mother was Mary FOREMAN, oral history giving his
father as Atwill HENDERSON.

2. Education: Literate.

3. Occupation: Farmer.

4. Migration: 1849, , Bartholomew, Indiana. (3)

5. Census: 1850 Sand Creek, Bartholomew, Indiana. (4)

6. Migration: Abt 1863, , , Illinois. (3) Migration date based on it
being reported the family lived in Bartholomew Co. IN for 14 years afer
moving there around 1849.

7. Migration: 1867, , Neosho, Kansas. (1) “At some point both families
moved to Illinois where on August 21, 1866, Atwill Henderson and Rachel
Jane Brewer were married. Shortly thereafter In 1867 by means of covered
wagon and walking the Henderson’s and some Brewers, grandmas and all,
moved to Missouri for a time then on to Neosho County, Kansas near
Erie.”
SOURCE: Ed Henderson

8. Matrimony 1: Married at 22 to Matilda C. BREWER who was 13. She was
the daughter of Daniel Levi BREWER and Catherine HEDDEN., 1869 Feb 19, ,
Neosho, Kansas.
“Russell Henderson and Matilda C. Henderson married near Erie, Kansas on
February 19, 1869.”
Source: Ed Henderson “Henderson Pioneers” 2002

9. Census: 1870 Mission, Neosho, Kansas. (5) The 1870 census shows
Atwell in the household of his mother, with wife Mary Jane and their year
old daughter Catherine. Brother Russell lives next door with Matilda C.,
Mary Jane’s sister, and their 5 month infant son.

1870 KANSAS NEOSHO CO. MISSION TOWNSHIP excerpt
pg. 195 (192 ancestry.com)
99/92 Joseph SALTER 35 Prussia Farmer and Harriet of IN and family
100/93 Samuel SAUNDERS 29 IA Farmer and Frances M. 25 IN
101/94 JOHNSTON George A 36 Farmer and Rebecca A. of KY, children born IL
and KS
102 (blank)
103/95 HENDERSON Mary 53 Keeping House b. NC illiterate
Atwell 24 Rarmer personal value $250 b. NC
Jane 18 Keeping House b. IN
Mary E. 1 b. KS
104/96 HENDERSON Russell 23 Farmer personal value $250 b. NC
Matilda C. 15 b. IN Keeping house
Warren 5/12 b. KS
106/97 ALEXANDER Samuel 45 of Maine
107/98 STOKES Noah 46 DE and Abigail 27, IN, children born in IL and KS

10. Property: Personal property given as $250. 1870 Mission, Neosho,
Kansas.

11. Migration: Cir 1870-1872, , Howard, Kansas. (1) “After exploring the
southeast portion of Kansas and the northeast portions of Oklahoma, the
decision was made to move to what was then known as Howard county. Most
of the Brewer family decided to move on to Oklahoma, a few moved to
Missouri. On September 26, 1874, Rachel gave birth to the first of four
boys born near Monett, Jasper Franklin Henderson.”
SOURCE – Ed Henderson “Henderson Pioneers” 2002

12. Land Patent: 1872 Mar 29. “On March 29, 1872, Russell Henderson
applied for a land patent from the United States in the Southeast Quarter
Section 28, Township 33 (Washington), Range 12, near Monett, Kansas. It
is believed this may have been a land grant or pension Mary received for
her husbands loss in the Mexican War. On August 17, 1872, Atwill and
Rachel Henderson purchased land from Ruben and Martha A. Perry for the
amount of $250 adjacent to the land Russell had applied for.”
SOURCE: Ed Henderson “Henderson Pioneers” 2002

13. He owned land in 1872 in Peru, Chatauqua, Kansas. (2) Brothers
Russell and Atwill bought bought land next to each other
a few miles north of Peru, Kansas in 1872.

14. Wife’s Death: 1873 Jul 14, , Chautauqua, Kansas.
After four years of marriage, Matilda BREWER HENDERSON died 14 July 1873.
She was 17 years of age.

15. Matrimony 2: Russell married second Harriet RECARD (or RECORD)., 1875
Dec 7, , Guernsey, Ohio.

16. Census: 1880 Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas. (6) Warren, who would have
been 10, son of Russell and Matilda, is not recorded in the household of
his father, yet his sister Mary Jane is. Where is Warren? In the
household is Gloria SHATTUCK, widow, perhaps a sister of his Russell’s
wife, Jane.

Census Excerpt from Ancestry.com:

1880 KANSAS Chautauqua Co. Sedan Township census
68/72
HENDERSON Russell w m 35 farmer b. NC father-NY mother-NC
Harriet S. 37 wife b. Indiana father-Ohio mother-NY
Samuel R. 3 son b. Kansas
Sarah J. 8 daughter b. Kansas
SHATTUCK Gloria A w f 35 sister in law widowed school teacher b.
Indiana F-Ohio, M-NY
69/73
HENDERSON Atwill w m 36 Farming b. NC F-NY M-NC
Rachel w f 27 wife b. Indiana and parents in KY
Mary w f 11 daughter b. Kansas
Jesse w m 9 son b. Kansas
Franklin w m 5 son b. Kansas
Jamie w m 2 son b. Kansas
Mary w f 65 mother given as single b. NC and parents NC
PARKER John w m 23 given as single Teamster b. Indiana and parents NC

17. Matrimony 3: Married to Phoebe Jane COLLEAN. (7) She appears to be
given as “Jennie” in the 1920 census. Her maiden name is unknown. Lynda
Williams, a descendant reports that Russell married Jennie who had 2
children, Bruce COLEAN and Lee Colean, and was living in Little Caney,
Chautauqua Co. KS.

18. Census: page 11 1920 Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas. (8)
1920 KS CHAUTAUQUA SEDAN
page 11
100/100 HENDERSON Russell 73 b. NC parents b. NC
Jennie 54 or 58 b. IL father b. TN mother b. KY
Lowell 20 b. KS

19. Death: 1921 May 8 Niotaze, Chautauqua, Kansas. Russell died at the
age of 74.

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Wife: Matilda C. > Brewer (2)
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AKA: Matilda Henderson
Born: 1856 Jan 31 – Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Christened:
Died: 1873 Jul 14 – Monett, Chautauqua, Kansas (9)
Buried: – Monett Cemetery, Monett, Chautauqua, Kansas
Father: Daniel Levi + Brewer (1823-1868) (10)
Mother: Catherine (Catharine) + Hedden (1822-1903)
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Events
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1. Name:
Origin of Matilda C’s name is unknown. Her middle name was perhaps
Catherine, after her mother.

2. Parentage: According to known data, Matilda was the 8th of 9 children
and the 4th daughter of Daniel Levi BREWER and Catherine HEDDEN.

3. Indigenous Family Lore: (11) Lynda, a descendant of Matilda’s, noted
in a 2001 email that her mom reported Matilda having Cherokee blood,
told this by “her Aunt Orvetta, who was her father’s sister”. To date
there’s been nothing to confirm this oral history.

4. Census: 1860 , Putnam, Indiana. (12) Matilda, 2, was recorded as
Martha in the household of her parents in the 1860 census.

1860 PUTNAM CO. IN CENSUS
100/100
Daniel BREWER Jr. 33 farmer land value 1800 or 1100 and illegible sum for
personal value, b. KY
Catherine 33 b. KY
Sarah E. 16 b. IN
William C. 12
Nancy 12
James P. 11
David N. 9
Rachel 7
Martha 2
101/101 John BREWER 34 farmer 640 personal KY
Lucinda 32 KY can’t read or write
George S 17 farmer
112/112 Daniel BREWER 76 farmer 2400? 2300? KY
Nancy A. 33? KY
103/103
Sally LUNTSFORD

5. Marriage: 1869 Feb 19, , Neosho, Kansas. (1) Russell Henderson was 22
and Matilda Brewer was just 13 when they married on a Friday, 19 Feb
1869.

“Russell Henderson and Matilda C. Henderson married near Erie, Kansas on
February 19, 1869.”
SOURCE: Ed Henderson “Henderson Pioneers”

6. Family Relationships: Matilda’s sister, Rachel, married Russell
Henderson’s brother, Atwill, in Moultrie Co. IL in 1866 when she was 13
and he was 22. The Brewer and Henderson families are given by Ed
Henderson as having traveled together to Kansas.

7. Migration: 1867, , Neosho, Kansas. “At some point both families moved
to Illinois where on August 21, 1866, Atwill Henderson and Rachel Jane
Brewer were married. Shortly there after In 1867 by means of covered
wagon and walking the Henderson’s and some Brewers, grandmas and all,
moved to Missouri for a time then on to Neosho County, Kansas near
Erie.”
SOURCE: Ed Henderson

8. Child: 1869 Dec, , Chautauqua, Kansas. (2) Matilda gave birth to her
first child, Warren, at the age of 13 years and 11 months.

9. Census: 1870 Mission, Neosho, Kansas. (5) The 1870 census shows
Atwell in the household of his mother, with wife Mary Jane and their year
old daughter Catherine. Brother Russell lives next door with Matilda C.,
Mary Jane’s sister, and their 5 month infant son.

1870 KANSAS NEOSHO CO. MISSION TOWNSHIP excerpt
pg. 195 (192 ancestry.com)
99/92 Joseph SALTER 35 Prussia Farmer and Harriet of IN and family
100/93 Samuel SAUNDERS 29 IA Farmer and Frances M. 25 IN
101/94 JOHNSTON George A 36 Farmer and Rebecca A. of KY, children born IL
and KS
102 (blank)
103/95 HENDERSON Mary 53 Keeping House b. NC illiterate
Atwell 24 Rarmer personal value $250 b. NC
Jane 18 Keeping House b. IN
Mary E. 1 b. KS
104/96 HENDERSON Russell 23 Farmer personal value $250 b. NC
Matilda C. 15 b. IN Keeping house
Warren 5/12 b. KS
106/97 ALEXANDER Samuel 45 of Maine
107/98 STOKES Noah 46 DE and Abigail 27, IN, children born in IL and KS

10. Migration: c, 1870-1872, , Howard, Kansas. (1) “After exploring the
southeast portion of Kansas and the northeast portions of Oklahoma, the
decision was made to move to what was then known as Howard county. Most
of the Brewer family decided to move on to Oklahoma, a few moved to
Missouri. On September 26, 1874, Rachel gave birth to the first of four
boys born near Monett, Jasper Franklin Henderson.”
SOURCE – Ed Henderson “Henderson Pioneers” 2002

11. Child: Sarah Jane Henderson born., 1872 Nov. (2)

12. Date of Death: 1873 Jul 14, Monett, Chautauqua, Kansas. (9) “Matilda
Brewer’s death place…was…near Monett, Kansas where they first bought
land in 1872. Monett town didn’t come into being until about 1873 or
1874.”
SOURCE: Ed Henderson

Matilda died Monday, 14 July 1873, at the age of 17. She and Ed had been
married 4 years. She left a 4 year old son and 8 month old daughter.

13. Cemetery: ? Monett Cemetery, Monett, Chautauqua, Kansas.


View an image
of Matilda’s tombstone
at
https://evermore.imagedjinn.com/cemeteries/brewermatilda.jpg.
Image is courtesy of Ed Henderson.

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Children
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1 M Warren Henderson (13)
Born: 1869 Dec – , , Kansas (2)
Christened:
Died: Unknown
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Events
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1. Census: 1870 Mission, Neosho, Kansas. (5)

2. Census: 1880 Place Yet To Be Located..

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2 F Sarah Jane Henderson (13)
Born: 1872 Nov – Niotaze, Chautauqua, Kansas (14)
Christened:
Died: Abt 1920 – Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
Buried:
Spouse: Henry Clark Shouse (1868-1919) (2)
Marr. Date: 1889 Feb 6 – , Chautauqua, Kansas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Events
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1. Census: 1880 Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas. (6) Recorded in the
hoiusehold of her father Russell and her stepmother, with stepbrother
Samuel R.

2. Note: c. early 1900s, Independence, Montgomery, Kansas. Cliff
Henderson posseses a photo of Sarah Jane HENDERSON SHOUSE and her
husband, believed to be a wedding photo. A family bible perhaps appears
on the table, featured prominently in the photo.
SORCE: Chautauqua County Henderson’s website at myfamily.com

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General Notes: Husband – Russell > Henderson
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Fact sheet from Ed HENDERSON:

Henderson Pioneers

Henderson Reunion 2002

September 1, 2002

By: Ed Henderson
August 27, 2002
The Henderson Pioneers to Kansas

Our journey begins near the mid 1840’s in Beaufort County, North Carolina when
on August 28, 1844, Atwill Henderson was given birth by his mother, Mary
Foreman Henderson. Still yet, another birth on May 26, 1846 to their second
son, Russell Henderson would play a key part in the Henderson’s family
history.

By now, you might be asking what about their parents? Mr. Henderson whose first
name has long been passed down as also being Atwill Henderson married Mary
Foreman between 1840 and 1843. When he was born, it can only be estimated to
have been about 1816. Mary however, was born according to her tomb stone on
September 11, 1817, place unknown. Nothing is really known at present, about
either ones past or their ancestry. At best, records have been few with only
verbal records past down through the generations and what remains in Atwill and
Rachel’s family Bible.

Earlier it was mentioned that the birth of Russell Henderson would play a key
roll in the Henderson history. In the year of 1846, the United States went to
war with Mexico. It was during this time Mr. Henderson left his family to serve
the United States in this war. It is not clear if he even knew Russell had been
born.

After the Mexican War (1846-1848) their father having not returned and
reported, “Lost at Sea” in the Gulf of Mexico, Mary left North Carolina with
her two boys, Atwill and Russell Henderson about 1849. It is thought her
sister, aunts and grand mother traveled with them to Indiana. They lived in
Indiana about 14 years. There the boys met the sisters who would become their
wives.

In Indiana, Rachel Jane Brewer was born on October 6, 1852 then her sister
Matilda C. Brewer in 1856 to Daniel Brewer and his wife Catherine Hedden.

At some point both families moved to Illinois where on August 21, 1866, Atwill
Henderson and Rachel Jane Brewer were married. Shortly there after In 1867 by
means of covered wagon and walking the Henderson’s and some Brewers, grandmas
and all, moved to Missouri for a time then on to Neosho County, Kansas near
Erie. On November 16, 1868, Rachel gave birth to their first child, and only
daughter they named, Mary Catherine Henderson, after the grand mothers. On
February 1, 1871, Rachel gave birth to their second child, a son and first of
nine boys, Jesse Alexander Henderson while still in Neosho County.

Russell Henderson and Matilda C. Henderson married near Erie, Kansas on
February 19, 1869. In December, 1869, Matilda gave birth to their first child,
a son they named Warren Henderson.

Mary, Atwill and Russell Henderson are listed on the 1870 Federal Census in
Neosho County, Kansas.

After exploring the southeast portion of Kansas and the northeast portions of
Oklahoma, the decision was made to move to what was then known as Howard
county. Most of the Brewer family decided to move on to Oklahoma, a few moved
to Missouri. On September 26, 1874, Rachel gave birth to the first of four boys
born near Monett, Jasper Franklin Henderson.

On March 29, 1872, Russell Henderson applied for a land patent from the United
States in the Southeast Quarter Section 28, Township 33 (Washington), Range 12,
near Monett, Kansas. It is believed this may have been a land grant or pension
Mary received for her husbands loss in the Mexican War. On August 17, 1872,
Atwill and Rachel Henderson purchased land from Ruben and Martha A. Perry for
the amount of $250 adjacent to the land Russell had applied for. In November,
1872, Matilda gave birth to their second child, Sarah Jane Henderson.

On July 11, 1874 tragedy struck, Russell’s wife Matilda died and was buried at
Mount Vernon Cemetery, a few miles north of home.

Here they raised cattle, lived out of the wagons and out of an old stone house,
the crumbled remains of which still rest to this day between some oil jacks.
The stone house was only about 8 foot by 10 foot. In the rainy season the creek
that divided Russell’s land and Atwill’s would flow out of it’s banks, the
lands being low would be engulfed and the small house would flood. The search
for better land to build upon, once again began. But that is another story.

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General Notes: Wife – Matilda C. > Brewer
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Matilda Jane, b. 31 Jan. 1856, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN., died 14 July 1873 at
Niotaze, Chautauqua Co. KS and was buried at Mt. Vernon Cemetery “3-4 miles
north of the original home place” (Source: Ed HENDERSON). She married, 19 Feb.
1869 at Neosho Co. KS, Russell HENDERSON, b. 26 May 1846, Beaufort Co., or Wake
Co. NC. She was 13 and he was 22. Her sister, Rachel, had married Russell’s
brother, Atwill, in Moultrie Co. IL in 1866 when she was 13 and he was 22.

Matilda Jane gave birth to her first child at the age of 13 years and 11
months. She died at the age of 17, leaving an 8 month old daughter.

Their son, Warren, is not listed in the 1880 census, who would have been 10

Russell married a second time to Harriet RECARD b. IN; and then a third time
to Jennie.

Russell died 8 May 1921 at Niotaze, at the age of 74, and is buried at the
Fairview Cemetery in Niotaze.

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Sources

1. Henderson, Ed, Henderson Pioneers, Henderson Reunion 2002, “The Henderson
Pioneers to Kansas” (27 Aug 2002).
2. Ed Henderson, Ed Henderson Family Genealogy.
3. Williams, Lynda, Linda Williams Genforum posting (22 August 1999).
4. Indiana, Bartholomew Co, 1850 U. S. Census Population Schedule.
5. Kansas. Neosho Co, 1870 U.S. census population schedule.
6. Kansas, Chautauqua Co, 1880 U. S. Federal Census, population schedule (Image
at Ancestry.com).
7. Lynda Williams, Lynda Williams Genforum Posting (19 Oct 1998).
8. Kansas, Chautaugua Co, 1920 U. S. Federal Census Population Schedule.
9. Ed Henderson, Email message to J Kearns (14 Oct 2003).
10. Nancy Benton genealogy database drawn from various sources, some unnoted.
Grace Noyes Pinkerton b. 1892, did much recording during the mid 1900s,
Nancy Benton assisting and later augmenting. Pansy Noyes Bryant
contributed greatly, mother of Nancy Benton, Noyes-Brewer Genealogy with
Associated Families (2003 Word document).
11. Lynda Chandler, Lynda Chandler email to J Kearns. (25 Feb 2001).
12. Indiana, Putnam Co, 1910 U. S. Census Population Schedule.
13. GenForum.
14. Kansas, Chautauqua Co, 1880 U. S. Federal Census, population schedule
(Image at Ancestry.com). …. Ed Henderson, Ed Henderson Family
Genealogy.

Daniel Levi Brewer and Catherine Hedden

Original courtesy Nancy Benton

Daniel and Catherine Brewer reconstruction

Daniel Levi BREWER was born 25 September 1823 in Mercer Co. KY, the 8th of 9 children, and the last of 4 sons born to Daniel A. BREWER Sr. of KY and Nancy SMITH. Nancy was 28 and Daniel Sr. was 29 when Daniel Levi was born.

Daniel married Catherine HEDDEN on 30 March 1843 in KY. Catherine was a daughter of William HEDDEN and Rachel VAN CLEAVE . She was about 21 and he about 22. Their first child, Sarah Elizabeth, was born within the first year, on December 22, 1843. They would have apparently 9 children altogether, born between 1843 and 1858.

There is purportedly a Kentucky marriage document for Daniel BREWER and Catherine HEDDEN. Nancy Benton, to whom a good bit of family information was passed along, mentions it as a supporting document, and the first 4 children are given as born in KY in the family history. However, Daniel A. BREWER appears in the 1840 Johnson County IN census. A Daniel BREWER is in the 1850 Putnam County IN census, and then in the 1860 Putnam Co. IN census, Daniel BREWER gives all his children as having been born in Indiana.

The family history reports the family went to Osage Mission (St. Paul) Kansas, shortly after the Civil War. A yoke of oxen ran off with him and he was killed. This is also reportedly how Robert Harrington JOHNSON, grandfather of Delana FOWLER, wife of Daniel’s son David Nathaniel, died. I have wondered, as well as has Nancy Benton, if the death of Robert Harrington JOHNSON became somehow mixed up with Daniel Levi. No family history however was had on Delana’s grandparents, the genealogy originally ending with her mother, Mary Jane JOHNSON.

There is also confusion on where Daniel Levi died. He has also been given as dying in Fillmore Indiana.

Osage Mission was on land that wasn’t ceded over until 1865, and the ceding not proclaimed until 1867, but in anticipation of this a number of settlers had already moved in. 88 people resided there in 1860 and over 10,000 by 1870.

Following are the children of Daniel and Catherine:

  1. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 22 Dec. 1843, d. 22 Oct. 1881 at about 38. She married twice. Her first marriage was 1867 to Elias WHITE, b. 1809 or 1791, d. 1873. They had three children: Perry Morgan WHITE, 21 April 1869 – Feb 1944; Minnie Catherine WHITE, 12 Jan 1872 – 1937; Minta WHITE, 12 Jan 1872 – 24 Jan 1872. Sarah Elizabeth married (2) George W. FLING on 1 Jan 1874.
  2. William H., b. 18 Nov. 1845.
  3. Nancy, b. 11 Nov. 1847.
  4. James Daniel, b. 13 April 1849, KY to 18 July 1916, Niotaze, KS. He married, on 16 Sept. 1867, at Catholic Mission, Neosho, Kansas, Amanda ULHMAN (also given as Maude Mary OULMAN). He married (2), on 26 April 1887, Sedan KS, Anna Dora LIAFE.Notes for James Daniel Brewer:

    Served in Union Army during Civil War. Worked for the Santa Fe Railroad as a
    carpenter and helped build the first depot at Kansas City, Kansas, as well as the one at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He met a girl named “A Maude Mary An Oulman” living in Missouri. She was an orphan living with relatives. The family did not want her to marry James so she was placed in a Catholic convent somewhere in Missouri. She was unhappy there, and James stole her away and they went to Kansas City to be married.

    They later moved to Niotaze, Kansas and purchased 80 acres. They also had a general store there. He took a partner who ran the store while he continued to do carpenter work for the railroad. Built the depots at Sedan and Caney, Kansas. His partner absconded with $10,000 leaving James holding the bag of debts.

    In 1884 he married Anna Dora who was 19 years younger than he. They moved into OK Territory and he built depots at Shawnee and Meeker, OK. When the land was opened for settlement he drove a buggy with his son, Daniel, and a friend, Charlie Brown, into Lincoln County and homesteaded.

    Doc: Book written by Norma L. Roberts 1976; 1870 Census, Neosho, KS; SOURCE: Nancy Benton

    The 1880 Chautauqua Sedan Township census shows James D. BREWER as 31 b. IN, parents b. KY, his wife, Amanda is 28 b. IN, her father from Hesse Cassel and mother from KY. Children are all born in KS: Elizabeth 11, Daniel 8, Edward 4, Atwill 1.

  5. David Nathaniel, b. 31 Oct. 1850 in IN, married Delana FOWLER. My family’s direct line.
  6. Rachel Jane, b. 6 Oct. 1852 in IN, d. 26 Sept. 1927 at Niotaze, Chautauqua Co. KS and is buried in Niotaze. She married, 289 August 1866, Atwill (Atwell) HENDERSON b. 28 August 1844 at Beaufort Co. NC.
  7. Brewer b. 3 Oct. 1854, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN, died 3 Oct. 1854, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN.
  8. Matilda C., b. 31 Jan. 1856, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN., died 14 July 1873 at Niotaze, Chautauqua Co. KS and was buried at Mt. Vernon Cemetery “3-4 miles north of the original home place” (Ed HENDERSON). She married, 19 Feb. 1869 at Neosho Co. KS, Russell HENDERSON, b. 26 May 1846, Beaufort Co., or Wake Co. NC. He died 8 May 1921 at Niotaze and is buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Niotaze. Russell married (2) Harriet RECARD b. IN; he married (3) Jennie. See Rachel for more information on the HENDERSON family. Matilda’s family had the oral history that she was Cherokee but I’ve not found anything to confirm this.
  9. Brewer, b. 13 Jan 1858, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN, and died 13 Jan 1858 at same.

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Husband: Daniel Levi + Brewer
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Born: 1823 Sep 25 – , Mercer, West Virginia
Christened:
Died: 1868 Apr 20 – Osage Mission, Neosho, Kansas
Buried:
Father: Daniel A. ++ Brewer Sr. (1784-1881)
Mother: Nancy ++ Smith (1785-1859)
Marriage: 1843 Mar 30 Place: , , Kentucky
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Events
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1. Birth: 1823 Sep 25 , Mercer, West Virginia.

2. Photo: Daniel Levi Brewer.
Courtesy of Nancy Benton.

3. Census: pg. 319 1840 , Jefferson, Indiana.
In household of father, Daniel A. BREWER.

4. Marriage license: Married to Catherine HEDDEN., 1843 Mar 30, , , Indiana.

5. Photo: Daniel Levi Brewer and Catherine Hedden, c. 1840s?.

6. Child’s Birth: Sarah Elizabeth is born., 1843 Dec 22.

7. Child’s Birth: William H. is born., 1846 Nov 18.

8. Child’s Birth: Nancy is born., 1847 Nov 22.

9. Child’s Birth: James Daniel is born., 1849 Apr 13.

10. Census: 1850 Indiana, Putnam County, Marion Township.
62/62 Daniel SMITH 53 farmer $1000 b. KY
Lavina 48
Abraham B. 15
John N. 16
Martha 15
James H. 12 b. IN
Sarah E. 9
Keith A. 6
63/63 Peter LUNSFORD 64 farmer $1000 b. KY
Sarah 63
Ramona 21 b. IN
Pauline 15
Mary STORM? 14
64/64 Samuel SMITH 60 farmer $1500 b. VA
Betsey 51 b. KY
Samuel 18 b. IN
Martha 16
James 13
65/65 Edward SMITH 30 b. KY
Elizabeth b. IN
Mary M. 7 b. IN
Edward 5 b.
William H. 4
George N. 2
James S. 1
66/66 William HEDDEN 51 farmer $1500 b. KY
Mary 36
Elizabeth 28
Emily J. 25
Mary E. 1 b. IN
67/67 Bailey B…? 60 farmer $1000 b. KY
Ruth A. 56
Martha 28
Nancy 26
Pauline 22
Mary A. 18
David A. 15
Ruth A. 12
68/68 Daniel BREWER 65 farmer $900 b. KY
Nancy 63
Nancy A. 23?
69/69 Jarett BREWER 29 farmer
Maria 27
John A. 9 b. IN
Martha 5
Afford 2
70/70 James SMITH 50 farmer b. KY
Hannah 43
Amanda 23
William 21 b. IN
Aeneth 17 (f)
James E. 15

pg. 458
103/109 Daniel BREWER 26 $300 b. KY
Catherine 26
Sarah 6 b. IN
William 5
Nancy 3
James D. 1
104/ Nathaniel STRAGN 40 farmer $1000 b. KY
Mary 42
John W. 18 b. IN
Nancy 16
Margaret A. 12
Mary C. 5

11. Child’s Birth: David Nathaniel is born., 1850 Oct 31. DIRECT
LINE

12. Child’s Birth: Rachel Jane is born., 1852 Oct 6.

13. Child’s Birth: Unknown child is born., 1854 Oct 3.

14. Child’s Death: Unknown child dies., 1854 Oct 3.

15. Child’s Birth: Matilda is born., 1856 Jan 31.

16. Child’s Birth: Unknown child is born., 1858 Jan 13.

17. Child’s Death: Unknown child dies., 1858 Jan 13.

18. Census: 1860 , Putnam, Indiana.

100/100
Daniel BREWER Jr. 33 farmer land value 1800 or 1100 and illegible sum for
personal value, b. KY
Catherine 33 b. KY
Sarah E. 16 b. IN
William C. 12
Nancy 12
James P. 11
David N. 9
Rachel 7
Martha 2
101/101 John BREWER 34 farmer 640 personal KY
Lucinda 32 KY can’t read or write
George S 17 farmer
112/112 Daniel BREWER 76 farmer 2400? 2300? KY
Nancy A. 33? KY
103/103
Sally LUNTSFORD

19. Child’s Marriage: James Daniel marries Maude OULMAN, 1864 Sep 17.

20. Child’s Marriage: Rachel Jane marries Atwell HENDERSON., 1866 Aug 29.

21. Child’s Marriage: Sarah Elizabeth marries Elizas WHITE., 1867.

22. Migration: 1867, , Neosho, Kansas.

“At some point both families moved to Illinois where on August 21, 1866, Atwill Henderson and Rachel Jane Brewer were married. Shortly there after In 1867 by means of covered wagon and walking the Henderson’s and some Brewers, grandmas and all, moved to Missouri for a time then on to Neosho County, Kansas near Erie.”
SOURCE: Ed Henderson

William G. Cutler’s “History of the State of Kansas” relates the
following on Osage Mission:

Previous to the organization of a town company or the laying out of a town site two buildings had been erected here, one by L. P. Foster & Co., a log one, in which a store was opened and managed by the “Morgan boys,” and a framebuilding erected by S. A. Williams, of Fort Scott, in which his son, Augustus D. Williams, kept a store. The movements were made in 1866, in anticipation of the starting of a town. A Town Company was organized consisting of George A. Crawford, S. A. Williams, C. W. Blair, Benjamin McDonald and John Nandier, a town site laid out and called Osage Mission., in December, 1867. By the side of it and to the west another town site was laid out and called Catholic Mission. On this town site a small store was opened by S. J. Gilmore, in a log building known then and still remembered as “Castle Thunder;” this store was opened in 1865. On Osage Mission townsite the Town Company erected a building on the corner of County and Market streets into which A. D. Williams moved his stock of goods in 1867, in which he kept the postoffice, with C. H. Howard as deputy. About the same time L. P. Foster & Co., erected a two story frame building across the street and a little north of the present site of the Southern Hotel. Joseph Roycroft built a log saloon near where now stands the City Bank; Middaugh and Dohnan came down from Topeka, and built a store where L. Steadman’s store now stands, in 1867; James Roycroft erected a boarding house, the first in town, on the southeast corner of County and Market Streets, and during the summer John Nandier built the first hotel, the Neosho House, a large two story frame, long known as the finest hotel building in Southern Kansas. Not long after this Nathaniel Tucker started a store near “Castle Thunder,” in the building now occupied as a dwelling by Daniel Zehner, and about the same time, perhaps a short time previously, Dr. J. B. Lamb started a store also in Catholic Mission. Marston & Ulmer, from Iowa, opened a furniture store in 1868. J. M. Boyle, from Fort Scott, opened a hardware store just north of L. P. Foster & Co.’s store, and on the southwest corner of County and Main streets, Ryan & Roycroft started a general store about the same time.

The first lawyer in the town was C. F. Hutchings, in 1867, the first physician, Dr. A. F. Neely, about the same time, and the first Protestant minister was Rev. A. Hitchcock. The first birth was that of a son to Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Noble, 1868. From the first the growth of the town was vigorous and rapid. In August, 1868, it contained eight dry goods stores, three drug stores, one hardware store, two boot and shoe stores, four blacksmith shops, and numerous other business establishments, and a population of nearly nine hundred. From this time until the building of the railroad the growth of the town was steady. It was the center of three lines of stages; one to Fort Scott, one to Humboldt and the other to Chetopa. When these stages arrived all was life and animation. Each stage was a Concord coach drawn by four fine large horses, and the driver’s voice and importance, and the crack of his whip served to raise the excitement to the highest pitch, and is still vividly remembered. A more complete history of the town will be seen in the sketches of its individual industries and institutions…

…The first school in Osage Mission was the Mission School, begun by Father Schoenmakers in 1847. This, however, was an institution devoted to the education of Indians and in the interests of the Catholic Church.

23. Death: 1868 Apr 20.
There is some uncertainty as to place of Daniel Levi Brewer’s death. In a family sheet Nancy Benton was given, Daniel was given as dying in Filmore IN.

“Why, if he had moved to IL and then to KS? Did he go back for some reason and die there and Catherine and the kids stayed in KS? Also, the story mother told about him being killed when the oxen ran off–did she possibly have the grandfathers mixed up? According to the story in the McClean County, IL, history, that is how Robert Johnson, grandfather of Delana died. It seems strange that both of them would have died the same way.”
Source: Nancy Benton, Email 11 May 2003

24. Alt. Death place: Fillmore, Putnam, Indiana.

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Wife: Catherine (Catharine) + Hedden
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AKA: Catherine Brewer, Catherine Foster
Born: 1822 Feb 21 – , Shelby, Kentucky
Christened:
Died: 1903 May 25 – Greenfield, Dade, Missouri
Buried: – Carr’s Chapel Cemetery, Greenfield, Dade, Missouri
Father: William + > Hedden (Cir 1800-Cir 1861)
Mother: Rachel + > Van Cleave (1799-After 1840)
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Other Spouse: John W. Foster (1820-1895) Date: 1869 Dec 26 – , Neosho, Kansas
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Events
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1. Birth: 1822 Feb 21. 1850 census gives as 25 b. KY
1870 census gives as 45 b. IN
1880 census gives as 56 b. KY

2. Education: . 1870 census gives as unable to write.

3. Census: 1830 , Shelby, Kentucky.
Samuel HEDDEN 1 – 2 3 1 1 1 / – 2 1 – – – 1
Elizabeth RICKER
Daniel BREWER – 2 – 1 – – 1 / 1 – 2 1 1 – 1
Carter HUNTER – 2 1 – – 1 / 1 1 – – 1 (married Ann HEDDEN 1818)
Abram HEDDEN – – – – – – – – – 1 / – – – – – – 1 – 1
William HEDDEN – – – – – 1 / 2 2 – – – 1
James HEDDEN – 2 1 – – 1 2 1 – – – 1 / 2 1 – – – 1
Joseph HEDDEN – – 1 2 2 — 1/ – 1 1 – 1 – – 1
Nancy TILLEY
John REDDICK
Henry TILLEY
Charles WARE
James WARE

4. Mother’s Death: Cir 1840.
Catherine’s mother, Rachel, dies at about the age of 40.

5. Father remarries: Between 1840 and 1849.
William HEDDEN marries a second time to Mary SMYTHE.

6. Census: 1840 Madison, Putnam, Indiana.
William EVANS
James CONNELLY
David HUNTER 3 – – – 1 / – – – – 1
NOTE: David married Jane BREWER, aunt of Daniel Levi BREWER who married
Catherine HEDDEN.
William HEDDEN – – – – – – – 1 / – – 2 2 – – 1
NOTE: WIlliam 40 to 50, 2 females ages 10 to 15 and 2 females 15 to 20,
with Rachel as 40 to 50
Henry SHEILDS
Samuel CEICIL
Isaac HOPE
Andrew C. EVANS
Nancy BIRD
Alfred LUNSFORD
Nathaniel STRAUGHN – 1 – 1 1 1 / 1 1 1 1 – 1 – 1
NOTE: Mary Polly BREWER married Nathaniel STRAUGHN. She was an aunt of Daniel Levi BREWER.

7. Photo: Daniel Levi Brewer and Catherine Hedden, c. 1840s?.

8. Matrimony 1: Marriage to Daniel Levi BREWER., 1843 Mar 30, , ,
Indiana.

9. Child’s Birth: Sarah Elizabeth is born., 1843 Dec 22.

10. Child’s Birth: William H. is born., 1846 Nov 18.

11. Child’s Birth: Nancy is born., 1847 Nov 22.

12. Child’s Birth: James Daniel is born., 1849 Apr 13.

13. Census: 1850 Indiana, Putnam County, Marion Township.
pg. 458
103/109 Daniel BREWER 26 $300 b. KY
Catherine 26
Sarah 6 b. IN
William 5
Nancy 3
James D. 1
104/ Nathaniel STRAGN 40 farmer $1000 b. KY
Mary 42
John W. 18 b. IN
Nancy 16
Margaret A. 12
Mary C. 5

14. Child’s Birth: David Nathaniel is born., 1850 Oct 31.

15. Child’s Birth: Rachel Jane is born., 1852 Oct 6.

16. Child’s Birth: Unknown child is born., 1854 Oct 3.

17. Child’s Death: Unknown child dies., 1854 Oct 3.

18. Child’s Birth: Matilda is born., 1856 Jan 31.

19. Child’s Birth: Unknown child is born., 1858 Jan 13.

20. Child’s Death: Unknown child dies., 1858 Jan 13.

21. Census: 1860 , Putnam, Indiana.

100/100
Daniel BREWER Jr. 33 farmer land value 1800 or 1100 and illegible sum for
personal value, b. KY
Catherine 33 b. KY
Sarah E. 16 b. IN
William C. 12
Nancy 12
James P. 11
David N. 9
Rachel 7
Martha 2
101/101 John BREWER 34 farmer 640 personal KY
Lucinda 32 KY can’t read or write
George S 17 farmer
112/112 Daniel BREWER 76 farmer 2400? 2300? KY
Nancy A. 33? KY
103/103
Sally LUNTSFORD

22. Father’s Death: Abt 1861.
Catherine’s father, William, dies at about the age of 61 in IN, Putnam Co.

23. Child’s Marriage: James Daniel marries Maude OULMAN, 1864 Sep 17.

24. Child’s Marriage: Rachel Jane marries Atwell HENDERSON., 1866 Aug 29.

25. Child’s Marriage: Sarah Elizabeth marries Elias WHITE., 1867.

26. Migration: 1867, , Neosho, Kansas.

“At some point both families moved
to Illinois where on August 21, 1866, Atwill Henderson and Rachel Jane
Brewer were married. Shortly thereafter In 1867 by means of covered wagon
and walking the Henderson’s and some Brewers, grandmas and all, moved to
Missouri for a time then on to Neosho County, Kansas near Erie.”
SOURCE: Ed Henderson

27. Husband’s death: 1868 Apr 20. Daniel BREWER was 44. He and Catherine had been married 25 years.

28. Child’s Marriage: Matilda marries Russell HENDERSON, 1869 Feb 19.

29. Child’s Marriage: David Nethaniel marries Delana FOWLER., 1869 Mar 1.
DIRECT LINE

30. Matrimony 2: 1869 Dec 26, , Neosho, Kansas. Married to John FOSTER. He was 49; she, 47.

31. Census: 1870 Centerville, Neosho, Kansas. None of Catherine’s children were in the household, all having married.

1870 KS NEOSHO CENTERVILLE
(73 of 266 at anc.com)
135/135 FOSTER John 53 farmer $1000 b. IN can’t read or write
Catherine 45 b. IN can’t write
Elizabeth 22 domestic servant b. IL can’t read or write
Alexander 21 farm laborer
Mary 16 domestic servant can’t write
Edward 15 at home can’t read or write
Catherine 13
Jennie 9
136/136 KNAPP Thomas J. and Nancy and family

32. Child’s Death: Matilda dies., 1873 Jul 14.

33. Child’s Marriage: Sarah Elizabeth marries George FLING., 1874 Jan 1.

34. Census: 1880 Centerville, Neosho, Kansas.
1880 KS NEOSHO CENTERVILLE
John W. FOSTER 63 b. IN farmer father b. Ireland mother b. MA
Catherine 56 b. KY parents b. KY
Edward 25 b. IL farm hand father b. IN mother b. KY
Elizabeth HADDEN sister in law 57 b. KY parents b. KY

35. Photo: 1880’s.
Everett Henderson Jr. posseses a copy of the original photo of Catherine (HEDDEN) BREWER, seated, with Rachel Jane (BREWER) HENDERSON.

36. Child’s Marriage: James Daniel marries Anna Dora LIAFE, 1884 Apr 16.

37. Husband’s death: 1895 Aug 28, Centerville, Neosho, Kansas. Catherine and John FOSTER had been married 25 years at the time of his death.

38. Census: 1900 Place Yet To Be Located..

39. Photo: Catherine Hedden Brewer as elderly woman.
Digital copy courtesy of Nancy Benton.

40. Death: 1903 May 25 Greenfield, Dade, Missouri.
Catherine died at the age of 81.

41. Cemetery: Carr’s Chapel Cemetery, Greenfield, Dade, Missouri After 1903 May 25. The only stone in Carr’s Cemetery near Greenfield is for Catherine, wife of Daniel Brewer. The stone reads, “Catherine, wiife of Daniel Brewer.” David Nathaniel and Delana Brewer are also buried there. SOURCE: Nancy Benton 14 May 2003

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Children
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1 F Sarah Elizabeth Brewer
Born: 1843 Dec 22 – , , Kentucky
Christened:
Died: 1881 Oct 22
Buried:
Spouse: Elias White (1809-1873)
Marr. Date: 1867
Spouse: George W. Fling ( – )
Marr. Date: 1874 Jan 1
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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2 M William H. Brewer
Born: 1845 Nov 18 – , , Kentucky
Christened:
Died: Unknown
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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3 F Nancy Brewer
Born: 1847 Nov 11 – , , Kentucky
Christened:
Died: Unknown
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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4 M James Daniel * Brewer
Born: 1849 Apr 13 – , Putnam, Indiana
Christened:
Died: 1916 Jul 18 – Niotaze, Chautauqua, Kansas
Buried:
Spouse: Maude Mary * Uhlman (1852- )
Marr. Date: 16 Sept 1867 – Catholic Mission, Neosho, Kansas
Spouse: Anna Dora Liafe (1868- )
Marr. Date: 1887 Apr 26 – Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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5 M David Nathaniel + Brewer
Born: 1850 Oct 31 – Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana
Christened:
Died: 1921 Aug 29 – Greenfield, Dade, Missouri
Buried: – Carr’s Chapel Cemetery, Greenfield, Dade, Missouri
Spouse: Delana L. Jane+ Fowler (1854-1939)
Marr. Date: 1869 Mar 1 – Osage Mission, Neosho, Kansas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 F Rachel Jane > Brewer
Born: 1852 Oct 6 – Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Christened:
Died: 1927 Sep 26 – Niotaze, Chautauqua, Kansas
Buried: – Fairview Cemetery, Niotaze, Chautauqua, Kansas
Spouse: Atwell > Henderson (1844-1898)
Marr. Date: 1866 Aug 29 – , Moultrie, Illinois
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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7 U Infant Brewer
Born: 1854 Oct 3 – Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Christened:
Died: 1854 Oct 3 – Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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8 F Matilda C. > Brewer
Born: 1856 Jan 31 – Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Christened:
Died: 1873 Jul 14 – Monett, Chautauqua, Kansas
Buried: – Monett Cemetery, Monett, Chautauqua, Kansas
Spouse: Russell > Henderson (1846-1921)
Marr. Date: 1869 Feb 19 – , Neosho, Kansas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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9 U Infant Brewer
Born: 1858 Jan 13 – Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Christened:
Died: 1858 Jan 13 – Terra Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Research Notes: Husband –
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Catherine (Hedden) TILLEY, sister of Gilbert Hedden (Catherine Hedden BREWER’s grandfather) died 1861 in Putnam Co. IN and sister Susannah also died in Putnam Co. IN in 1885. Sister Mary died in Hendricks Co IN in 1885, and Ann died in Hendricks Co. IN in 1833.

Another sibling, Samuel, married Ruth GRIFFIN, and they had a son John who married Ann TILLEY. Their son, John was born 12 June 1846 in Putnam County IN. This Ann TILLEY appears to have been the daughter of Catherine (Hedden TILLEY and Lazarus TILLEY.

So there was a migration of the HEDDEN family in general, and associated families, to INDIANA.

Married in Kentucky. Lived in Indiana at one time. Moved to Bloomington, ILL. Came to Osage Mission (St. Paul) Kansas shortly after the Civil War. A yoke of oxen ran off with him and he was killed. Of German descent. (Pansy Bryant, granddaughter)

Doc:
Copies Putnam Co. Marriage record–Daniel Brewer & Charity Bridges
Kentucky Marriage Record–Daniel Brewer & Catharine Hedden
1850 census, Putnam Co., IN
1860 census, Putnam Co., IN
SOURCE: Nancy Benton
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General Notes: Wife –
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Catherine was born 21 Feb 1822 in Kentucky. She married Daniel Levi Brewer at about the age of 21, 30 March 1843, in Kentucky. They had 9 children between 1843 and 1858. They were on the 1850 and 1860 Putnam Co. census and relocated to Neosho Co., KS sometime before Daniel Levi Brewer died in 1868. After Daniel’s death, Catherine married John FOSTER in Neosho Co. KS in 1869. She died 25 May 1903 in Greenfield Missouri at the age of about 81.

Catherine’s mother was Rachel VAN CLEAVE. The VAN CLEAVE name appears repeatedly in these families. Charity, a sister of Daniel Levi BREWER, married Jesse VAN CLEAVE. James HEDDEN, Catherine’s grandfather’s brother, married Katherine VAN CLEAVE.