"Dictionary of Alabama Biography", pages 212-213:
Samuel Blount Brewer was educated in Abbeville and Edgefield Counties, SC and in Coosa and Autauga Counties, Alabama. He began farming when a mere boy and contributed largely to the support of the family. In 1852, he removed with the family to Atlanta, Ga., and learned the printer's trade, and the following year became assistant editor of the Southern Olive Tree, of which his father was editor. From 1855 to 1860, he taught school in Montgomery County. Following this experience, he was engaged by the Montgomery Advertiser as a reporter. He later engaged in the mercantile and insurance business. He located in Anniston in 1883, and later became connected with the railroad and waterpower development, real estate and insurance. He was a private in the Metropolitan Guards, Third Alabama infantry regiment and was in charge of the wagon train from Pollard to Pensacola, December 1860; was in charge of the arsenal at Fort Barrancas, when the regiment reached Pensacola. In 1863, he was made major and assigned to duty in the commissary at Richmond; was on the staff of President Davis after he left Richmond, Va., until his capture in Georgia. He was secretary of the Democratic convention of Alabama, 1860; assistant secretary of the State executive committee, 1874-75, and assistant secretary, State convention of the Democrats, 1874. He is a Methodist, and a Mason. Author: Battle of the ages between Satan and God, unpublished, showing that the United States is the true Israel restored, as pointed out in the prophecy and fulfilled by proper computation of time, dates and events. Married on October 1, 1861, in Richmond, Va., to Marian Grant, daughter of Walter and Margaret Glenn (Grant) McFarland, all natives of Scotland, who later immigrated to Richmond, Va.
Bio contributed by FAG member Churchwell∼Son of Aaron G. Brewer and Martha Taylor. Husband of Marian G. McFarland.
- Janet Collester
Samuel Blount Brewer was educated in Abbeville and Edgefield Counties, SC and in Coosa and Autauga Counties, Alabama. He began farming when a mere boy and contributed largely to the support of the family. In 1852, he removed with the family to Atlanta, Ga., and learned the printer's trade, and the following year became assistant editor of the Southern Olive Tree, of which his father was editor. From 1855 to 1860, he taught school in Montgomery County. Following this experience, he was engaged by the Montgomery Advertiser as a reporter. He later engaged in the mercantile and insurance business. He located in Anniston in 1883, and later became connected with the railroad and waterpower development, real estate and insurance. He was a private in the Metropolitan Guards, Third Alabama infantry regiment and was in charge of the wagon train from Pollard to Pensacola, December 1860; was in charge of the arsenal at Fort Barrancas, when the regiment reached Pensacola. In 1863, he was made major and assigned to duty in the commissary at Richmond; was on the staff of President Davis after he left Richmond, Va., until his capture in Georgia. He was secretary of the Democratic convention of Alabama, 1860; assistant secretary of the State executive committee, 1874-75, and assistant secretary, State convention of the Democrats, 1874. He is a Methodist, and a Mason. Author: Battle of the ages between Satan and God, unpublished, showing that the United States is the true Israel restored, as pointed out in the prophecy and fulfilled by proper computation of time, dates and events. Married on October 1, 1861, in Richmond, Va., to Marian Grant, daughter of Walter and Margaret Glenn (Grant) McFarland, all natives of Scotland, who later immigrated to Richmond, Va.
Bio contributed by FAG member Churchwell∼Son of Aaron G. Brewer and Martha Taylor. Husband of Marian G. McFarland.
- Janet Collester
"Dictionary of Alabama Biography", pages 212-213:
Samuel Blount Brewer was educated in Abbeville and Edgefield Counties, SC and in Coosa and Autauga Counties, Alabama. He began farming when a mere boy and contributed largely to the support of the family. In 1852, he removed with the family to Atlanta, Ga., and learned the printer's trade, and the following year became assistant editor of the Southern Olive Tree, of which his father was editor. From 1855 to 1860, he taught school in Montgomery County. Following this experience, he was engaged by the Montgomery Advertiser as a reporter. He later engaged in the mercantile and insurance business. He located in Anniston in 1883, and later became connected with the railroad and waterpower development, real estate and insurance. He was a private in the Metropolitan Guards, Third Alabama infantry regiment and was in charge of the wagon train from Pollard to Pensacola, December 1860; was in charge of the arsenal at Fort Barrancas, when the regiment reached Pensacola. In 1863, he was made major and assigned to duty in the commissary at Richmond; was on the staff of President Davis after he left Richmond, Va., until his capture in Georgia. He was secretary of the Democratic convention of Alabama, 1860; assistant secretary of the State executive committee, 1874-75, and assistant secretary, State convention of the Democrats, 1874. He is a Methodist, and a Mason. Author: Battle of the ages between Satan and God, unpublished, showing that the United States is the true Israel restored, as pointed out in the prophecy and fulfilled by proper computation of time, dates and events. Married on October 1, 1861, in Richmond, Va., to Marian Grant, daughter of Walter and Margaret Glenn (Grant) McFarland, all natives of Scotland, who later immigrated to Richmond, Va.
Bio contributed by FAG member Churchwell∼Son of Aaron G. Brewer and Martha Taylor. Husband of Marian G. McFarland.
- Janet Collester
Samuel Blount Brewer was educated in Abbeville and Edgefield Counties, SC and in Coosa and Autauga Counties, Alabama. He began farming when a mere boy and contributed largely to the support of the family. In 1852, he removed with the family to Atlanta, Ga., and learned the printer's trade, and the following year became assistant editor of the Southern Olive Tree, of which his father was editor. From 1855 to 1860, he taught school in Montgomery County. Following this experience, he was engaged by the Montgomery Advertiser as a reporter. He later engaged in the mercantile and insurance business. He located in Anniston in 1883, and later became connected with the railroad and waterpower development, real estate and insurance. He was a private in the Metropolitan Guards, Third Alabama infantry regiment and was in charge of the wagon train from Pollard to Pensacola, December 1860; was in charge of the arsenal at Fort Barrancas, when the regiment reached Pensacola. In 1863, he was made major and assigned to duty in the commissary at Richmond; was on the staff of President Davis after he left Richmond, Va., until his capture in Georgia. He was secretary of the Democratic convention of Alabama, 1860; assistant secretary of the State executive committee, 1874-75, and assistant secretary, State convention of the Democrats, 1874. He is a Methodist, and a Mason. Author: Battle of the ages between Satan and God, unpublished, showing that the United States is the true Israel restored, as pointed out in the prophecy and fulfilled by proper computation of time, dates and events. Married on October 1, 1861, in Richmond, Va., to Marian Grant, daughter of Walter and Margaret Glenn (Grant) McFarland, all natives of Scotland, who later immigrated to Richmond, Va.
Bio contributed by FAG member Churchwell∼Son of Aaron G. Brewer and Martha Taylor. Husband of Marian G. McFarland.
- Janet Collester
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