Son of Benjamin Brewer (b. 6/23/1801, Orange County, NC) and Sarah B. Petty (b. 10/8/1801, Chatham County, NC).

"From Tennessee to Texas. A glimpse of Brewer Family History" by Casey Michael
Brewer, Sulpher Springs High School, 22 Apr 1996:
"The story of how my ancestors came to Texas can be traced back to Isaac Newton
Brewer, my gggfather, born in Carroll Co, TN on 31 Aug 1834 near the town of
Huntingdon to parents of Irish-English descent. Isaac worked on the family
cotton farm and taught school until joining the army during the Civil War.
Records show that on August 4, 1862, he enlisted in the army and reported for
infantry duty on 24 September 1862. He was assigned to the TN 7th Calvary
Regiment, Company D, led by Lieutenant Colonel Isaac R Hawkins, who headed a
unit of 272 men.
Following an enlistment period of one year, Isaac received an honorable
discharge from the Army at Salsbury, TN because of medical reasons. The
Department of the Interior Pension Office records indicate that on September
20, 1863 Isaac N. Brewer had a "disease of both lungs, chronic diarrhea, and
hemorrhage of the bowels." Isaac returned home for several months to recover
from his illness, and then he re-enlisted on 10 January 1865. Brewer family
stories recount how unhappy he had been at home before he was able to return to
the service.
While hiding from the enemy during his second enlistment, Isaac spent one night
in a cemetery under a wooden shelter covering his mother's grave. Years later
he is said to have told family members how safe he felt the night he spent
there. Isaac remained in the TN Regiment until April 9, 1895 when he received
his second honorable discharge. Both documents of Isaac's honorable discharges
are today the property of Mrs. Elsie Faye Bolger of Sulphur Springs, one of my
great aunts.
On 25 Oct 1865, at the age of thirty one, Isaac and nineteen year old Dorthea
Kirk, also a native of Carroll Co, received a marriage license and were married
by Justice of the Peace William H Hatch on 31 Oct 1865. While living in TN,
Dorthea gave birth to eight children, the sixth being Marcus Newton Brewer, my
ggfather, who was born 23 March 1878.
Searching for a better way of life, the Brewers moved in 1882 to Hempstead Co,
AR where Isaac and Dorthea had their ninth, tenth, and eleventh children,
including a set of twin girls named Sinnie and Minnie, born 2 February 1885.
In 1893 Isaac heard of fertile farmland in TX and moved his family for the last
time to Weaver, TX where they obtained 1,400 acres of land and farmed cotton,
fruits, and vegetables. My ggfather, Isaac Newton Brewer spent the remainder of
his life there on "Brewer Land" as it is referred to today. He died of an
apparent heart attack on 30 September 1905, while he and my ggfather Marcus
Newton were squirrel hunting. Marcus Newton continued to live in the Weaver
area until his death on August 24, 1946. Prior to his death he was married
twice and fathered eleven children, the eighth being my grandfather and Sulphur
Springs resident, Warren Newton Brewer, Sr. He is the father of Warren Newton
Brewer, Jr. of Cedar Hill, TX and my father, David Michael Brewer, of Sulpher
Springs, TX."

Source: Hopkins Co Gen Soc, POB 624, Sulpher Springs, TX 75482-0051, Hopkins Co
Heritage newsletter Sep 1996 Vol 13 # 3
First Place in HCGS Essay Scholarship Contest