"Samuel Wheeler Brewster was born on a farm in Bartholomew County, Indiana. His father, Marshall Brewster, was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, December 15, 1801, and died at Thayer, Kansas, September 25, 1871. He was a graduate of Williams College, and was a descendant of William Brewster, of the Mayflower. Marshall Brewster, December 18, 1836 married Chloe K. Smith. She was educated at Warren, Ohio, and served several years as a teacher. Samuel W. Brewster was the youngest of six children. He came to Kansas at the age of fourteen. He maintained himself by clerking in a store, and all sorts of chores, while securing an education. He began in Kansas by teaching school. He attended Baker University and the Leavenworth Normal, and in 1876 entered the Kansas State University. He graduated from the classical course I 1883. In 1879 He married Hattie M. Wills, a prominent school teacher in Neosho County. They have four children. In 1883 Mr. Brewster formed a law partnership with Amos S. Lapham, of Chanute, and the firm still exists. He read law with Hutchings & Summerfield, in Lawrence."
This is a bio from the Kansas Historical Society Vol 6. 1905-1906
This is a bio from the Kansas Historical Society Vol 6. 1905-1906
"Samuel Wheeler Brewster was born on a farm in Bartholomew County, Indiana. His father, Marshall Brewster, was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, December 15, 1801, and died at Thayer, Kansas, September 25, 1871. He was a graduate of Williams College, and was a descendant of William Brewster, of the Mayflower. Marshall Brewster, December 18, 1836 married Chloe K. Smith. She was educated at Warren, Ohio, and served several years as a teacher. Samuel W. Brewster was the youngest of six children. He came to Kansas at the age of fourteen. He maintained himself by clerking in a store, and all sorts of chores, while securing an education. He began in Kansas by teaching school. He attended Baker University and the Leavenworth Normal, and in 1876 entered the Kansas State University. He graduated from the classical course I 1883. In 1879 He married Hattie M. Wills, a prominent school teacher in Neosho County. They have four children. In 1883 Mr. Brewster formed a law partnership with Amos S. Lapham, of Chanute, and the firm still exists. He read law with Hutchings & Summerfield, in Lawrence."
This is a bio from the Kansas Historical Society Vol 6. 1905-1906
This is a bio from the Kansas Historical Society Vol 6. 1905-1906
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