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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