About George W. Brewer
Lived 1819 – 1886 (aged 66). George W. Brewer was an American politician.
George W. Brewer (September 5, 1819 – August 6, 1886) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic State Senator from 1858 to 1860.
Biography George W. Brewer was born on September 5, 1819, in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, to Jacob and Mary Brewer née Angle. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1842, and earned a law degree in 1845 and started reading law before becoming a lawyer in Chambersburg until 1871.
Personal life He married Mary Louisa Gehr in 1860 and had a daughter Harriett Cameron Brewer Stoner. Brewer was a Knights Templar of the George Washington Blue Lodge No. 56 of the Freemasons.
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George W. Brewer died on 6 August 1886.
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