Horatio Jones BREWER
Horatio Jones Brewer served in the Union army, and after the war was a paymaster, travelling , among other places, up the Rio Grande to about El Paso, and up the Missouri to Helena, Montana, carrying army payrolls. He was a member of the Mendelsohn Glee Club in New York City for many years. The copper stein set was awarded to him for his length of service. At some point he must have become interested in his ancestry, as much of the Brewer genealogy material comes from him. He resided at 313 W. 91st Street in New York City during most of Talbot Brewer's life.
Talbot graduated from Williams, class of 1916. He was in Squadron A in New York City, a cavalry troop that was similar to the National Guard. They were called to active duty during the Mexican border problems in 1916, then he joined the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant when we declared war against Germany. He was in the 306th Machine Gun Battalion of the 77th Division, and was wounded in the Argonne. His outfit two weeks later was part of what became known as the Lost Battalion, under General Whittlesey. His replacement was killed in this engagement. After the war, he returned to the business world, but retired in 1929, and he and his wife went to Spain, where they lived for a year and a half. In 1934, he went to Washington at the request of his friend Harry Hopkins to work in the New Deal for 6 months. He left Washington in 1946. After moving to Florida, he lived there until his death in 1981. Belatedly, he has achieved recognition for his photography. Most of the information on the Brewer genealogy comes from records kept by TMB. For the most part, it has not been researched, but is probably pretty accurate. He passed it on from his father, Horatio Jones Brewer.
Oscar founded the Brewer Pine Box Company in Spokane, WA.
He married Elfreide Constance Zollikoffer 2 Jun 1885 at New York, Ny . Elfreide Constance Zollikoffer was born at Unknown 16 Dec 1855 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Talbot Magruder Brewer
born 1 Dec 1893.
Oscar Zollikoffer Brewer
born 14 Oct 1888.
John Wilmot Brewer
born 22 Mar 1886.
Elfriede Faber Brewer
born 17 Aug 1887.
Elizabeth Verna Brewer
born 16 Apr 1896.
Constance Magruder Brewer
born 30 Jul 1891.
Horatio Jones Brewer died 26 Sep 1927 at New York, Ny .
Elfreide Constance Zollikoffer died Abt 1933 at New York, Ny .