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Howell Cobb Brewer 1885–1954 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 July 1885

Birth Location: Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America

Death Date: 19 December 1954

Death Location: Sturgeon, Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: Nicholas Brewer

Mother: Mary Brewer

Spouse(s): America Brewer

Children(s): Olive Hobbs, Norma Bennett, Carrie Hollingsworth, Ruby Wilson, Georgia Brewer, Urban Brewer, Theodore Brewer, Austin Brewer, Pearl McCollum, Clarance Taylor, Mary McGeorge

Howell Cobb Brewer was born in 1885 in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America, the child of Nicholas Wolfe Brewer And Mary Ann Polly Hudson Brewer. Howell Cobb Brewer married America Orgia Sparks Brewer, and had children including Austin L Brewer, Carrie Beryl Brewer Hollingsworth, Clarance S Brewer Taylor, Georgia Rose Brewer, Mary Brewer Mcgeorge, Norma Brewer Bennett, Olive Iona Brewer Hobbs, Pearl Brewer Mccollum, Ruby Claris Brewer Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt Brewer, Urban Brewer. Howell Cobb Brewer passed away in 1954 in Sturgeon, Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Howell Cobb Brewer was born in 1885 in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America, the child of Nicholas Wolfe Brewer And Mary Ann Polly Hudson Brewer.
  • Howell Cobb Brewer married America Orgia Sparks Brewer, and had children including Austin L Brewer, Carrie Beryl Brewer Hollingsworth, Clarance S Brewer Taylor, Georgia Rose Brewer, Mary Brewer Mcgeorge, Norma Brewer Bennett, Olive Iona Brewer Hobbs, Pearl Brewer Mccollum, Ruby Claris Brewer Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt Brewer, Urban Brewer.
  • Howell Cobb Brewer passed away in 1954 in Sturgeon, Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Howell Brewer's Ancestors

Self
Howell Brewer
1885–1954
Birth Place: Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
Parents
Nicholas Wolfe Brewer
1839–1919
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Mary (Ann ‘Polly’ (Hudson)) Brewer
1846–1921
Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Howell (Cobb) Brewer
1790–1886
Moore County, North Carolina, United States of America
Mary (‘Polly’ (Wolfe)) Brewer
1800–1896
Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Ambrose Brewer
1753–1855
Mary Richardson
1761–1847
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Boyce (Brewer)
1733–1790
Marion May
1722–1756
William Richardson
1735–1783
Sarah Carthage
1741–1801

Howell Brewer's Descendants

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Howell (Cobb) Brewer (22 July 1885–19 December 1954) m. America (Orgia (Sparks)) Brewer (5 October 1885–7 June 1971)
  1. 1. Olive (Iona (Brewer)) Hobbs 1929–2018 m. Eugene (Winfrey) Hobbs 1925–1999
  2. 2. Norma ((Brewer)) Bennett 1920–2017 m. Ora (Glen) Bennett 1919–2005
    1. 1. Keith (Austin) Bennett 1943–1944
    2. 2. Larry (G) Bennett 1940–2018
  3. 3. Carrie (Beryl (Brewer)) Hollingsworth 1912–1998 m. Clarence (E) Hollingsworth 1911–2004
    1. 1. Betty (Jane (Hollingsworth)) Burge 1932–2017 m. Donald (E.) Burge 1931–2017
  4. 4. Ruby (Claris (Brewer)) Wilson 1916–2002 m. Augustus (‘Gus’) Wilson 1909–1994
  5. 5. Georgia (Rose) Brewer 1918–1919
  6. 6. Urban Brewer 1905–1950
  7. 7. Theodore (Roosevelt) Brewer 1922–2016 m. Nettie (Ann (Tirey)) Brewer 1925–2003
    1. 1. Lyndon (Lee) Brewer 1946–2022
  8. 8. Austin (L.) Brewer 1925–2008 m. Margie (Rose (Carmack)) Brewer 1929–2006
    1. 1. Gary (Lee ‘Sparky’) Brewer 1950–2022
  9. 9. Pearl ((Brewer)) McCollum 1914–2011 m. Robert (B ‘RB’) McCollum 1914–1994
  10. 10. Clarance (S. (Brewer)) Taylor 1907–1999 m. Jess (Wilson) Taylor 1908–1985
    1. 1. Anna (Lee (Taylor)) Morris 1929–1998 m. Stacey Morris 1925–
    2. 2. Geraldine ((Taylor)) Creditt 1933–2017 m. Jimmie (Dale) Creditt 1932–
    3. 3. Donald (Chester) Taylor 1928–2009
  11. 11. Mary ((Brewer)) McGeorge 1909–1968

Howell Brewer's Timeline

2 Records

1885
22 July 1885
Birth of Howell Cobb Brewer in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
1954
19 December 1954
Age 69
Death of Howell Cobb Brewer in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 July 1885
    Event Place: Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of Kentucky; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 026
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Sturgeon, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of Kentucky; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 026

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Kentucky, 10161940-03311947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 70

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 December 1954
    Event Place: Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sturgeon, Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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