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Winfield Scott Brewer

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Winfield Scott Brewer Veteran

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
11 May 1930 (aged 82)
Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Clarksburg, Carroll County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Company E 20th Regiment Forrest Cavalry CSA1st Wife- Nancy Ann Collins 1852-1888

Children

1)Sarah Ellen 1867-1960
2)John
3)Artimiss Mary( Grissom) 1869-1919
4)Martha A.1871-1939
5)Nancy Annis 1873-1907
6)Louisa "Eliza" 1876-1898 Married Alvin Presson (My 2nd Great Grandparents)
7)Rosa Lee 1878-1969
8)William thomas 1880-1965
9) Henry Harrison 1882-1972
10)Ada Florence (McCrew) 1886-16November1954 Memphis,Shelby,Tn

2nd Wife

Mary Emma Anderson

1)Robert 1889-1984
2)Bertie 1892-1985
3)Eva 1894-1899

3rd Wife

Charlotte Melton 1854-1925

Am always looking for any corrections to the family.

Winfield Scott Brewer served as a Confederate Soldier with Forresters Calvary in the Civil War

Winfield Scott Brewer was known as "Scott" and named after the military leader of that name. He served in the Confed. Army, entering at the age of fifteen. He joined the force with Nathan Bedford Forrest's Calvary in the fall of 1863 under the command of Capt. Williams and Col. Nixon. Later he was under the command of Capt. Gilbert. According to records from the War Dept., he saw action at Johnsonville, TN., near Camden and was involved in several skirmishes from West Point, MS to Salem, AL. He was a member of Co. E., 20th. Regiment, TN, Calvary. He surrendered at Gainesville, AL, and was discharged there April, 1865. He is interred in Hampton Cemetery, Hwy. 22 S., Carroll Co., TN.
Company E 20th Regiment Forrest Cavalry CSA1st Wife- Nancy Ann Collins 1852-1888

Children

1)Sarah Ellen 1867-1960
2)John
3)Artimiss Mary( Grissom) 1869-1919
4)Martha A.1871-1939
5)Nancy Annis 1873-1907
6)Louisa "Eliza" 1876-1898 Married Alvin Presson (My 2nd Great Grandparents)
7)Rosa Lee 1878-1969
8)William thomas 1880-1965
9) Henry Harrison 1882-1972
10)Ada Florence (McCrew) 1886-16November1954 Memphis,Shelby,Tn

2nd Wife

Mary Emma Anderson

1)Robert 1889-1984
2)Bertie 1892-1985
3)Eva 1894-1899

3rd Wife

Charlotte Melton 1854-1925

Am always looking for any corrections to the family.

Winfield Scott Brewer served as a Confederate Soldier with Forresters Calvary in the Civil War

Winfield Scott Brewer was known as "Scott" and named after the military leader of that name. He served in the Confed. Army, entering at the age of fifteen. He joined the force with Nathan Bedford Forrest's Calvary in the fall of 1863 under the command of Capt. Williams and Col. Nixon. Later he was under the command of Capt. Gilbert. According to records from the War Dept., he saw action at Johnsonville, TN., near Camden and was involved in several skirmishes from West Point, MS to Salem, AL. He was a member of Co. E., 20th. Regiment, TN, Calvary. He surrendered at Gainesville, AL, and was discharged there April, 1865. He is interred in Hampton Cemetery, Hwy. 22 S., Carroll Co., TN.


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