Francis Beattie Brewer (October 8, 1820 – July 29, 1892) was a

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and an

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and a

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from New York.

Biography

Born in

Keene, New Hampshire Keene is a city in, and the seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,047 at the 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 census. Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England. I ...

, Brewer was the son of Ebenezer and Julia Emerson Brewer and attended the Barnet, Vermont public schools, Newbury (Vermont) Seminary, and

Kimball Union Academy Kimball Union Academy is a private boarding school located in New Hampshire. Founded in 1813, it is the 22nd oldest boarding school in the United States. The academy's mission is to "create a deep sense of belonging for every member of our commu ...

Meriden, New Hampshire Meriden is an unincorporated community in the eastern part of the town of Plainfield in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. Meriden is home to Kimball Union Academy, a private boarding school. New Hampshire Route 120 passes through t ...

. He was graduated from

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, in 1843 and from the medical department of the same institution in 1846. He married Caroline Elizabeth Selden.

Career

Brewer practiced medicine in Barnet, Vermont, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and

Titusville, Pennsylvania Titusville is a city in the far eastern corner of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,601 at the 2010 census and an estimated 5,158 in 2019. Titusville is known as the birthplace of the American oil industry and fo ...

, from 1849 to 1861. He was a pioneer oil operator and lumberman in Titusville. He moved to

Westfield, New York Westfield is a town in the western part of Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 4,513 at the 2020 census. Westfield is also the name of a village within the town, containing 65% of the town's population. This unique to ...

, in 1861 and engaged in

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, and agricultural pursuits. During the

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, Brewer was a state military agent with the rank of major. He served as member of the board of supervisors of Chautauqua County, New York from 1868 to 1879, and was a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention. He served a member of the New York State Assembly (Chautauqua County, 1st District) in

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and 1874. He was the government director of the

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for four years under Presidents

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and Hayes. He was appointed manager of the state insane asylum,

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

, in 1881. Elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth Congress Brewer was

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for the thirty-third district of New York from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. Not a candidate for reelection in 1884. He resumed the practice of medicine.

Death

Brewer died in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, on July 29, 1892 (age 71 years, 295 days). He is

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brewer, Francis B 1820 births 1892 deaths Dartmouth College alumni Union Army officers Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Westfield, New York Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Keene, New Hampshire Burials at Allegheny Cemetery 19th-century American politicians