Submitted by Betty Renfroe Thanks Betty!

James Madison Brewer was born in September of 1833 in Franklin County, Tennessee to Zadock Brewer and Mary Ann Brumley. He died in 1903 in Searcy County, Arkansas and was buried in Bear Creek Cemetery. James married Cynthia Emeline Weeks after 1860 in Johnson County, Arkansas, daughter of James and Dove Weeks. She was born November 13, 1838 in Tennessee, and died in 1907 in Searcy County, Arkansas. She was also buried in Bear Creek Cemetery.

Children of James Madison Brewer and Cynthia Emeline Weeks are:
i. James Madison Brewer was born October 16, 1861, and died April 14, 1931. He married Louisa Halstead May 22, 1879, daughter of Lemuel Halstead and Miranda Adams. She was born August 7, 1858.
ii. Louisa Brewer was born 1866. She married Henry Pritchard.
iii. Mary Isabelle Brewer was born 1869.
iv. John Brewer was born 1870. He married Ida Unknown.
v. Margaret Brewer was born 1872.
vi. Sarah Caroline Brewer was born March 7, 1874. She married James Morris Williams about 1890.
vii. Ida May Brewer was born September 22, 1876 in Searcy County, Arkansas, and died May 17, 1966 in Visalia, Tulare County, California. She married Daniel Lonzo Thompson June 10, 1894.
viii. Lilley Brewer was born December 12, 1879, and died November 4, 1894.
ix. William Carroll Brewer was born April 10, 1880, and died May 4, 1968. He married Lula Elizabeth Neel February 5, 1902.
x. Irene Victoria Brewer was born December 1, 1883. She married John Edmonson Garfield Horton January 2, 1903.
Picture of James and Cynthia appears in Searcy County Scrapbook, Item #71.

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