Unknown Brewer Family Photos

UNKNOWN BREWER FAMILY
Johnson County, Texas
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The following caption appears with the photo: "Grandma Grandpa Brewer Viola Polly Dola". It is estimated to have been taken between 1851 and 1900, and was found at an antique mall in Johnson County, Texas, near the town of Cresson.

There were several Brewer families that moved to Texas after the War Between the States. Times were tough and the South was in ruins. Many folks needed a new start, and they needed a way to support their families.

Among those who migrated to Texas were two sons of Joseph Brewer. These young Alabama men were James Jasper Brewer, a Confederate veteran, and Sylvanus "Syl" Brewer, who was surely a Confederate as well, but I can't find his service records.

I have a hunch that the man in the above photo is Syl, but I have no way of knowing for sure. I do know that he was in Johnson County, Texas in 1870, which is where this photo was found. I have never been able to determine who his children were, or if he had any, so I am yet unable to connect him to the names on the photo. If anyone has any other ideas as to who is in this photo, please contact me.

SYL'S ANCESTRY George Brewer b. 1670 Isle of Wight County, Virginia d. 1743 Brunswick County, Virginia ↓ Howell Brewer Sr b. 1724 Surrey County, Virginia d. after 1790 Chatham County, North Carolina? ↓ Howell Brewer Jr b. 1742 Brunswick County, Virginia d. Western Tennessee ↓ Isaac Brewer b. 1763 Wilkes County, Georgia d. 1852 Silver Run, Talladega County, Alabama ↓ Joseph Brewer b. 1811/1812 Jackson County, Georgia d. 1874 St. Clair County, Alabama ↓ Sylvanus "Syl" Brewer b. 1837 Talladega County, Alabama d. after 1900 Hood County, Texas

RELATIONSHIP TO ISAAC BREWER Isaac was Syl's grandfather. They were surely well acquainted, given that both lived in the same vicinity of Alabama for a number of years.