Alexander W. Brewster (5 June 1796 - 6 May 1851) was a prominent merchant and manufacturer, as well as a politician and educator in Erie, Pennsylvania. [1]
Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Named for the lake and the Native American Erie people who lived in the area until the mid-17th century, Erie is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania, as well as the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania, with a population of 101,786 at the 2010 census. The estimated population in 2018 had decreased to 96,471. The Erie metropolitan area, equivalent to all of Erie County, consists of 276,207 residents. The Erie-Meadville, PA Combined Statistical Area has a population of 369,331, as of the 2010 Census.
Brewster was a local educator. He taught at the Grubb Schoolhouse in Mill Creek, Pennsylvania in 1818. [2] He taught at a log house at 7th and Holland in Erie, and at the Erie Academy. [3]
Millcreek Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 53,515 at the 2010 census. It is the largest suburb of Erie County, and the 14th-largest municipality in the state, larger than the cities of Altoona and Harrisburg.
He served as sheriff of Erie County, Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1831. [4] He served as a burgess in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1849. [5]
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated. There is an analogous although independently developed office in Iceland that is commonly translated to English as sheriff, and this is discussed below.
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2018, the population was 272,061. Its county seat is Erie. The county was created in 1800 and later organized in 1803.
He was the first person buried at Erie Cemetery, a graveyard he helped organize. [6] The Brewster Home, on East 5th Street between Holland and French Streets in Erie, was originally built in 1823 and restored by Erie Insurance in 1984. [7]
Erie Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is situated on 75 acres (30 ha) of land bordered on the east by Chestnut Street, the west by Cherry Street, the north by 19th Street, and the south by 26th Street.
