Contributed by: Janice Starkweather Van Lysel and her mother, Norma Leora Shroyer Starkweather of Madison, Wisconsin have generously donated the following material on the Brewer Family to The La Porte County, Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project. Email Janice at: Janvanlysel@aol.com
Benjamin and Henry Brewer Families of Pennsylvania, Kentucky,
La Porte, and Washington counties in Indiana Table of contents:
Family of Henry Brewer,
Family of Benjamin Brewer,
Descendants of James Brewer, and Descendants of Margaret Brewer Van
Wagnen.
Addendum: covering additional information on the Brewer
Family; Proof that Henry and Benjamin Brewer were brothers;
Proof that Margaret Brewer Roney was the daughter of Benjamin Brewer
and Catherine Mellinger Brewer;
Proof that Elizabeth Roney who married Benjamin Brewer was the daughter
of James Roney and Margaret Brewer Roney; Information about Brewer Name
and Ancestry;
Family of Benjamin Brewer and Catherine Mellinger;
Family of John and Barbara Mellinger;
Children of Benjamin Brewer and Catherine “Caty” Mellinger Brewer;
Family of James Roney; Children of James Roney/Rooney and Margaret
Brewer;
A Quick Synopsis connecting the family of Benjamin Brewer and
Elizabeth Roney Brewer to the Martin Family of Galena Twp., La Porte
County, IN.; Descendants of James Brewer; Benjamin Arthur Brewer and
Sarah Martin Brewer; and More information on the children of Henry and
Jane Brewer; Family of John Wesley Brewer, son of Henry and Jane,
brother to Benjamin. Brewer Genealogy 1956-1997.
This small book is intended as a continuation of the Martin Genealogy
and History Books per Janice Starkweather Van Lysel.
All of the above information may be found at the Michigan City Library
in Michigan City, Indiana and the La Porte County Historical Society
Museum in La Porte, Indiana and/or you may write Janice Starkweather
Van Lysel at - janvanlysel@aol.com
Typed for the Internet by Gloria Arndt, LaPorte County Historian - Rolling Prairie Cemetery.