Brewster,  b.  Oct.  12,  1840;  a  descendant  of  Elder  Brewster,  who  came  over  in  the
Mayflower.  She  d.  i3S6.  He  removed  when  a  babe  to  North  Bennington,  ^'t.,  and
from  there,  when  six  years  old,  to  Mantua,  Portage  county,  Ohio.  He,  as  the
youngest  child  of  his  parents,  remained  at  home  tilling  the  few  acres  his  father
owned,  and  also  at  times  helping  the  neighboring  farmers,  until  about  i860  or  1861,
when  he  married,  rented  a  farm,  and  began  his  life  work  as  a  farmer.  He  soon
accumulated  enough  to  buy  a  farm  of  his  own,  in  Auburn,  Geauga  county,  Ohio,
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  left  surviving  him  his  widow,  who  died  about
one  year  after  him,  and  one  child.  He  was  a  model  farmer,  an  admirable  man,
kind-hearted,  honest,  pure,  clear-headed  and  sound  in  judgment,  and  had  the
friendship  and  confidence  of  all  who  knew  him.  As  an  example,  one  township
election  he  failed  to  attend,  and  in  a  few  days  after  found  that  he  had  been  nomi-
nated by  his  party  (Republican),  and  had  been  elected  by  the  unanimous  vote  of
both  parties  justice  of  the  peace,  without  his  solicitation  and  knowledge.  His  life
illustrates  the  familiar  lines:

"Onl3'  the  actions  of  tlie  Just,
Smell  sweet  and  blossom  in  the  dust."
He  d.  Dec.  29.  1885.
3561.  i.         LUCY  BREWSTER,  b.  Mav  13,  1S68;   m.,    Jan.   1,1889,   William

H.   Shackson.     Res.,  Chagrin   Falls,    O.     Ch. :     1.   Edna   L.,  b.
May  29,  1895.     He  is  a  farmer;  was  b.  May  20,  1S64.
2742.  THOMAS  JEFFERSON  FOSTER  (Josiah,  Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  John,
Jacob,  Isaac,  Reginald),  b.  Bernardston,  Mass. ,  Dec.  6,  1822;  ra.  — —  Potter,  of
Leyden;  she    d.  and  he  m.  2d.  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Susan   W.  (Robbins)  Foster.
