NATHAN BRESTER (1758-1842) burial location
Dear cousins:29 March 2011
Well, without much question, HANNAH PARKER BREWSTER, wife of NATHAN BREWSTER died in New Plymouth, Vinton Co., OH, but I am now not so sure about her pre-deceased husband, NATHAN BREWSTER.I spent a BIG chunk of today working on him, and it appears that his last residence (in 1840, perthe U.S. Census) was in the small nearby City of Marion, now in Morgan Co., (then located in an enlarged Athens Co.,OH, before they broke it up in 1850, and Marion was thereafter in Morgan Co.).Marion isn’t very far from Chesterhill, which is where MARTHA & POWELL HOFF moved immediately after their 1824 marriage and the birth of my own 1XG Grandfather, JOHN H. HOFF in Washington Co., OH in 1830.
I tried all the on-line stuff for the Marion Cemetery, or trying to link his name with that location - and came up “dry”.If he lived there in 1840 (per the Census), and died in 1842.therefore, to me, it seems unlikely that they would have moved before his death, as he was listed as then “blind”, and by 1840 would have been very elderly (age 82).So, it seems to me, he is either buried either in Marion or in New Plymouth, but there is no trace of him in New Plymouth, so that brings it back to Marion.I am also curious WHY his widow would have moved to New Plymouth thereafter, except perhaps after his death HANNAH PARKER BREWSTER was then alone, would also likely have been both elderly and infirm, and perhaps there was a child of theirs who then lived for some period of time there in New Plymouth, and they took her in to care for her until her own death there in 1855, 13 years later.Still, there is no headstone for her in New Plymouth, either.In all the documentation I have seen, there is nothing placing him in New Plymouth between 1840 when we KNOW he was in Marion, and his death in 1842, unlike his widow, HANNAH.I have the documentation wherein she received her “Widow’s Pension” from 1851 until her own death in 1855 there in New Plymouth.So, it is all still very confusing.
I may have to go back to Columbus again on business sometime soon, and my next side trip will be to Marion to visit the cemetery there, as well, to continue the “hunt” for his grave.Being a REAL American Rec. War Patriot and well-documented veteran, I feel strongly that his grave should be properly marked and honored, as they usually ARE.But perhaps at the time of his death, “it was no big deal” and perhaps nobody took notice.But to me, it is a GREAT BIG DEAL, and I am obsessed to try to find his final resting place and procure a proper marker/headstone honoring him, and noting his service to our fledgling country, even if I have to pay for it myself.
Any thought you have (or anyone else) would be most welcome.I am coming up “dry” on what I can find on-line.So, I’d welcome some of the other family sleuths to “weigh in”, and see what they can find to place his burial location.
Cheers, CUZ JOHN SCOTT HOFF
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JOHN HOFF 11/08/13