General Notes

1870 United States Federal Censusabout Charles Brewster
Name:    Charles Brewster
Age in 1870:    53
Birth Year:    abt 1817
Birthplace:    Ireland
Home in 1870:    Fort Madison Ward 2, Lee, Iowa
Race:    White
Gender:    Male
Post Office:    Fort Madison
Value of real estate:    View image Household Members:    Name    Age
Charles Brewster
53
Jane Brewster
43
Martha Brewster
9
James Brewster
8
William Brewster
4
Mary Brewster
54
Catherine Knauff
25
Lawrence Buchanan
18

Groom's Name: James C. Brewster 
Groom's Birth Date: 1859 
Groom's Birthplace: Fort Madison 
Groom's Age: 22 
Bride's Name: Eliza Allen Merrill 
Bride's Birth Date: 1862 
Bride's Birthplace: Waco, Texas 
Bride's Age: 19 
Marriage Date: 14 Dec 1881 
Marriage Place: Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa 
Groom's Father's Name: Charles Brewster 
Groom's Mother's Name: Eliza Deforest 
Bride's Father's Name: Edward Thomas Merrill 
Bride's Mother's Name: Laura Harremon 
Groom's Race: White 
Groom's Marital Status: Single 
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: White 
Bride's Marital Status: Single 
How can he marry two different women within two months?
Groom's Name: James E Brewster 
Groom's Birth Date: 1860 
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 22 
Bride's Name: Miss Anna M Kassel 
Bride's Birth Date: 1859 
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 23 
Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1882 
Marriage Place: Des Moines County, Iowa 
Groom's Father's Name: Charles Brewster 
Groom's Mother's Name: Eliza Deforrest 
Bride's Father's Name: Conrad Kassel 
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary Henz