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]
Career
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]
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]