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MINISTERIAL BIOGRAPH ICA L FORM
DETROIT CONFERENCE HISTORICA L SOCIETY FI LE
Name :
BRE\VER
(.last)
CHESTER
(first)
Date of Record - ---- HENRY
(m l dd Ie)
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Gain e s, Mi chi gan •
(place)
Nov. 20, 1886
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Birth:
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Date of birth
Nov ._5 , 1855 . _ Na}_lona I i!Y---""1!'-"!--"~'--':'-----0c cupation _ _.F.. ,a"""r,_.m"'""''e"r',___ _
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Date of bIrth
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Mar . 9. 1866
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item ln · fami ly history ~ Pu blic Service, Authorship, lnyenti on ,
Education, Medicine, etc., etc.
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After r e tirement have served thre e years as Associ ate
Hinister at Fi rst }1ethodi st Church ~ Ypsilanti , Michigan
wi th Dr . vlilliam Cl yde Don a l d . Th1 s h,as been a grea t
exper ience for me .
PERSONAL HJSJORY:
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Re l igious Experience and Church Work before entering the Minl str v-----------Was converted a t age 19 under the ministry of Brother
Georg e We s ley w·r ight . ltlorked in Epworth Leagu e i n Court
St reet Chur ch, Flin t. St art ed to Albion College i n 1 907.
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Ca I I to the Ml n l strv--------- - - ----- ------------'------- - --------Brother George Wright encouraged me t o enter the minis t ry
and fel t with me that i t was to be my cal l i ng .
Ed ucat ion: Schools and Degrees -- -High Schooi _____~G~a~i~n~e~s~~~M~l~-~c~h~·--------Co l l ege _~A~l~b~l~·o~n~3~yLr~s~·---- Seminary ____N_o_n_e____________ _________
Post -Graduate __________~N~o~n~e_ _____________________________
4. Admitted on Tri a l, and Ord inations :
Adm. Det. Cont. 1910, Orde1ned Deacon 191J, Elder 1915
Pa ge 2
Durand, Mich.
Date _ . Jiep t~ . 8,. ~9.0.8_ __ Place .
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Marr l age:
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Wife's malden name ..:.... _
Carrie Belle Brewer
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Educat 1on~---~G.aines H~g!l Sc~~h~o:.!!:
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Children:
Florence »ve_gu
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Jan. 12, 1911
Kathryn Doris
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Ardis Marie
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Appointments served, with date6:
Carleton 1910.._1,3, . -~-~Q..o__l9.13., ...T.ip~o%;1 _1.9l~la,. Willis 1918-~- J2eA~.P.J.9_z.o"-"'
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.c.,_o_r_t 192~ Leave of Absence 1925,
Oakville 1926,
New Boston, Oakville &
Bawsonville 1927, Oakville 1928-29, Assoo. Ypsilanti 193o-31,
request 1932, Readmitted 1953, Retired 1953·
Withdrawn at own
Served as Retired SupplT, Clayton 1955,
Ypsilanti Jirst Associate 1956-1959•
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Offices held In the Conference, or on District:
None
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Public or Community Off ices:
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_ _____ S.ene.d_aL~~o.'Q..tmas ter .to.r._\r_Q..o.PLJ.__A Denton & Ban>M3_. -·----·---·----
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Service Record with
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Armed Forces:
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Writings - -Articles or Books:
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Recreat ton, Hobbles, etc. -~P..lay~~e'ball when in High School , . some. amateur
basebal~.
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Clubs and Frater nal Organizations :
None
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List one or two items which you consider outsta nding i n your Minis t r y ;
such as a Sui !ding
Program~
an Evangelistic Crusade , an except ional Class
of New Members, some bit of community service, etc .
At Denton, new addition also wonderful classes of
~oung
people received.
At Oakville, new addition.
At New Boston, new addition.
At Ypsilanti First, 19.56-.59 have had wonderful expertenoe associated ~
Dr. w. C~de Donald. Have had charge of Commission on Church Membership
and Evangelism, organi zet Cat~hp CruJi~.
MRS. CARRIE B. BREWER, 76, of
Yps
ilanti, wife of retired Detroit Confer(about you pe r s9nal ly or your ministry )
ence member, Rev. Chester Brewer, died
August 14, in Beyer Memorial Hospital,
a long illness. Born · June 6,
1891, m Durand, she was the daughter
of Ernest and Etta Williamson Sayre.
She graduated from Gaines High School
and on September 8, 1908, married Mr.
Brewer in Durand. Together t hey
ser ved at Carleton, Tipton, Willis, Denton, Bay Port, New Boston, Oakville
Raws onville, Clayton and twi·ce as asso~
ciate minister at Ypsilanti First. She
was a member of Ypsilanti F irst Church.
Surviving in addition t o her husband are
four daug hters, Mrs. Ralph Thayer of
Ypsi la nt i, Mrs. Roger Parish of Birmingha m, Mrs. H erman Doan of Ypsilan t i, and Mrs. Eric Hawthorne of
W indsor, Ontar io ; 11 grandchildren and
15 g r eat-grandchildren. Her brother-inlaw, Rev. Ha rry Brewer of Flint, is also
a retired m ember of the Detroit Conference. Mrs. Brewer was a poet and
she left a number of poems which ar e
1to be published posthumously. Funeral
ser vices were held at the Moor e Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Callis
officiating . Burial was in Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti. q'-'1-/ -6 7
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follow~ng
ti, a retired member of th e Detroit
Conference, died September 29 in Canada and was buried at Ypsilanti on
October 2. Interment was at Highland
Cemet ery in Ypsilanti. M r. Brewer participated in many conference activities .
He was admitted on trial in 1910 and was
received into fu ll membersh ip in 1913.
He served churches at Carl eton , Tipton,
Wi llis, Denton, Bay Port, New Bost on,
Oakvi lle, Rawsonvil le; and Ypsilanti First
(Assoc.). After retiring in 1953. he served
at Clayton and again as assoCiate pastor
at Ypsilanti. Survivors includ.e fou r
daughters: Evelyn Thayer, Kath.ryn Parish Dorothy Qui nn and Ard1s Hawth~rne. Revs . Hugh C. White and
Ke nneth R. Callis officiated at the
funeral.
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