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N. A. Brewer, prominently identified with the material interests of Lonoke County as planter, is a native of Chatham County, N. C., where he was born October 12, 1831, being the son of Wilson Brewer, also of North Carolina origin, born October 13, 1801. Here the latter was educated and grew to manhood, when he married Amy Mortain, daughter of Adam and Rebecca Mortain. To his marriage was born a family of twelve children. The father of Wilson Brewer was also a North Carolinian by birth, there being educated and married. He became the father of nine children. Wilson Brewer was a hatter by trade. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church, she dying in 1860. Two years later Mr. Brewer married Elizabeth Clark. Upon leaving Georgia, he moved to Tennessee in 1869, where he died in 1879. The next year the good wife followed her husband. The principal in this sketch received his education in Georgia, and in 1855 came to Arkansas, settling in Goodrum Township, Lonoke County. Here he married Scerabo Furlow, January 1, 1857, becoming the father of four children: Thomas W., John H., James H. and Nicholas A. Mrs. Brewer departed this life in 1864. In July of the following year, he was married to Artemus (Furlow) Furgeson. By this marriage there was born a family of five children: Florence E., Serby A., Mary O., Jefferson J. and Oscar J. Mr. Brewer was again left a widower June 1, 1889. He is a very successful farmer, owning a farm of about 220 acres, with sixty under cultivation. He has held a membership in the Wheel, serving two years as treasurer of the order, besides which he has been school director. During the war he enlisted in the Confederate army, becoming a member of Company K, Fagan’s brigade, under Gen. Hindman. His first fight of importance was at Cane Hill. He was captured at Helena in 1863, and was held a prisoner till the close of the war. At present he is a deacon in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, and a consistent Christian.