Background
Brewer was born June 1, 1796, in Monterey, then a part of Tyringham, Massachusetts He graduated from Yale College in 1821.
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Josiah Brewer
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He began the study of theology at Andover Seminary in 1822, but in 1824 transferred himself to New Haven and finished his studies with the first class which received instruction in the Theological Department of Yale College.
Career
He was the father of United States Supreme Court justice David Josiah Brewer. He was also for nearly two years, from 1824 to 1826, a tutor in the college. In 1830 he went back to Smyrna, where he remained for eight years as a missionary of the Ladies Greek Association of New Haven, Connecticut
After his final return to this country, in 1838, he was for three years chaplain of the Connecticut State Prison, at Wethersfield, and for a short time afterwards agent of the Anti-Slavery Society, and editor of an anti-slavery paper in Hartford, Connecticut
In 1844 he opened a Young Ladies" Seminary in New Haven, Conn, which was afterwards removed to Middletown, Connecticut, and which occupied him until 1857. Two sons graduated Yale.
The elder in 1852 and David Josiah Brewer in 1856. This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
