Brewster, Sarah Jane

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 1870, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Notes:

Birthplace is listed as "America" on the death certificate of son Isaac McLean

DEATH OF SARAH JANE BRYSON

Mrs. Sarah Jane Bryson died at her home in the Second Ward Sunday morning at 10 minutes before 10 o’clock, after a prolonged illness of bronchitis and general debility at the age of 75 years.

Mrs. Bryson, formerly Miss Brewster, was born in the northern part of Ireland. Her parents moved to this country when she was a little girl. She resided for a few years in Summit Hill and the remainder of her life in Mauch Chunk.

She was married three times, her last husband having died 25 years ago. She leaves one brother, six sons, three daughters, and 36 grandchildren, eight others having died. The names of her children are Douglas and Isaac McLean, Daniel, George and Samuel Bryson, all living in Mauch Chunk; Mrs. John Hiller, East Mauch Chunk; Mrs. John Little of Easton, and the widow of John Rauchenberger, of the Second Ward. Her brother is Isaac Brewster, of the Second Ward. She was always a faithful consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, a kind mother and a good neighbor. She was of a retiring, peaceful disposition.

The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. D. M. Buchanan officiating. The interment was in the Upper Mauch Chunk Cemetery.

SOURCE: Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette of 6/21/1895

(From original poster on Ancestry board) NOTE: Sarah was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Brewster. She married Douglas McLean about 1839, and that marriage ended when he left for the gold rush of 1849. She married again to John Bryson, 5/11/1850. He died in 1870. It is possible she was married between 1845 and 1850 to someone else, but most likely she was only married twice.

Buried:
Mauch Chunk Cemetery

Sarah married McLean, Douglas about 1839. Douglas (son of McLean, Daniel and Douglas, Elizabeth) was born about 1818 in Ireland; died on 04 May 1904 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. McLean, William was born in 1834.
2. McLean, Douglas Jr. was born on 26 Jun 1840; died on 29 Jul 1904 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
3. McLean, Isaac M. was born in Jan 1845 in Summit Hill, Carbon Co., PA; died on 14 Mar 1911 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.

Sarah married Bryson, John on 11 May 1850 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. John was born about 1826-1928 in Ireland; died on 28 May 1870 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Married in the First Presbyterian Church by Rev R Webster

1. Bryson, John was born about 1847; died about 1904.
2. Bryson, Nancy was born on 15 Nov 1852 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 9 Mar 1904 in Easton, Northampton Co., PA.
3. Bryson, George was born about 1853; died in 1900.
4. Bryson, Sarah Jane was born on 28 Mar 1856 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 27 May 1925 in Lansford, Carbon Co., PA.
5. Bryson, Elizabeth Ann was born on 13 Nov 1857 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died after 1904.
6. Bryson, Daniel J was born on 14 Nov 1859 in PA; died on 12 Aug 1937 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA.
7. Bryson, Samuel was born on 4 Aug 1863 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 22 Feb 1939 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA.

Samuel married McClusky, Sarah Jane. Sarah was born about 1841 in County Derry, Northern Ireland; died on 5 Jul 1911 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]