This document is a transcription of the original, which is in the Centre County Library and Historical Museum in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. It contains the record of some of descendants of Thomas Brew and Mary O'Dea from County Clare, Ireland. Many of these descendants immigrated to the United States. Their primary locations in the United States were Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
This genealogy contains 72 Brew's (38 Male and 34 Female) In addition, it includes the following Surnames:
Applebee, Baldwin, Beilau, Blois, Breen, Brown, Chapman, Clawson, Cocain (8), Coode (8), Curry, Curtin, Darbyshire, Davidson, Drake, Emund, Fitz Gibbon, Foley (7), Geiger, Gibbon, Grimes (8), Hamilton (7), Harkins, Harrison, Hurley, Jackson, Karns, Kelly, Kline, Lingle, Lynn Maloney, McClain (24), McCracken, McCreight, McCullough, McGraw, Nolan (8), O'Dea, Ottenville, Palser, Patten, Quinlan, Quinn, Riley, Schnell (25), Schoenig, Scribner, Silliman, Simmons, Smith, Spangler, Spilman, Thomas, Vaughn, Weller, White, and Willits. There are a total of 238 names (132 male and 106 female).
It has been submitted by John Brew of Seattle, but is related to Tom Seigenthaler of Nashville, Tennessee.
GENEALOGY OF THE BREW FAMILY
Compiled by Thomas Brew Nolan, Washington, D.C., 1908
The Brew family came from England to Ireland, with the Prince of Orange, about the year
1628, taking possession of confiscated land.
THOMAS BREW married Mary O'Dea, of Ireland. Their children were:
- Mary
- Ann, married Mr. Gibbon, of London
- George
- Honorah, married Michael Brew (a cousin)
- Margaret (a distinguished writer)
- Eliza
- Mary married James Breen, of County Claire, Ireland. Their children were:
Children (BREEN).
1. - Delia born at Knochmore, County Clare, Ireland.
2. - Thomas born at Knochmore, County Clare, Ireland.
3. -James, born at Kilmikel, County Clare, Ireland.
4. - Mary Ellen, born at Kilmikel, County Clare, Ireland. Married Charles Canning O'Neil
of South County, Ireland, at Nashville, Tennessee May-,1869; he died in Washington, D. C.
about 1880; Married as second husband Benjamin F. Karns, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December
19, 1895.
5.-Cornelius, born at Kilmikel, County Clare, Ireland.
2. - Ellen, married John Foley, of Kilina, County Clare Ireland, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb.
7, 1853.
Children (FOLEY).
1. -Thomas Joseph, married Alida Belle Harrison of Nashville, Tennessee, Nov.· 21, 1882, he
died at Nashville, Ind., Oct. 15, 1902.
Children (FOLEY),
- Ellen Rebecca, born at Nashville, Tennessee.
2. - Patrick Henry, born at Petersburg, Kentucky, died in infancy
3. - John Thaddeus, married Margaret A. Lynn, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, at Ashland
Kentucky,
Nov., 22, 1892.
Children (FOLEY)
1. - Ellen Alida, born at Nashville, Tennessee
3.- Margaret, born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland; entered Saint Joseph's Order of
Religion, at Cincinnati, Ohio, July 31, 1856, taking the name of Sister M. Melania, died
in Chicago, Ill., January 1, 1901, aged 82 years.
4. - Thomas, died [?] aged 27 years.
5. - Patrick O'Gorman, born March 27, 1821, in County Clare, Ireland, married Catherine
White, Ballynote, County Sligo Ireland, at Cincinnati, Ohio, May-, 1855, he died Sept, 12,
1898; she died at Nashville, Tennessee, May 15, 1907.
Children. (BREW).
1. - Margaret, died at Nashville, Tennessee, Sept.5,1869.
2. - Thomas, died at Nashville, Tennessee, March 9, 1882.
3. - Ellen M., married James Kay Applebee, of Lexington, Kentucky, at New York, N.Y.,
Sept, 9, 1891 married J. H. Palser,
January 25, 1907, in Denver, Colorado. Child by first husband (APPLEBEE), M. Miriam, born
at Hendersonville, Kentucky, Dec. 13, 1892.
4. -Delia, died at Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. l8, 1874.
5. - Patrick Henry, married Nellie Drake, of Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 14, 1901; she died
Aug, 1, 1906.
Children (BREW)
1. - Daniel Crispers, born Sept. 15, 1903.
2. - Catharine, born Aug. 12, 1905.
6. - James Simmons.
7. - Catharine married William Weaver Vaughn April 14, 1896
Children (VAUGHN).
1. - Martha, born Nov. 4,1897.
2. - William Weaver and James Preston (twins), born May 18, 189{?}
3. - Edwin Thomas, born Nov. 8, 1903,
6. - Cornelius, married Bridget Spillman, of County Cork, Ireland, at Limerick,
Ireland, Aug. 1868; he died Sept. 2, 1908, at
Nashville Tennessee
Children (BREW).
1. - Joseph, married Mary Nolan, of Nashville, Tennessee
2. ·- Cornelius, married Mary FitzGibbons, of Nashville, Tennessee
Children (BREW).
1 - William,
2 - Alice,
3 - Mary,
4 - Bedelia,
5 - Cornelius
7.- Bedelia born Oct. 11, 1826; married James Simmons, of County Clare, Ireland, at
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 14, 1857; he died Aug. 11, 1897, at Nashville Tennessee, she died March
2, 1907, at Nashville, Tennessee
8. - William, died in infancy,
9. - James O'Gorman born March 9, 1855, in County Clare, Ireland, married Dora Quinlan, of
County Tipperary, Ireland, at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 1861; he died March 27, 1903, at
Nashville, Tennessee aged 71 years.
Children (BREW).
1. - Mary Ellen,
2. - Joseph, died at Cincinnati, Ohio
3. - Margaret Melina, married John Coode, of St. Mary's County, Maryland, at Nashville,
Tennessee,
Oct. 16, 1895
Children (COODE).
1. - Cornelia Elizabeth, born Nashville, Tennessee, July 28, 1894.
2. - James Brew, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 2, 189[?]
3. - John Demetrius, born in Nashville, Tennessee,, July 8, 1898.
4. - Margaret Melina.
5. - Bedelia Simmons, born in Nashville, Tennessee Dec. 17, 1902.
6. - Dora Brew, born in Nashville, Tennessee J[?]n. 17, 1905
7. - Charles Driscoll, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Dec 15, 1906.
4. - Dora Quinlan, married Harry J. Grimes, of County Mayo, Ireland, at Nashville,
Tennessee,
Sept. 25, 1893
Children (GRIMES)-
1. - Catharine, born in Nashville, Tennessee, July 11, 1894
2. - Harry Joseph, born in Nashville, Tennessee, July 16, 1896.
3. - Dorothy Quinlan, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Jan 10, 1900.
4. - James Brew, born in Nashville, Tennessee, April 14, 1902.
5. - Thomas Aloysius and Charles Driscoll (twins), born Feb. 23, 1907
5. - James Quinlan married Lillian Vance Davidson, of Nashville, Tennessee, April 27, 1908.
Children (BREW).
1. - James William, born March 22, 1906.
6. - Thomas Moore
7. - Thaddeus A., married Madeline Teresa Ottenville Nov. 24, 1902,
Children (BREW).
James Eugene, born April 9, 1904.
8. - Delia S.,
9. - Louisa, died at Nashville, Tennessee, April 20, 1882
10. - William, died at Nashville, Tennessee, March 12, 1883.
11.- Charles Driscoll, born in Nashville, Tennessee, February 7, 1884, died at Rome, Italy,
December
2, 1906,
10. - Thaddeus, died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Nov. 18, 1873.
III. - CATHARINE married Mr. Maloney (no children).
IV. - THADDEUS born Dysert; [on original Dysert is scratched out, Kilrush hand written
in] Co. Clare, Ireland, Feb. 22, 1786; [27 written over 22], married Mary Curtin
at Dysert, County Clare, Ireland, Feb. 22, 1811; emigrated to America with his family June 7, 1831,
died in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania., May 17, l875, she died in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1881; both
buried in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Children (BREW).
1. - Mary, born near Dysert, Ireland, January 5, 1812; married William Hamilton, of
Clearfield Pennsylvania, Nov 12, 1832; died in
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Aug 31, 1901.
Children (HAMILTON).
l.-James, born in Clearfield Pennsylvania, Sept. 4, 1835; married Rebecca Smith of Driftwood,
Pennsylvania, June 26, 1881 he died at Driftwood, Pennslyvania, Jan. 10, 1892, (no children)
2.- Thaddeus R., born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, Feb, 17, 1836; married Annie Quinn of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dec. 23, 1875.
Children (HAMILTON).
1. - Joseph Clarence born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7, 1876
2. - Mary Agnes, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Jan 27, 1878
3. - Thomas Brew, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1879
3. - Thomas Brew, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1838; married Irene McCracken of
Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 1865.
He served in the U.S. Army during War of Rebellion (no children)
2. - Anna [illegible.." died ... 1822 in Ireland" Handwritten]
3. - Thomas, born at Dysert, Ireland, --, 1814; died in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Aug 22, 1839.
4. - Catharine, born May -, 1816, at Kilrush, Ireland; married Joseph Schnell, (born in
Strasburg, France), of Frenchville, Pennsylvania,
April 16, 1834; she died Sept. 19, 1879; he died March 22, 1880; Both died in Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania
Children (SCHNELL).
1. - Thaddeus Michael, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania Married Emma Baldwin, of Elmira,
N.Y.
2. - Augustus Thomas, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania Served in the U.S. Army during War of
Rebellion
3. - Andrew Curtin, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania Married Alice Harkins of Columbia,
Pennsylvania, Dec.
23, 1863.
Children (SCHNELL).
1. Joseph {illegible}, born in Erie, Pennsylvania Dec. 25, 1864.
2.- Andrew Curtin, born at Junction City, Kansas, June [year?], died in Denver,
Colorado, August 1900.
3. - Alice C, born at Junction City, Kansas, Aug. 1869.
4. - Anson C., born at Junction City, Kansas, March 1871.
5. - Kate born at Junction City, Kansas, April 1882.
4. - Joseph, Married Mary Blois, of Savannah, Georgia, May 25 1875; he served in the U.S. Army
during War of Rebellion
Children (SCHNELL).
1.- Joseph Percy, born in Binghamton, New York, Feb. 27, 1875, died same date.
2.- Catherine Helen, born in Binghamton, New York, Feb. 13, 1877.
3.- Joseph Emund [Edmund ?], born in Binghamton, New York, Sept. 15, 1879, died Nov. 19,
1880.
5. - Mary Ellen, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania Dec. 13, 1841.
6. - Roland, born in Milesburg, Died Sept., 1853.
7. - James F, married Mary A. Hurley, of Junction City, Kansas, June 19, 1882; he served in
the U.S. Army during War
of the Rebellion
Children (SCHNELL)
1. - Katie E. born in Junction City, Kansas, Nov. 12, 1883
2.- Lillie, born in Junction City, Kansas, March 10, 1885; died March 15, 1885
3. - Joseph F, born in Junction City, Kansas, ? March 12, 1886
4. - William A., born In Junction City, Kansas, Jan. 5, 1888, died March 2, 1888
8. - Eliza Josephine, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania November 2, 1848
9. - Jeanette, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania July 19, 1850, died Aug. 27, 1853
10. - Hugh C., born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania Feb. 22, 1853, died June 13, 1854
11. - Katharine, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania{ } married Frank A. Schnell, of C1eveland, Ohio,
Oct. 2, 1890
Children (SCHNELL)
1. - Joseph Victor, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1891
2. - Marie Jeanette, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1892 died Oct. 1907 at Des
Moines, Iowa.
5. - Honorah, born at Derry Crusane, Clear [Clare?] County, Ireland Sept. 19, 1819;
married Bernard McClain of Sinking Valley, Pennsylvania, He died Jan. 3, 1859, at Farm School, (now
State College) Pennsylvania
Children (MCCLAIN)
1. - Austin M., born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1847; married Mary E. Beileau, of
Milesburg, Pennsylvania Dec. 15, 1871; he died at Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Jan. 7, 1906, buried at
Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Children (MCCLAIN)
1. - Edwin P., born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 1, 1873; married Josephine D. Scribner, of
Ridgway, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1908
Children (MCCLAIN)
1. - Henry Paul
2. - George A., born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, Feb 15, 1874; married Margaret M. Grimes, of Troy,
Pennsylvania, June 6, 1906
Children (MCCLAIN)
1. - John Ambrose, born July 25, 1908
3. - Thaddeus Brew, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10, 1876.
4. - Roland B., born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1879; married Mary B. Clawson of
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12, 1905
Children (MCCLAIN)
1. - Austin Vale, born
5. - Austin M., born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, Feb 15, 1882; married Grace E. McCreight Feb. 15,
1908
2. - Thomas, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19, 1848; died at State College,
Pennsylvania, Dec. 18, 1858
3. - James A., born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Sept. 30, 1849; married Mary A. Brown, of Altoona,
Pennsylvania March 30, 1873; she died
Dec. 16, 1902; in New York City; buried in Altoona, Pennsylvania; He married Emma Elvira Spangler
of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Nov. 11, 1908
Children (MCCLAIN)
1. - Thomas Brew, born in Julian, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9, 1874; married Norma Geiger, of Reading,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 18, 1908
2. - Richard, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, June, 1883; died at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Dec. 18,
1889 [out of sequence, also contradicts birth date of Ralph below ??]
3. - Mary Brown, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 1877; married Harvey S. Lingle of Patton,
Pennsylvania, June 26, 1901
Children (LINGLE)
1. - Richard McClain born in Patton, Pennsylvania May 16, 1902, died Feb 1, 1903, buried in Patton,
Pennsylvania
2. - Mary Harvey born in Patton, Pennsylvania Feb. 22, 1904
3. - Joseph Campbell, born March 16, 1907
4. - Nancy Campbell, born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23, 1879
5. - James A., born in Snowshoe, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1881; died August 22, 1907 at Rutland,
Vermont; buried in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
6. - Ralph, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2, 1883; died at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Dec. 18,
1887
7. - Joseph Curtin., born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania,Oct. 22, 1884; died at El Paso, Tex., Dec.
16, 1904, buried in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
4. - Mary Matilda, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1851; died at Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania, about 1864
5. - Ellie, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1853; died at Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania, Feb. 1, 1908
6. - Francis, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1855.
7. - Honoria Odilie, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29, 1857, died in New York, N. Y., Aug.
2, 1889
8. - Bernard, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, March28, 1859; died in Hecla (near Greensburg),
Pennsylvania, May 16, 1908.
6. - Bridget Agnes, born at Kilrush,{County Clare,} Ireland Oct., 1818; married Luke Nolan
of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Dec. 25, 1833; He died at Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 28, 1868, aged 55
years; she died in Washington, D.C.,July 31, 1904, Buried in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Children (NOLAN)
1. - Thomas Brew, born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Oct. 9, 1841; married Angeline McCullough, of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14, 1880. [note that this Thomas Brew
Nolan (or his son) is most likely
the author of this document]
Children (NOLAN)
1. - Thomas Brew, born in Washington, D.C., Aug. 29, 1884.
2. - Charles Austin, born in Washington, D.C., June 26, 1887, died in New Brighton,
Pennsylvania,
Aug. 24, 1889, buried in
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
2. - Mary Ann, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2, 1843; died in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, Jan. 28,
1874, buried in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
3. - Austin Luke, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1846; died near Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Dec.
23, 1870 buried in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
4. - John Patrick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nov. 1, 1848; died in Vineland, N.J., May 8,
1900 buried in Vineland, N.J.
7. - Stephen Austin, born at Derry Crusane, [County Clare], Ireland, Dec. 24, 1822;
married Margaret Thomas of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6, 1847. She died Nov. 30, 1855, at
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania; he then married Catherine Patten of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11, 1869; she died
in New York City, March 27, 1903, he died July 14, 1892; all buried in Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania
Children by first wife (BREW)
1. - Constance Curtin, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1849; married Mary A. Willits of
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, May 27, 187[?]; he died at Toledo, Ohio 1904.
Children (BREW)
1. Florence Margaret, born ; married William Chapman at Toledo, Ohio
2. - George Thomas, born in Unionville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 1852; married Katherine Jackson of
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 1887.
Children (BREW)
1. James, born in Oakland, Maryland, March 1, 1902.
3. Henry Clay, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Sept. 6, 1854; married Josephine R. Kline of
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1877
Children (BREW)
1. - Lucetta Kline, born in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, Sept. 30, 1876; married Albert
[F?]owler Riley
of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Jan. 12, 1904, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Children (RILEY)
1. - Elizabeth Brew, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania Dec. 6, 1904
[handwritten near this entry: 2. Rebecca Kline Riley]
2. - Austin Daniel , born in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24, 1879; died Oct. 14, 1905
in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, buried in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
4. - Minnie Thomas, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Nov. 27, 1858; married Henry Eslig Fenlon of
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24, 1900.
Children by second wife (BREW)
1. -William Patton, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Jan. 30, 1870; married Mary Schoening of
Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20, 1893
Children (BREW)
1. - Lucy Katherine, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1898
2. - Stephen Austin, born in New York, New York
2. - Thomas Hamilton born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, May 2{0?}, 1874; married Ellen Silliman of
Hazelton, Pennsylvania Oct. 2, 1907.
3. - Joseph Weightman, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 1877; died in Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania,
Oct. 10, 1880.
8. - Ellen, born at Derry Crusane, { County Clare }, Ireland, married Micheal Kelly of
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania he died May 22, 1873,
aged 64 years, she died ----, 1904 aged {illegible years}Both buried in Dodgeville, Wis.
Children (KELLY)
{ much of this is illegible}
1. - Thomas ---- died in 1873
2. - Mary, ------, married Mr. Cocain, he died about {illegible}
Children (COCAIN)
1. - {Ida ?}, born in {Burlington ?}, Iowa, died Jan. 3, 1900, aged 21 years.
2. - (A son) -------- died about 1895
3. - Eliza, -------, married Mr. James McGraw
4. - Margaret,------, married Mr, Darbysire, she died Jan. 23, 1906
5. - Mattie, ------, married Mr. Weller
6. - T----- B------
7. - E----- J------