of Bath, England · documented from the public record
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Humphries Brewer 1818 – 1867
Humphries Brewer⚭ Julia Orton
childrenMary Humphries Brewer
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History of Monona County, Iowa.
Born at Bath, England Feb 29, 1818.
Educated at London.
Civil engineer.
Won the prize for and built the bridge across the Danube uniting Buda and Pesth, Hungary.
Credited as author of the Thames tunnel at London.
Came to America 1849.
President and manager of the Folbrook Coal Mines, where he died Dec 25, 1867.
Married in London Feb 18, 1846 to Julia Orton.
Father of seven children.
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