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Silas W Brewster Abolitionist Merchant of Hannibal
Silas W Brewster an early Hannibal merchant and abolitionist descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims built a thriving 1836 dry goods store with George Deming. He helped fugitives via the Underground Railroad, served as a deacon and elder, and his family home and store anchored Hannibal life until his death in 1882.
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Silas W. Brewster
William Brewster
England
Cape Cod
New Plymouth Church
Mexico
Elias and
Lucretia Brewster
Silas
Ransom Goss Williams
Colosse
Brewster
Judge Elias Brewster
Sardius Brewster
Lucretia
James Caleb Jackson
Oswego County
State Anti-slavery Society
James
Garret Smith
Peterboro
Elias Brewster
George Deming
Hannibal Village
Cook’s Manufacturing Jewelers
Mr. Brewster
Hannibal
Cayuga Street
Robert Simmons
Hannibal Congregational Church
Hannibal Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Underground Railroad
Canada
Freedom
William H. Wiggins
Grace Hawkins
Dillon F. Acker
Acker
Jack the Giant Killer
Bluebeard
Cinderella
Jerry
Alvan Worster
Silas Brewster
Elias Walden
James Birney
Wadsworth Jackson Brewster
Colorado
Wadsworth Jackson
S.W. Brewster