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Horatius Brewster was the son of Dr. Joseph and Lucinda Brewster. The records of the Presbyterian Church of Greenwich contain the following item, viz.: "Baptized May 18, 1788, Horatius, son of Dr. Joseph Brewster." The latter had several children, one of whom was the father of Attorney-General Benjamin H. Brewster, of President Arthur�s cabinet.
Horatius, after enjoying the educational advantages of his day, began the study of medicine in the office of his father. After finishing his course with credit to himself, he returned to Deerfield, the residence of his father, and became associated with him in the practice of medicine. At the breaking out of that peculiar type of "fever" already referred to, the two Drs. Brewster were called upon to attend many cases of that almost malignant disease. And it is related that both the father and son, while in the discharge of their professional duties, contacted this disease and died. No less than six of the physicians of Cumberland County were carried to the grave by this nondescript "fever." There is no profession, which furnishes such striking instances of disinterested self-sacrificing philanthropy.
