City: Newbern
BREWER, John Doddridge, physician and surgeon; born Carroll Co., Miss. Jan. 10, 1878; son of Ratcliffe R. and May (McEachern) BREWER; Scotch-Irish descent; educated common schools Miss.; graduate University of Nashville Grisham May 3, 1905; member Masons, I. O. O. F. K of P., W. O. W., Maccabees, Newbern, Dyer Co. Med. Society, Tri-State, Tenn., State and A. M. A., Corporal Co. F 2d Miss. Volunteers, Spanish-American war; began practice of medicine 1901 in Water Valley, Miss; removed to Newbern in 1903; member Methodist church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
