Joseph D. Mcconnell, first preacher at Brewer Church and school building combined.

The land where the Brewer School was located was donated by the Brewer family to be used for a church and school.

Bro. Joseph D. McConnell was for many years the minister.

Along side the schoolhouse was a graveyard that was used for many years by people of that community.

The building was destroyed by fire and a new one was built soon after.

Some of the teachers who taught there were

John Sims, Mary Wood, Thettie Fogg, Anna Pogers, Fannie Mullikin, Elizabeth Dodson,

Walter Shepherd, Mildred McConnell, Maye Neal, Ida Woodward, Mary Linville, Hazel Clark and J. Thaxter Sims.

The school got its drinking water from a spring in the hollow below the schoolhouse on the farm now owned by Mrs. Cecil Sims.

There were no toilets of any kind while I was a student there.

We had one water bucket with one dipper for all students to drink from.

In later years the county furnished a water cooler and each student furnished his own drinking cup.

Going to the spring to get the drinking water was one of the most enjoyable events of the day.

This was done by two of the largest boys and girls.

When the weather began to get cool in the fall of the year the teacher would

take the entire school to gather kindling and fire wood, also an event that was enjoyed by the entire school.

Brewer was one of the first schools to be discontinued and students transferred to the new school building in Mt. Olivet.

The County Board of Education sold the building and lot to Mrs. J. E. Stemler of Cincinnati

and she sold it to J. G. Adamson, the present owner. Information by Mary Walker.

In July 1971 the Robertson Co. Review printed four special editions of the paper for the Mt. Olivet Centennial.

this picture and information come from~ Issue #4 headline:"Why the Name Deming High School".

Articles on: History of Robertson Co., Schools, area churches, local Civil War soldiers, Doctors, and ect.

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