Alexander W. Brewster (5 June 1796 – 6 May 1851) was a prominent merchant and manufacturer, as well as a politician and educator in Erie, Pennsylvania.
He taught at the Grubb Schoolhouse in Mill Creek, Pennsylvania, in 1818.
[3] He served as sheriff of Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1828 to 1831.
[5] He was the first person buried at Erie Cemetery, a graveyard he helped organize.
[6] The Brewster Home, on East 5th Street between Holland and French Streets in Erie, was originally built in 1823 and restored by Erie Insurance in 1984.