The Brewer, Willet, and Stout families are interwoven. All three lived in Chatham County in the early 1800s. Branches of these three families moved to Alexander and Iredell County together in the 1860s. Many members of the Willet family remain in those two counties today.
Varina Eloise Willet Rhyne (1924-2014) was the great granddaughter of John C. Willet and Sarah Ann Stout. She was a member of the third generation born after the migration from Chatham County.
Jay Van Gussie Dolly Willet (1900-1993), son of Daniel Henry Willet and Margaret Elizabeth Kerley Willet. Jay Van was the nephew of Mary Elizabeth Willet who married Jerry Milton Lee Brewer. Below is Jay in his more senior years and then in his younger years.
Varina Eloise Willet Rhyne (1924-2014) was the great granddaughter of John C. Willet and Sarah Ann Stout. She was a member of the third generation born after the migration from Chatham County.
Jay Van Gussie Dolly Willet (1900-1993), son of Daniel Henry Willet and Margaret Elizabeth Kerley Willet. Jay Van was the nephew of Mary Elizabeth Willet who married Jerry Milton Lee Brewer. Below is Jay in his more senior years and then in his younger years.
Daniel Henry (1866-1944) and Margaret "Maggie" Kerley Willet (1860-1939) married in 1890. Daniel was the brother
of Mary Elizabeth Willet who married Jerry Lee Brewer. Daniel's and
Margaret's photo is below.
Jerry's father, Wiley Brewer, and Mary Elizabeth's father,
John C. Willet, both served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
Both were taken as prisoners of war. John survived the war, but Wiley
died in a Union POW camp.
