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 1850 - 1878 (28 years)
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| Name |
Richard M Brewer |
| Nickname |
Dick |
| Birth |
19 Feb 1850 |
Saint Alban's, Franklin, Vermont  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Cowboy, rancher, law man. He was working as a cattle foreman for cattleman John Tunstall, owner of one of the largest farms in Lincoln County, New Mexico. When is boss was murdered by rival cattlemen he was deputized to serve arrest warrants on his killers. He formed a posse that became known as "The Regulators". One of the other members of the posse was William Boney better known as Billy the Kid. |
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Dick Brewer playing cards with Billy the Kid.
Richard Brewer (left), Billy the Kid, Fred Waite and Henry Brown |
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Young Guns
The 1988 movie the "Young Guns" was a highly fictionalized story about the Regulators. Charlie Sheen played Brewer. |
| Death |
4 Apr 1878 |
Blazer's Mills, Lincoln, New Mexico |
- Brewer was killed by a Bison hunter by the name of "Buckshot Roberts", during the Gunfight of "Blazer's Mill", on April 4th, 1878. Five other Regulators were wounded during this battle. Buckshot Roberts was also shot and killed, either by a shot fired by George Coe, whose finger was shot off by Roberts, or Charlie Bowdre.[
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| Person ID |
I67853 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
3 Dec 2025 |
| Father |
Rensselaer Brewer, b. 5 Nov 1820 d. 6 Nov 1897, Wisconsin (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Phebe Honsinger, b. 20 Dec 1823, Grand Isle County, Vermont d. 30 Apr 1914, Richland, Rusk, Wisconsin (Age 90 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Marriage |
1 Dec 1845 |
Vermont |
| Family ID |
F21507 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Dick Brewer.
Dick Brewer. |
 | Richard M Brewer
When is boss was murdered by rival cattlemen he was deputized to serve arrest warrants on his killers. He formed a posse that became known as "The Regulators". One of the other members of the posse was William Boney better known as Billy the Kid. |
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