Theodorus Washington Brevard, Sr.

Theodore (or Theodorus) Washington Brevard (9/24/1804 – 1877) graduated from South Carolina College and began practicing law in Columbia. He married his sister-in-law, Keziah’s younger sister Caroline, in 1826. In their short marriage they had two sons, both of whom died young. Caroline died soon after the birth of her second son in 1828. Three years later Theodore married again, this time to Caroline Mays of Edgefield, SC. In 1833 they moved to Alabama, and then to Florida where he served as state comptroller from 1855 – 1860. Brevard County, Florida, established in 1855, is named in Theodore’s honor. Cape Canaveral and the cities of Titusville, Melbourne and Palm Bay are located in Brevard County.