Editing Francis Celestino Brent

{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name   =Francis Celestino Brent
| image_name     =FCBrent-2.jpg
| image_size     =225px
| image_caption  =
| date_of_birth  =[[May 12]], [[1848]]
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
| date_of_death  =[[April 13]], [[1914]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation     =Banker, lumber baron
| religion       =[[:Category:Catholics|Catholic]]
| spouse         =[[Mary Ella Brent|Mary Ella Shuttleworth]]
| parents        =[[Thomas William Brent|Thomas W.]] and [[Mercedes Gonzalez Brent|Mercedes Brent]]
| children       =Isabella Eugenia Brent<br/>Catherine Mercedes Brent<br/>Thomas William Brent (II)<br/>Mary Ella Brent (II)<br/>Celestine Angela Brent<br/>Francis Celestino Brent Jr.<br/>Daniel Carroll Brent<br/>Cora Emily Brent<br/>George Shuttleworth Brent<br/>Genevieve Anna Brent<br/>Robert Innnocent Brent<br/>William Louis Brent<br/>Frances Louise Brent
| signature      = FCbrent-sig.png
| signaturesize  = 170px
}}
'''Francis Celestino Brent''' was a prominent citizen of Pensacola in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Brent was born in Pensacola on [[May 12]], [[1848]].  When Brent was sixteen years of age the [[Civil War]] broke out, and despite his age, Brent managed to enlist in the Confederate Army.  Brent's father Thomas served as a captain in the Confederate Navy.  After about a year of service, the junior Brent was taken as a prisoner of War by the Union and incarcerated at [[Wikipedia:Ship Island (Mississippi)|Ship Island]] off the coast of Mississippi.  However, Brent was parolled at Vicksburg in May of [[1865]] and made his way back to Pensacola.

On [[July 9]], [[1872]], Brent married [[Mary Ella Brent|Mary Ella Shuttleworth]].  The two had twelve children.

In [[1876]], Brent together with [[L. P. Knowles]], established [[Knowles & Brent]], a banking organisation, which would later become [[F. C. Brent and Co.]].  In [[1892]], Brent purchased a controlling interest in the [[First National Bank]] and folded his organisation into it.  Brent also owned the [[Brent Lumber Company]] and an interest in the [[Cedar Creek Mill]] in [[Brewton]].  Brent's business interests varied;  in at least [[1885]] he was on the board of directors of the [[Citizens' Hotel Company]].

==Civic leadership==
Brent served on the Board of Commissioners of the Government of the Provisional Municipality of Pensacola in at least 1885<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/1885appendix.htm]</ref>

==Namesakes==
Francis Celestino Brent lends his name to the following:
*The [[Brent Building]], which was built for him
*The community of Brent/Brentwood, which occupies the area of an 840-acre farm Brent owned
*[[Brent Lane]], which was once a two-lane dirt road heading to Brent's house on the aforementioned farm

==Other images==
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Image:FCBrent.jpg
Image:FCBrent2.jpg
Image:Bankers.jpg|''F. C. Brent seated third from left''
Image:Deathcertbrent.jpg|Death certificate
Image:FCBrent-obit.jpg|''Pensacola Journal'' obituary
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Brent family|Brent, Francis Celestino]] [[Category:Bankers|Brent, Francis Celestino]] [[Category:Catholics|Brent, Francis Celestino]] [[Category:People buried in St. Michael's Cemetery|Brent, Francis Celestino]] [[Category:Street namesakes|Brent, Francis Celestino]]