Francis Celestino Brent

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Francis Celestino Brent
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Born May 12, 1848
Pensacola
Died April 13, 1914
Pensacola
Occupation Banker, lumber baron
Religion Catholic
Spouse Mary Ella Shuttleworth
Parents Thomas W. and Mercedes Brent
Children Isabella Eugenia Brent
Catherine Mercedes Brent
Thomas William Brent (II)
Mary Ella Brent (II)
Celestine Angela Brent
Francis Celestino Brent Jr.
Daniel Carroll Brent
Cora Emily Brent
George Shuttleworth Brent
Genevieve Anna Brent
Robert Innnocent Brent
William Louis Brent
Frances Louise Brent

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 American 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 Ship Island off the coast of Mississippi. However, Brent was parolled at Vicksburg in May of 1865 and made his way back to Pensacola.

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 Principality of Pensacola in at least 1885[1]

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