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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Daniel Gonzalez Brent
| image_name =Bankers.jpg
| image_size =225px
| image_caption =''D.G. Brent seated at far right''
| date_of_birth =[[April 17]], [[1842]]
| place_of_birth =Washington, D.C.
| parents =[[Thomas William Brent|Thomas W.]] and [[Mercedes Gonzalez Brent|Mercedes Brent]]
| children =
| signature = DGBrent-Signature.png| signaturesize = 260px
}}
'''Daniel Gonzalez Brent''' ([[1842]]-[[1918]]) was a member of the prominent [[Brent family]].
==Military service==
Prior to the Civil War, D. G. Brent served in the U.S. Army. He was promoted to corporal before being discharged.
==Life after the military==
After the end of the Civil War, Brent returned to the Gulf Coast area. In Mobile, Brent worked at the ''Times'' and ''Register'' newspapers. He later returned to Pensacola, where he took a job managing his brother [[F. C. Brent]]'s [[Brent Lumber Company]]. He later served as collector of customs at the [[Port of Pensacola]] and a banker at the Brent-controlled [[First National Bank of Pensacola]].
D. G. Brent died at his home in Pensacola on [[November 28]], [[1918]], of arteriosclerosis.
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==References==
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*[http://www.pnj.com/html/news/stmichaels/articles/brent.shtml Researching St. Michaels] project, Tiffany Goldhamer
*[http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/pensionfiles/getRecord.asp?fapplication=A06530&Surname=BRENT&given_names=Daniel%20Gonzales&application_year=1914&total_pages=%2014 Confederate pension application]
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