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Robert James Brent

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Territory, United States
Death: February 04, 1872 (60)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rep. William Leigh Brent, (R-LA) and Maria Brent
Husband of Matilda Hoffman Brent
Father of Emma Fenwick Brent; Mary Hoke Keyser; Ida Shreve Brent; Leila Lawrence Hunt; Laura Brent and 3 others
Brother of James Fenwick Brent; Henrietta Brent; William Leigh Brent; Sarah Anne Bodfish; Edward Cole Watkins Brent and 4 others

Occupation: Lawyer, last Maryland Attorney General before the 1851 Constitution
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About Robert James Brent

Robert James Brent (1811-1872) married Matilda Lawrence of Hagerstown, Maryland. He practiced law in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. and was the last Attorney General under the Maryland constitution replaced in 1851 (his father William Leigh Brent helped to legislate himself out of what had been a lifetime office).

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From The Alexandria (VA) Gazette, of Monday, Feb. 5, 1872:

Robert J. Brent, Esq., one of the most prominent members of the Baltimore bar, died at his residence in that city yesterday morning. He had been a great sufferer from a complication of diseases for many years.

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From The Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser of Monday, Feb. 5, 1872

Sunday, Feb. 4, Robert J. Brent, Esq., eldest son of the late William Leigh and Maria Fenwick Brent, in the 61st year of his age.

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From The (Columbia SC) Daily Phoenix of Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1872:

Baltimore, Feb. 5 - All the courts are closed, in respect to Robert J. Brent's death.

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Robert James Brent's Timeline

1811
May 12, 1811
Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Territory, United States
1836
1836
Maryland, United States
1837
1837
1840
1840
Maryland, United States
1842
1842
Maryland, United States
1844
1844
Louisiana, United States
1845
February 2, 1845
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States
1848
1848
Maryland, United States
1852
1852
Maryland, United States