Individual Details

George Brent

( - )

Events

Event1791Washington D.C

Families

FatherRobert Brent ( - 1780)
MotherAnn Carroll (1733 - 1804)
SiblingRobert Brent ( - )
SiblingWilliam Brent (1775 - 1848)

Notes

Event

George, in 1791, sold the sandstone quarry that had been in the Brent family since about 1650 to Pierre L'Enfant to quarry Aquia freestone for the public buildings, including the White House and the Capitol, in Washington City, then under development.