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F. C. 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 commander in the Union Navy but at the outset of the war resigned his commission, and was appointed to the same rank in the Confederate Navy, and served as such for the course of the war. Despite his young age, the junior Brent managed to enlist in the Confederate Army. After about a year of service, the junior Brent he was taken as a prisoner of War war by the Union and incarcerated at [[Wikipedia:Ship Island (Mississippi)|Ship Island]] off the coast of Mississippi. HoweverAfter his sentence, Brent was parolled paroled at Vicksburg in May of [[1865]] and made his way back to Pensacola.

In [[1876]], Brent together with [[L. P. Knowles]], established the [[Knowles & Brent]], a banking organisationbank, 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]].