William H. BRENT
New.familysearch.org, Apr 2010
Ancestry Member Trees - Canupp Family Tree (owner:ermdmph)
1880 Census - Halifax, Halifax, NC, Dist 132, img 17
1860 Census - Eastern Division, Halifax, NC, img 13
NOTE: Could not read or write on the 1860 Census
Said to be part Indian.
He married Margaret E. Merritt 8 Feb 1857 at Halifax, North Carolina . Margaret E. Merritt was born at Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina 1839 daughter of Thomas Merritt and Elizabeth Blackburn .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Willoughby Brent
born 1857/58.
Anne E. Brent
born Abt 1859.
Martha Jinnie Brent
born Abt 1862.
Nannie Elenor Brent
born Jun 1863.
Olivia Lizzie Brent
born May 1866.
William H. Brent died 1910 at North Carolina .
Margaret E. Merritt died 26 Sep 1914 at Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina .