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Mrs. Brent Will
Mark 99th Birthday
Mrs. Louise E. J&ckson Brent, the first known Negro public school teacher in this section, will celebrate her 99th birthday Saturday. ^Mrs. Brent lived with her daughterin-law, Mrs. Mattie Brent, near Amissville. She was born November 14, 1865, the youngest in a family of 11 children. Her parents had formerly been slaves of the Amiss family after whom Amissville was named. Mrs. Brent was reared and educated in Alexandria and returned to Rappahannock Co. in 1882, a girl of 17. She settled in the Viewtown community to teach the first known public Negro school which was located near where Barron’s Store now stands. In 1883 she married the late James E. Brent and from this marriage were born nine children, three of whom died at an early age. Of the remain ing six who attained adulthood, there are now three living sons, Alton and George Brent of Washington, D. C. and Spencer Brent who lives in Rochester, N.Y. Deceased are Henry Brent, Berniece Brent Brown and Clarence Brent. Her husband died about 30 years ago. Mrs. Brent has 12 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchil* dren.
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