Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 324
EDWARD J. BRENT, the General Manager of the Muscatine Manufacturing Company, and of which he was one of the original proprietors, is a native of Lee County, Ill., and was born May 7, 1850. His parents, the Rev.R. W. H. and C. E. ( Miller ) Brent, were Virginians, and settled in Illinois in 1841. They emigrated from Illinois to Muscatine, Iowa in 1852, and their sketch is given on another page of this work. Our subject was reared in Muscatine, and was educated in the city schools and at the Northwestern University of Evanston, Ill. He was assistant to his father in the Muscatine post-office for a few years, and in 1871, formed a partnership with B. H. Eversmeyer in the insurance business, under the firm name of Brent & Eversmeyer's Insurance Agency. which business he carried on successfully until 1873, when he engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, and blinds with his brothers. In 1885 the business was incorporated under the name of the Muscatine Manufacturing Company, with Mr. Brent as Manager. A sketch of their company will be found on another page of this work.

On the 5th of July, 1882, at Litchfield, Ill., Mr. Brent was united in marriage to Miss Fannie E. Grinsted, daughter of Dr. John Grinsted and a native of Macoupin County, Ill. Mr. Brent is recognized as an enterprising, energetic business man, who has been instrumental in building up one of the important industries of Muscatine, and who has aided greatly in advancing her manufacturing and commercial interests.

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