Thomas Edward Brents, I

1867 - 1929  (62 years)

• Name	Thomas Edward Brents
  Suffix	I
  Birth	31 Oct 1867	Lewisburg, Marshall Co. Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Moved	1870	Dexter, Texas
  Moved	1887	Marietta, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
  Nickname	Ed
  _UID	756DCD76B3D7D611BE2600A00C46E3F44353
  Death	10 Nov 1929	Ada, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I22580	sorrells
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2002

  
  

  Father	Thomas Elias Brents, Dr.,   b. 11 Jun 1846, Lewisburg, Marshall Co, Tennessee d. 13 Dec 1934, Ada, Oklahoma (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Orpha L. 'Opi' Prosser,   b. 15 Sep 1845, Lewisburg, Tennessee d. 14 Feb 1929, Ada, Oklahoma (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1865
  Family ID	F8314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Emelia Ferguson,   b. 17 Sep 1869, Georgia d. 31 Mar 1946, Ada, Oklahoma (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1887
  Children	1. Lula Belle Brents,   b. 7 Apr 1890   d. 1959 (Age 68 years)   2. Max Roy Brents,   b. 22 Aug 1892, Oklahoma d. 1975, El Centro, CA (Age 82 years)   3. Maude Johnson Brents,   b. 1 Jul 1896   d. 1971, Wolfe City, TX or OK City (Age 74 years)   4. Carlos Elias Brents,   b. 9 Nov 1897   d. 3 Jun 1945, Dallas, Texas (Age 47 years)   5. Thomas Edward Brents, II,   b. 9 Jan 1900, Pauls Valley, Indian Territory d. 25 May 2002, Ft. Worth, TX (Age 102 years)
  Family ID	F8315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Ed Brents was educated around Dexter and Whitewright, Texas. At the age of seventeen he joined cattle drives up the Chisholm Trail from Texas to Kansas. At the age of 19 he was a Deputy Sheriff. The main interest of his life was law enforcement. During his lifetime he was a Registered Pharmacist---was appointed Deputy United Stated Marshall at Ada, Indian Territory in 1902.--- Chief Special Officer in the Indian Service, working under the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C.---and finally, Prohibition Director for the State of Oklahoma, in which position he served until the time of his death. He was licensed to practice law in many States as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a Mason and a Shriner. He was known as "The Dry Raider of Ada", having destroyed over eight hundred whisky stills.