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Brunswick Distinguished CitizenDistinguished Citizen 1976

Charles Fenton Wenner 1825 – 1882, DC 1976 Spouse: Mary Josephine Davis Father: Charles Malcolm Wenner Mother: Edna Virginia Garret Birth: 10 Feb 1890 Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Death: 7 Nov 1957 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA Residence: 1942 Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA

From Brunswick: 100 Year of Memories (1990) Wenner, Charles Fenton (1825-1882) Honored 1976 Charles F. Wener settled in Berlin in 1853. He built a grain mill on the C&O Canal soon afterward and prospered; by 1873 he owned some 550 acres of farmland in the area including “Wheatland,” “Locust Grove,” “Graham Farm,” and “Sycamore Farm.” He also owned Samples Manor Farm in Washington County, according to ledgers from the old mill. Postmaster in Berlin (Barry Post Office) from January 16, 1854, until June 15, 1855, he later served in the Maryland Legislature from 1868 until 1870. He was considered a ‘moving spirit’ in the old town of Berlin.