West Central in Fort Wayne in Allen County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Samuel Brenton Home
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2024
1. The Samuel Brenton Home Marker
Inscription.
The Samuel Brenton Home. . Fort Wayne's first Republican congressman, Samuel S. Brenton, was a Methodist minister who vigorously opposed the expansion of slavery into the new western territories. Born in 1810 in Kentucky, Brenton was an ordained Methodist minister by the age of twenty and served as a circuit rider in southern Indiana. He later studied law and was elected to the Indiana State Legislature. From 1846 until his death in 1857, he served as pastor of the Berry Street Methodist Episcopal Church, presiding elder of the Fort Wayne District, organizing minister of the Wayne Street Church and President of the Fort Wayne College. He was appointed Registrar of the United States Land Office in 1849 and was elected to Congress in 1851, 1854, and 1856. , Brenton purchased this lot during his first term in Congress and built the home before 1855. , [Caption] Samuel Brenton, painted by Joseph H. Dille, 1868, probably copied from an ambrotype. (Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society)
Fort Wayne's first Republican congressman, Samuel S. Brenton, was a Methodist minister who vigorously opposed the expansion of slavery into the new western territories. Born in 1810 in Kentucky, Brenton was an ordained Methodist minister by the age of twenty and served as a circuit rider in southern Indiana. He later studied law and was elected to the Indiana State Legislature. From 1846 until his death in 1857, he served as pastor of the Berry Street Methodist Episcopal Church, presiding elder of the Fort Wayne District, organizing minister of the Wayne Street Church and President of the Fort Wayne College. He was appointed Registrar of the United States Land Office in 1849 and was elected to Congress in 1851, 1854, and 1856.
Brenton purchased this lot during his first term in Congress and built the home before 1855.
[Caption] Samuel Brenton, painted by Joseph H. Dille, 1868, probably copied from an ambrotype. (Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society)
85° 8.997′ W. Marker is in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Allen County. It is in West Central. It is at the intersection of West Wayne Street and Van Buren Street, on the left when traveling east on West Wayne Street. Wayne Street is one-way eastbound. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 802 W Wayne St, Fort Wayne IN 46802, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
A paralytic stroke in 1848 compelled him to leave the ministry.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 314 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
