Caleb Bentley

The Madison House in Brookeville was originally owned by Caleb Bentley. The house provided refuge for President James Madison, on August 26, 1814, after the British burned Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812.

Caleb Bentley (1762–1851) was an American silversmith, shopkeeper, and first postmaster in Brookeville, Maryland. Bentley was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1762.[1]

  1. ^ Farquhar, Roger Brooke (1952). Old Homes and History of Montgomery County, Maryland. Judd & Detweiler, Inc. pp. 207–208.

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