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<p>William Baker Wenner (1896-1959) Brunswick merchant and dairy farmer with son William Watkins (Billy) Wenner, who became a judge on Maryland&#039;s 2nd highest court from 1986 until his retirement in 2000. The elder Bill Wenner owned the last working farm...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Summary ==<br /> William Baker Wenner (1896-1959)<br /> <br /> Brunswick merchant and dairy farmer with son William Watkins (Billy) Wenner, who became a judge on Maryland&#039;s 2nd highest court from 1986 until his retirement in 2000.<br /> <br /> The elder Bill Wenner owned the last working farm in Brunswick on Wenner&#039;s Hill that was the last piece of 550 acres originally owned by his grandfather, the miller Charles Fenton Wenner.<br /> <br /> Farmed by Jim and later, his son Charlie &quot;Buckskin&quot; Eury, the dairy business there was a base for the City Meat Market in 2 downtown locations before it settling on the corner of W. Potomac Street &amp; Virginia Ave from 1930-1959.<br /> <br /> Mr. Wenner started in the grocery business on Maple Avenue (&quot;Wenner&#039;s Hill&quot;) in the 1920s across the street from Skeets Kline&#039;s or Stuffy&#039;s store. Both Wenner stores operated at the same time until his death in 1959. The store on the hill was kept in the family and operated until it was sold in the late 1960s.<br /> <br /> (Photo courtesy of the Judge William Wenner family)</div>

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