Agnes Sarah Bell Cabell Explained
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| Office: | First Lady of Virginia |
| Term Label: | Assumed role |
| Term Start: | December 7, 1805 |
| Term End: | December 1, 1808 |
| Governor: | William H. Cabell |
| Predecessor: | Margaret Lowther Page |
| Successor: | Elizabeth Monroe |
| Birth Name: | Agnes Sarah Bell Gamble |
| Birth Date: | August 22, 1783 |
| Birth Place: | Augusta County, Virginia]], U.S. |
| Death Date: | February 15, 1863 (aged 79) |
| Death Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Shockoe Hill Cemetery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse: | William H. Cabell |
| Children: | 7, including Edward and Henry |
| Party: | Democratic-Republican |
Agnes Sarah Bell Cabell (August 22, 1783 – February 15, 1863) was the First Lady of Virginia from 1805 to 1808 as the wife of the fourteenth governor, William H. Cabell.
Early life
Agnes was born on August 22, 1783, in Augusta County, Virginia.[1] Her father was Robert Gamble, who had served as a colonel during the American Revolutionary War.[2] She attended Parson Blair's Female Seminary in Richmond and resided at Gambles Hill.[3]
Cabell was a devout Presbyterian, and while in the role of First Lady, she was involved in charitable endeavors including visiting hospitals and charities to the poor.[4] Cabell was also highly involved in Richmond and Washington society.
Marriage
On March 11, 1805, she married Cabell, the then governor-elect of Virginia.[5] [6] Their children included:[7]
- Emma Catherine Cabell Carrington (1808–1887)
- Robert Gamble Cabell (1809–1889)
- Elizabeth Hannah Cabell Daniel (1811–1892)
- William Wirt Cabell (1813–1891)
- Edward Carrington Cabell (1816–1896), who moved to Florida and served in its legislature, as well as the U.S. Congress.[8]
- John Grattan Cabell (1817–1896)
In 1840, the Cabell household comprised seven free white persons and ten slaves (2 adult men, 4 boys under age 10, and 4 adult women).[9]
Death and legacy
Cabell died in 1863 aged 79. She is interred at Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond.
Descendants
Cabell's grandsons included James Alston Cabell, Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge of Virginia, and Isaac Carrington, provost marshal for the city of Richmond during the American Civil War. Her granddaughter was Katherine Hamilton Claiborne, President of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Her great-grandsons included American novelist James Branch Cabell and 49th Governor of Maryland Albert Cabell Ritchie.[10] [11] [12]
Notes and References
- Book: MacKenzie, George Norbury . Colonial Families of the United States of America: In which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775 . 1917 . Grafton Press . en.
- Web site: Deal . John G. . William H. Cabell (1772–1853) . 2024-05-10 . Encyclopedia Virginia . en-US.
- Book: Munford, George Wythe . The Two Parsons: Cupid's Sports; The Dream; and The Jewels of Virginia . 1884 . J.D.K. Sleight . en.
- News: February 18, 1863 . Obituary - Mrs. A.S.B. Cabell . Richmond Whig.
- Web site: 2022-06-10 . Midway . 2024-05-10 . The Cabell Family Society, Inc. . en-US.
- Book: Brown, Alexander . The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy . 1895 . Houghton, Mifflin & Company . en.
- Book: Burke, Arthur Meredyth . The Prominent Families of the United States of America . 1908 . Sackville Press, Limited . en.
- Book: Johnson . Rossiter . The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans . Brown . John Howard . 1904 . Biographical Society . en.
- 1840 U.S. Federal census for Richmond, Virginia.
- Book: Virkus . Frederick Adams . The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America . Marquis . Albert Nelson . 1925 . A.N. Marquis . en.
- Book: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution . 1903 . Daughters of the American Revolution . en.
- Book: Kennedy, Mary Selden . Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families . 1911 . Frank Allaben Genealogical Company . en.
