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Abraham Watkins Venable

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Born: October 17, 1799

Birthplace: Springfield, Virginia

Father: Samuel Woodson Venable 1756 – 1821
(Buried: Sweet Springs Cemetery, Sweet Springs, West Virginia)​

Mother: Mary Scott Carrington 1758 – 1837
(Buried: College Church Cemetery, Hampden Sydney, Virginia)​

Wife: Isabella Alston Brown 1807 – 1876
(Buried: Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Bullock, North Carolina)​

Children:

Thomas Brown Venable 1824 – 1893​
(Buried: Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Bullock North Carolina)​
Captain Samuel Frederick Venable 1830 – 1903​
(Buried: Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, Asheville, North Carolina)​
Martha Venable Hamilton 1833 – 1877​
(Buried: Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Bullock, North Carolina)​
Isabella Brown "Belle" Venable Martin 1836 – 1904​
(Buried: New Dublin Presbyterian Church, Dublin, Virginia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:

1816: Graduated from Hampden–Sydney College​
Studied medicine for two years​
1819: Graduated from Princeton College​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Prince Edward and Mecklenburg Counties in Virginia​
Attorney in Granville County, North Carolina​
1847 – 1853: United States Congressman from North Carolina​
1847 – 1849: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee​
1849 – 1853: Member of House Judiciary Committee​
1852: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress​
1860: Breckinridge Democratic Party Presidential Elector​

Civil War Career:

1861–1862: North Carolina Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress
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As Congressman he was a good friend of the common soldier​
He introduced several bills and resolutions for soldier health and comfort.​
He opposed all taxation and executive interference in the election of company officers,​
He accepted the necessity of giving the central government whatever powers the administration requested.​
1862: Announced his intention to seek reelection but refused to campaign.​
Retired from Public life and soon as an Attorney in Granville County​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1876: Lived a retired life in Granville County, North Carolina​

Died:
February 24, 1876

Place of Death: Oxford, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Bullock, North Carolina
 
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