John Cabell M.D. (abt. 1823 - abt. 1897)

Born about 24 Mar 1823 in Danville, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha C (Wilson) Cabell — married 19 Jun 1847 (to 15 Jul 1859) in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Husband of Catharine (Witcher) Cabell — married 13 Jun 1876 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 27 Aug 1897 at about age 74 in Danville, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Captain John Cabell M.D. served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry

John was born about 1823. John Cabell ... He passed away about 1897. ^[1]

The Findagrave page for John Roy Cabell, M.D. gives his lifespan, and notes father General Benjamin W.S. Cabell(a veteran of the War of 1812). Also stated is that Dr. Cabell was murdered by a tenant on his farm in Callands, Danville, in 1897.

The FamilySearch profile for Dr. Cabell shows first wife as Martha Cunningham Wilson (1823-1859), and marriage as 19 June 1847.

FamilySearch database shows Dr. Cabell in 1850 census of Pittsylvania, Virginia, in his father's home. Wife Martha in the home as well as their first child, Ann E. Cabell.

The 1850 record listed occupation as Physician, as did the 1860 census for northern Pittsylvania, which showed widowed Dr. Cabell with these children of Martha's:

1. Ann E. Cabell 1849
2. William C. " 1851
3. Mary W. " 1853
4. Nathaniel W 1855
5. John R. 1859

Dr. Cabell would join the CSA in the Civil War in 1861, rank of Captain, with the 38th Virginia Infantry, Company B. He was the man who organized Company B, and served as commander until forced to resign due to health reasons and necessity of caring for his children after his wife's death.

1870 record not discovered, but in 1880 in Callands, Pittsylvania, Dr. Cabell is shown with his second wife, Catherine F. Witcher, and two children from marriage to first wife Martha: John R. (est 1860) and Martha (likely Mary; est 1855).

Catherine passed away on February 10, 1887 in Pittsylvania.

At University o Virginia 1848-1850, graduated M.D.

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by William Lynch, Thursday, October 9, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #7415712 for Dr. John Roy Cabell, M.D.]
• FamilySearch profile for Dr. John Roy Cabell, M. D.
• Virginia marriage record, JOHN R. CABELL, MARTHA C. WILSON, 19 JUNE, 1847, Pittsylvania, Virginia
• 1850 census FamilySearch database, Pittsylvania, Virginia, JOHN R. CABBELL(sic)
• 1860 census North District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, page 92, JOHN R. CABBELL(sic)
• Virginia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, JOHN ROY CABELL, Thirty-eighth Infantry, Pittsylvania Regiment
• United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, JOHN ROY CABELL, Captain, Company B, 38th Regiment, Pittsylvania Regiment, Confederate
• 1880 census Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, JNO. R. CABELL
• Virginia death record, CATHERINE F. CABELL, 10 Feb 1887, Pittsylvania, Virginia
• "Confederate Soldiers of Pittsylvania County & Danville", Mike K. Williams, 1988, Mountain Press.
• "38th Virginia Infantry", G Howard Gregory, 1988.
• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings, Wives, Marriges, Children page 469, 470, 472