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Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell (1793 - 1862)

General Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell
Born in Repton House, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 16 Dec 1816 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at age 68 in Bridgewater House, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Matoaka Amonute Powhatan
Benjamin Cabell is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

War of 1812 served on the staff of Brigadier-Genral Joel Leftwich and later on the staff of Major-General John Pegram. Educated at Hampden Sidney College. Benjamin William S. Cabell was born about 1793. Benjamin Cabell was a Senate of Virginia.He passed away about 1862.[1]

Burial: Grove St Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

He had eleven children with Sarah Epes Doswell , six of them died as soldiers in the Civil War[2]

The 1850 census of Pittsylvania, Virginia lists the following with estimated ages:

  1. BWS Cabell 57
  2. Sarah E " 48
  3. John R. " 27
  4. Algernon S. 17
  5. George C. 14
  6. Joseph R. 10
  7. Benjamin E. 7
  8. Martha(wife of John R) 26
  9. Sarah E 12
  10. Ann E. Cabell 2 (daughter of John R. and Martha)

In September 11, 1860 census Pittsylvania:

  1. Benj W Cabell 67
  2. Sarah E " 58
  3. Joseph R " 20
  4. Benjamin E " 17
  5. Ann E 12 (dau of John R Cabell)
  6. William C 9(son of John R)
  7. Mary W 7 (dau of John R)
  8. Nathaniel W 4 (son of John R)
  9. George C Cabell 24
  10. Mary H Cabell 21 (George's wife)

In record from taken about a month prior; August 19, 1860, son John R. Cabell 1834, is shown with four of the children listed above:

  1. Ann E. 11
  2. William C 9
  3. Mary W 7
  4. Nathaniel W 5
  5. John R 1

Sources

  1. Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage.By Wyndham Robertson at Google Books at pg. 42
  2. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/cabell/biographies/benjwscabell.html,

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