Background
Cabell, Nathaniel Francis was born on July 23, 1807 in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Son of Nicholas and Margaret (Venable) Cabell.
Cabell, Nathaniel Francis was born on July 23, 1807 in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Son of Nicholas and Margaret (Venable) Cabell.
Graduate Hampden-Sydney College, 1825. Graduated from Harvard Law School, 1827.
At least 1 child. Mistress R. Kenna Campbell. Owner large estate “Liberty Hall.” Nelson County, Virginia, 1832-1891. Devoted time to writing.
Contributor to religious and agricultural periodicals.
Became a Swedenborgian, 1842. Writings include: Reply to Review Doctor Pond’s “Swedenborgianism Reviewed,” 1848.
A Letter on the Trinal Order for the Ministry of the New Church, 1848. The Progress of Literature during the Preceding Century When Viewed from a Religious Standpoint, 1868.
Editor: Early History of the University of Virginia as Contained in Letters of Thomas Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell, 1856.
Married Anne Blaws Cocke, September 14, 1831. Married second, Mary Keller.