Abram B. VENABLE
Abram B. Venable, b. Sept. 8, 1838, at "Scott-Greene," Prince Edward Co., Va.; d. June 16, 1885; mar. Sallie Spotswood Bridges of Richmond, Va. (sister of Rev. J. R. Bridges, D.D., Editor of The Standard of the South, Charlotte, N. C.) ; A.B. Hampden-Sidney College, 1857; student at the Univ. of Va.; lawyer and editor; C. S. A., volunteered in the "Farmville Grays"; transferred to Co. D, 18th Va. Reg., Pickett's Division, a "crack" military body,-almost all Eastern Virginians,-that made the first great charge at Gettysburg; promoted to First Lieut., acting Adjutant. After an honorable discharge from the C. S. A., he was owner and editor of the New Commonwealth, Farmville, Va.; editor of the Index-Appeal, Petersburg, Va., The Enquirer, Richmond, Va., and, at the time of his death, was engaged on the San Francisco, Cal., Examiner. The Richmond Dispatch, in 1860, said of him: "He is a member of the good old Venable family and adds to its reputation by the brilliancy of his talents." The Alexandria (Va.) Gazette calls him "a vigorous and able writer." No children.
Abram married Sallie Spotswood BRIDGES. |
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