Edward Carrington CABELL
CABELL, Edward Carrington, statesman, was born in Richmond, Va., Feb. 5, 1816; third son of Judge William H. and Agnes Sarah Bell (Gamble) Cabell. He studied at Washington college, 1832-33; Reynolds' classical academy, 1833-34, and the University of Virginia, 1834-36. He was first engaged as a civil engineer in surveying and locating the James river and Kanawha canal. In the fall of 1836 he removed to Florida. He was a delegate to the convention which framed the state constitution in 1838, which was ratified by the people, and the state was admitted into the Union in 1845. In 1839 he returned to Virginia, where he studied law and was licensed to practise in 1840. He then settled at Tallahassee, and was the Florida representative in the 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd congresses, serving from 1845 to 1853. He removed to St. Louis, Mo., in 1859. He served in the Confederate army as aid to Gen. John Letcher of Virginia, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was at the battles of Seven Pines, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, and Frasier's farm, serving subsequently on the staffs of Generals Price and Kirby Smith, until the close of the war. He practised law in New York city from 1868 to 1872, and subsequently in St. Louis, Mo., and from 1878 to 1882 he occupied a seat in the Missouri senate, retiring from public life on the expiration of his term. He was married Nov. 5, 1850, to Anna Maria, daughter of Dr. Daniel Pinchbeck and Elizabeth (Moss) Wilcox. He died at St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 28, 1896.
Edward married Anna Maria WILCOX on 5 Nov 1850 in St.Louis, MO. (Anna Maria WILCOX was born on 16 Mar 1830 in Columbia, MO.) |
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