Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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Judge WM. H. CABELL, Governor of Virginia 11805-18083. Supreme Court of Appeals C181 lFrom an original Sl. Homin plnej. 1-18513

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William H. Cabell. By James Alston Cabell. ILLIAM H. CABELL was a descendant of an English family of undoubted antiquity, as is attested by the records of the British Museum, visitations of the counties of Devon. XVilts, and Somerset, and the tombs i11 tl1e Cabell sepulchre in Buckfastleigh, one of the old seats of the family in Devon. At a very early period of our history, his grandfather, Dr. XYilliam Cabell, an officer in the British Navy, came to Virginia, and located the lowlands for twenty miles or more, in the present counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, and Nelson, when no other man would attempt it. During the Colonial and Revolutionary epochs of our history, the members of his family bore a conspicuous and honorable part in all public affairs, and in war as well as in peace, rendered their country useful and distinguished services. Governor Cabell was the oldest son of Colonel Nicholas and Hannah lCarrington4l Cabell. He was born December 16th, 1772, at Boston Hill, in Cumberland County, Yirginia, the residence of his maternal grandfather, Colonel George Carrington, where much of his early life was passed. Colonel Carrington had been a conspicuous Revolutionary patriot, and all of his family rendered valuable services in the contest with England. Four of his sons, two of his sons-in-law, and three of his grandsons had served with distinction as officers in tl1e Revolution. His residence was a favorite resort of the eminent men of the period, both before and after the war. The rare advantages he enjoyed from the acquaintance of these distinguished men, and tl1e inliuence they exercised over him had n1ucl1 to do with shaping the career and character of Governor Cabell. After being prepared by private tutors, he entered Hampden-Sidney College in February, 1785, where he continued until September, 1789. His uncle, Colonel XYilliam Cabell, of Cnion Hill, was one of its founders. In 1783, he was appointed by the General Assembly one of the trustees of Hampden-Sidney College, having been a trustee of Hampden-Sidney Academy since November Sth, 1775. Among Governor Cabell's classmates were, Kemp Plummer, of North Carolina, who became a distinguished lawyer and was the grandfather of Professor Kemp Plummer Battle, of the University of North Carolina: Hon. john XY. Eppes, who defeated -lohn Randolph for Congress: Rev. James Blythe, D. D., who was professor in Transylvania Cniversity, Kentucky, and president of the Hanover College, Indiana: Rev. Nash Le Grand, and Rev. Clement Read of Charlotte County: Hon. .lames jones, Member of Congress from Nottowayg Rev. Moses XYaddell, the teacher of Calhoun. and the founder of the University of Georgia: 26

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