Isabella Brown Venable

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At a Glance

The presence of Isabella Brown Venable and her sister, Martha Elizabeth Venable , as students placed a special stamp of approval on the Burwell School.

Story

Isabella Brown Venable and Martha Elizabeth Venable  were daughters of Abraham Watkins Venable. Abraham Watkins Venable was a distinguished gentleman from Granville County who had been educated at Hampden-Sydney College and Princeton University who applied his studies at the bar and politically. His political career included stints as a United States Congressman and also as a Congressman to the Confederate States of America.

Isabella Brown Venable is listed in the Burwell School Catalogue of 1848-51 [1]. She married Captain Stephen Taylor Martin, a Presbyterian minister, with whom she had six children [2].

Biographical Data

Places of Residence

• Granville County, NC [2].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School [2].

Relatives

• Parents: Abraham Watkins Venable (1799-1876) [2] and Isabella Alston Brown [2].
• Spouse: Stephen Taylor Martin [2].
  Children:
  
  • three sons, Abraham Venable Martin [2], Stephen Taylor Martin, [Jr.] (d. 1899) [2] and Edward Vernon Martin.
  • three daughters, Annie Belle Martin [2], Martha Alexander Martin [2] and Grace Vernon Martin [2].
• Maternal grandparent: Thomas Brown. [2]
• Siblings:
  • two brothers, Thomas Brown Venable (d. 1894) and Samuel Frederick Venable.
  • two sisters, Martha Elizabeth Venable (1833-1877)  and Mary Grace Venable.

References

1. Burwell School Catalogue of 1848-51.
2. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).