(1833-1877)
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The presence of Martha Elizabeth Venable and her sister, Isabella Brown Venable , as students placed a special stamp of approval on the Burwell School [1].
Martha Elizabeth Venable and Isabella Brown 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.
Martha Elizabeth Venable is listed in the Burwell School Catalogue of 1848-51 [2]. She married first Samuel Venable Morton, with whom she had no children. She married second Robert Alston Hamilton. This marriage produced two children, the names of whom are unknown [1].
Martha Elizabeth Venable was born in 1833. She died in 1877.
and Samuel Venable Morton [1].
and Mary Grace Venable.