Thomas Brown Venable

(d. 1894)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Thomas died on June 23, 1894.

Places of Residence

• Granville County, NC [1].

Occupations

• Major. Thomas Brown was a Major in the Confederate States of America [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Abraham Watkins Venable (1799-1876) [1] and Isabella Alston Brown [1].
• Spouse: Cordelia Kingsbury, married on January 12, 1854. Thomas Brown Venable and Cornelia Kingsbury were married in Oxford, NC [1].
• Maternal grandparent: Thomas Brown.
• Siblings:
  • one brother, Samuel Frederick Venable.
  • three sisters, Isabella Brown Venable , Martha Elizabeth Venable (1833-1877)  and Mary Grace Venable.
• Others: Abraham Venable Martin (nephew), Annie Belle Martin (niece), Edward Vernon Martin (nephew), Grace Vernon Martin (niece), Martha Alexander Martin (niece) and Stephen Taylor Martin, [Jr.] (nephew, d. 1899).

References

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