Samuel Frederick Venable

Biographical Data

Places of Residence

• Granville County, NC [1].

Occupations

• Doctor [1].
• Captain. Samuel Frederick Venable was a Captain for the Confederate States of America [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Abraham Watkins Venable (1799-1876) [1] and Isabella Alston Brown [1].
• Spouses:
  • Gertrude Henderson [1].
  • Mary Tennent [1].
• Maternal grandparent: Thomas Brown.
• Siblings:
  • one brother, Thomas Brown Venable (d. 1894).
  • 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).