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was born July 23, 1807, at Warminster, and graduated at Hampden-Sidney College in 1825. He received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Harxard Law School in 1827; resided in Prince Edward county from 1827 to 1831, and returned in 1832 to Liberty Hall. He was, in early life, a member of the Presbyterian church, but through study and investigation he became converted to the doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg, and withdrew from the Presbyterian church in 1837. He was the author of many articles published in the "New Jerusalem Maga- zine," and also wrote much on agricidture and various literary topics. He was deeply interested in the history of his family, and prepared much material on the Cabell and Carrington lineages. He died at Bedford City, September i, 1891. He married (first) September 14, 1831, Anne Blaws Cocke, born September 15, 181 1, died February 20, 1862, daughter of General John Hartwell and Anne (Blaws) Cocke. She joined him in removal from the Presbyterian to the Swedenborgian church. He married (sec- ond) in 1867, Mary M. Keller, of Baltimore. Children, all born of first marriage : Francis Hartwell, 1833, died 1844; Elizabeth Nich- olas, July 16, 1834; Philip Barraud; Sally Faulcon ; Frances (jrace, July 16, 1852; Cary Charles, 1854, died 1856.

Rev. Philip Barraud Cabell, eldest son of Nathaniel Francis and Anne Blaws (Cocke) Cabell, was born June 16, 1836, in Nelson county, Virginia, and completed his educa- tion at the University of Virginia, where he received the degree of Master of Arts in 1857. For some time he served on the staff of his uncle. General Philip St. George Cocke, in the Confederate army, and was afterwards engaged in farming at Laneville. Virginia. He became principal of the Female College, Greensboro. Alabama, and was pro- fessor of Greek and Latin at Urbana Col- lege. Urbana, Ohio. Following this, he be- came a minister of the Swedenborgian church at Wilmington, Delaware, and died March 16, 1904. He married, February 27. 1861. Julia Calvert Boiling, daughter of Thomas and Mary Louisa (Morris) Boiling. She was one of the most popular belles of Virginia in her youth, and was widely known as "Pinkie" Boiling: was born Au- gust 4. 1834. in Goochland county. Virginia, and is now living at Liberty Hall. Her father. Thomas Boiling, resided at "Bol-

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ling Hall." \'irginia. and her mother was a daughter of Richard Morris, of Hanover, Vir- ginia, attorney, member of the X'irginia con- vention of 1829-30. Richard Morris married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel William Dab- iiey. Thomas Boiling was a son of William Boiling, who was colonel of cavalry in the war of 181 2, and a member of the house of dele- gates of the \'irginia legislature. Children (if F'hilip B. Cabell: Elizabeth Nicholas, born 1861, died 1862; Joseph Hartwell, men- tioned below; Francis Barraud, July 14, 1866, died 1893; Philip Mason, Januarv 4, 1869.

Joseph Hartwell Cabell, second son of Rev. Philip Barraud and Julia Calvert (Boi- ling) Cabell, was born December 24, 1863, in Nelson county, Virginia, and was largely educated at Urbana, Ohio, graduating from the college there with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts in 1881. After pursuing a course at the Cincinnati Law School, he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1886. In the same year Urbana College conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in that year, and engaged in general practice at Cincinnati until 1906. In the last named year he re- moved to New York City, and became head of the law firm of Cabell & Gilpin, with ofifices on Wall street. This firm has long enjoyed a well merited success in the prac- tice of law. Mr. Cabell is a member of the Bar Association of New York ; the Garden City Club of Long Island ; of St. Nicholas Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Phoenix Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of New York City. He takes most of his recre- ation in playing golf on the Garden City links. He entertains liberal views on re- ligion, and is independent in political action. He married (first) February 18, 1896, Mar- garet Pope Logan, daughter of Thomas Aluldrup and Catherine Virginia (Cox) Logan, the former of South Carolina, and the latter of Chesterfield county, \^irginia. Thomas M. Logan was commander of "Hampton's Legion" in the Confederate States army from 1861 to 1865. Mr. Cabell married (second) February 19, 1907, Louise Telford Groesbeck, born in 1880. daughter of Telford Groesbeck. of Cincinnati. Ohio, and his wife. Louise (Cox) Groesbeck. daughter of Dean Cox. Telford Groesbeck was a son of William S. Groesbeck. one of the distinguished lawyers who defended