Venable, Abraham B
congressman, United States senator, was born in 1760 in Prince Edward county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1791 to 1799, and was a senator of the United States from 1803 to 1804. He died Dec. 26, 1811, in Richmond, Va.
VENABLE, ABRAHAM WOODSON, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 17, 1799, in Prince Edward county, Va. He was a presidential elector in 1832 and 1836, and was a representative in congress from North Carolina, from 1847 to 1853. He took part in the rebellion of 1861, as a member of the socalled confederate congress, having previously been elected a presidential elector. He died Feb. 28, 1876, in Oxford, N. C.