Prominent Virginia family of legislators, physicians, and educators. Among the most important family members were Samuel Jordan Cabell, 1756-1818, U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1795-1803; William H. Cabell, 1772-1853, Governor of Virginia in 1805-1808 and state court judge; James Lawrence Cabell, 1813-1889 physician and educator, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery of the School of Medicine in the University of Virginia and president of the National Board of Health in 1879-1884; Nathaniel Francis Cabell (1807-1891), a Swedenborgian author; and George Craighead Cabell, 1836-1906, lawyer, Democratic Representative from Virginia and Confederate officer during the Civil War.
From the description of Cabell family papers, 1778-1893. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510275
