My gr-grandmother, whose married name was Fowler, died in 1931; some  
years earlier, I'm not sure exactly when, she fell at a client's  
house and broke her hip, so I doubt she did much dress making after  
that. So whichever Mrs. James Branch Cabell that might have been...

She never remarried, said she could never find another man as good as  
he was [Clifford Thomas Fowler], and died some 40 years later; her  
final wish was to be buried atop him in the family plot at Shockoe,  
which was done. They had only been married 2 years, and had one  
daughter, my grandmother.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Feb 27, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Randy Cabell wrote:

> Awesome.... What a small world.  James Branch Cabell was married  
> twice. After his first wife died, he remarried a lady who was also  
> an author. I never met him, but once did meet the second Mrs.  
> Cabell, and the son, Ballard, from the first wife.
>
> My mother, who grew up in the 19teens and twenties thought James  
> Branch Cabell was perfectly awful.  I guess his writing was ahead  
> of his time, but is pretty tame compared to what you see on prime  
> time TV today.
>
> Randy Cabell
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]>; "Discussion of  
> research and writing about Virginia history" <VA- 
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Williamsburg preservaton
>
>
>> William Kelso's new book about Jamestown has a lot on the  
>> condition  of Williamsburg before it became "colonial" again, and  
>> a picture of a run-down street, many of the colonial buildings  
>> were decrepit stores,  an old gas station, etc. So we may, in  
>> hindsight, criticize what  Rockefeller did, but if he hadn't done  
>> it, there might be nothing  left of Williamsburg now but a  
>> bulldozed away, built-over "golfing  community" [or yet another  
>> one...].
>>
>> I have a lovely watercolor my mother, who was a very good semi-  
>> professional artist, did of the old Gaol before it was rehabbed.  
>> I  have at times wondered if some historical place might like it.
>>
>> Randy, my great grandmother Ida Jacobs Cardwell, who supported   
>> herself and her young daughter after her husband died at age 33,  
>> was  a seamstress in addition to running a boarding house.  
>> Supposedly she  made clothes for some of the leading ladies in  
>> Richmond, including  Mrs. James Branch Cabell.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> -------
>> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>>
>> --Daniel Boone
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2007, at 6:56 AM, Randy Cabell wrote:
>>
>>> Those pesky Carolinianans again.  First it was the Movavians   
>>> claiming they brought brass music to Amercia, and now the   
>>> Charlestonians eclipse Williamsburg on the preservation front.
>>>
>>> But really that is pretty much like comparing apples and oranges.  
>>> Charleston had a BIG reason to be there.  It was THE southern  
>>> port, center of commerce and industry, even had a railroad going   
>>> upcountry while we Virginians (alas, led by Joseph Carrington   
>>> Cabell) were still digging a canal to nowhere.  And of course as   
>>> every good South Carolinian knows, Charleston is located on the   
>>> point where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers flow together to form  
>>> the  Atlantic Ocean.
>>>
>>> All in all, Chas had a lot more buildings to start with, so even  
>>> if  they preserved the same %, it would be a potload more than   
>>> Williamsburg ever had to start with.
>>>
>>> Randy Cabell - The Trumpeter of Jamestowne
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Langdon" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:36 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Williamsburg preservaton
>>>
>>>
>>>> The Williamsburg Foundation states that 88 historic buildings   
>>>> remain. Of these, only a few are pre-revolutionary and not re-  
>>>> constructed. I'd like to know the exact number. I think it is  
>>>> 20,  but possibly only 19. Then again - maybe it depends on how  
>>>> much  gutting counts, before it is counted as *reconstructed*,  
>>>> rather  than *preserved*.
>>>>
>>>>  Charleston, SC, has 73 pre-revolutionary buildings, and 136  
>>>> from  the late 18th century, and 600 more that are  pre- 1840.   
>>>> I  believe the difference between the two cities is that  
>>>> Charleston  got a head start of about 10 years on Williamsburg.   
>>>> That makes me  think that every year of neglect counts. It also  
>>>> means that we  should really pay more attention to our heritage  
>>>> and watch out for  plans to modernize. We will loose enough from  
>>>> natural disasters.
>>>>
>>>>  Langdon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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