From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Aaron H. Cabell, born in Henderson, KY, was the slave of John B. Cabell. He was related to the Cabell pharmacists - Atwood, Roger, and Delmo.

Aaron Cabell established a grocery store in Henderson in 1874 and a mercantile store in 1915. He owned a good deal of stock and property in Henderson, including the estate of Jacob Held and Held Park, which was renamed Cabell's Park.

He was a delegate to the Republican Convention in Chicago in 1888 when Frederick Douglass received a single vote for U.S. Presidental candidate.  

Aaron was a brother of George Cabell, and according to the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, they were two of the six or more children of Harriet (b. 1823) and James Cabell (b. 1820). Aaron Cabell married Amanda Rucker on September 23, 1875, according to the Kentucky Marriage Records in Ancestry. 

For more see "Mr. Aaron H. Cabell," The Colored American, 11/1/1902, p. 5 [article online at Chronicling America]; Who's Who of the Colored Race, 1915; Chuck Stinnett, "Black History Month: Cabell family members were successful in business," Feb. 24, 2024 at Courier&Press.com; "Henderson, Kentucky," Records of the National Negro Business League, Part 1 Annual Conference Proceedings and Organizational Records, 1900-1919, First Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 23-24, 1900, reel 1, frames 164-165 [also available online at Google Book Search]; and FindaGrave.