 In 1902, seven of Cabell's first stories appeared in national magazines and over the next decade he wrote many short stories and articles, contributing to nationally published magazines including "Harper's Monthly Magazine" and "The Saturday Evening Post", as well as carrying out extensive research on his family's genealogy.Between 1911 and 1913, he was employed by his uncle in the office of the Branch coal mines in West Virginia.On November 8, 1913, he married Priscilla Bradley Shepherd, a widow with five children from her previous marriage.