- Francis Marion Venable Obituary
Francis M. Venable Dies
Wasco Resident Is Survived By His Wife and Ten Children
Wasco, Or. FEB. 1 (Special)
Francis M. Venable died here on January 24. He was born in Pike County Missouri, on October 25, 1825, and when 15 years of age moved with his parents to Illinois. He was married to Jane Hubbard at Pleasant Hill, Ill., on March 6, 1850 and three years later, accompanied by his wife and one child, he crossed the plains by ox team.
He lived at Oregon City for one year, then removed to Douglas County. In the Fall of 1855 he moved his family to Marion County. In the Fall of 1859 he purchased land in Klickitat county, Washington, and made this his home until 1864, when he returned to Marion County Oregon and purchased land.
Mr. Venable had five brothers and six sisters. One sister survived him. Other surviving relatives are his wife, four sons, John, Andrew, James and Perry, and six daughters, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Fanny Payne, Mrs. Addie Courtway, Mrs. Eva Doane, Mrs. Rose Weld and Mrs. Laura Smith.
- An Illustrated History of Central Oregon Spokane, Washington, Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905, pg. 501-2.
FRANCIS M. VANABLE, pre-eminently a pioneer of Oregon, a highly respected citizen and a retired Sherman county farmer, resides three miles south of Rufus. He was born in Pike county, Missouri, October 25, 1825. His parents were natives of North Carolina. (editor note: correction/South Carolina) John Venable, the father was a farmer and a wheelwright, a stanch Democrat and a prominent, well-to-do and influential citizen. The mother of our subject was Rachel (Pursley) Venable.
Until he was fifteen years of age our subject lived with his parents in Missouri. Then the family removed to Illinois and remained there until 1853. At that time Mr. Venable had, for four or five years, been conducting a farm on rented land, for himself. Then with his wife, and one child, Mary, he crossed the plains with an ox train to Oregon City. When near Fort Hall his wife's sister died. She was quite ill at the time the party started. The first winter after their arrival, Mr. Venable worked for wages. In the fall of 1854 the family removed to Douglas county, on the Umpqua River. Remaining there one year they went to Marion county, where our subject rented land a few years. In 1859 they left for Walla Walla, Washington, and got as far as across the John Day, but owing to serious reports of Indian troubles, they returned to the Dalles and shortly went thence to Klickitat county, Washington, where they remained until 1864. Thence they returned to Marion county, Oregon, and were there until 1874. Here our subject purchased a quarter section of land. Returning to Klickitat county in 1874 he engaged in stock-raising, and he remained there until 1888, and then disposed of his property and came to Sherman county. He purchased this place - five hundred and seven acres - and the same is now conducted by his youngest son, Perry.
March 6, 1850, at Pleasant Hill, Illinois, Mr. Venable was united in marriage to Jane Hubbard, the daughter of David and Hannah (Morrow) Hubbard, the father a native of Kentucky; the mother of Missouri. The ancestors of David Hubbard were natives of Virginia. He was a Baptist preacher, and a graduate of a Baptist college in Missouri. He was one of the best known preachers in the Willamette valley, and highly respected by all with whom he was acquainted. He came to Oregon in the same party as our subject, and died in Polk county, Oregon, over eighty years of age. The mother died in Pike county, Illinois, in 1836. David Hubbard subsequently married Mary Thurman, a member of the distinguished Thurman family. Allan Granvery Thurman was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, November 13, 1813; died December 12, 1895. He was an American statesman and jurist; a Democratic member of congress from Ohio from 1845 to 1847; became justice of the Ohio supreme court in 1851, and author of the famous "Thurman Act" compelling the Pacific railroads to fulfill their obligations, and was the unsuccessful candidate for vice-president, on the ticket with Grover Cleveland in 1888. Other members of the family were prominent members of the bench and bar and extensive farmers in Illinois.
Mr. Venable, our subject has no brothers living; five being dead, James, Edward, Robert (*), Newton, and Andrew. He has two sisters, Martha, wife of Preston Holman (**) of Illinois, and Nancy, wife of Joshua Zumwalt, also of Illinois. Four sisters are dead, Jaley E., Eliza, Sarah (*), and Mary. Mrs. Venable has two brothers living: Goalman, near Endicott, Washington, and Gideon in Benton county, Oregon. Two are dead, John and Charles. She has six half-brothers and three half-sisters living: George, Frank, Joseph, Perry, in Polk county; James and Edward B., hop raisers in Polk county; Lydia, wife of William Ford, of Polk county; Isophenea, wife of Samuel Tether(ow); and Amanda in Idaho.
Our Subject has the following named children: Andrew, a farmer at Columus, Washington; John at Rufus, mentioned elsewhere; James, at Wasco; Perry, at home; Mary, wife of Austin Smith, at Silverton, Oregon; Laura, single, at Wasco; Fanny, wife of Robert Payne, in San Francisco; Addie, wife of Antone Courtway, in Goldendale, Washington; Rose, wife of Ernest Weld, of Klickitat county, Washington; Eva, wife of Raymond Doane, at Rufus; Goalman, a son, in Klickitat county. Martha, aged six months, and eight days, died in Silverton.
Mrs. Venable is a member of the United Baptist church. Politically our subject is a Democrat. he made two trips of six month each, from The Dalles to Fort Colville, freighting government supplies, without encountering any trouble with Indians. And in 1865 he made one trip with freight from Silverton to Canyon City. Mr. and Mrs. Venable, considering their age and the hardships that they have necessarily gone through in their pioneer course, are well preserved, and enjoy good health. They have a large circle of warm friends, have labored faithfully and have done much for the good of the country and their fellowmen.
editors notes:
* Robert married Nancy J. Hubbard, step-daughter to Robert's sister, Sarah Venable
** Martha Venable did not marry Preston Holman, Jane's step-sister, Isophenia did
- An Illustrated History of Central Oregon Spokane, Washington, Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905, pg. 467.
JOHN R. VENABLE was born in Marion county, Oregon, March 26, 1865, the son of Francis M. and Jane (Hubbard) Venable. Francis M., the father, is a native of Missouri, the mother of Illinois. At present they both reside on a farm near Rufus. With Ox teams the father crossed the plains in 1852 or 1853, accompanied by his wife. In the beautiful and arable Willamette Valley our subject was reared until he attained the age of eleven years. At that period his family removed to Klickatat county, Washington, where the father purchased land on the Columbia, opposite the mouth of the John Day river. They remained there until 1888, thence coming to Sherman county. Our subject found employment in a variety of occupations, living much of the time at home.
March 11, 1891, at Pendleton, Oregon, Mr. Venable was united in marriage to Miss Elvena McCullough, a native of Ohio and the daughter of William McCullough, the latter at present living in Wallowa county, Oregon. Our subject has three brothers living. Mr and Mrs. Venable have six children living, W. Frances, Chester R., Marie, Paul, Mack and Manuel, an infant.
Politically, he is a Democrat, and although not an active partisan he served as a delegate to the last county convention in the interest of the Democratic party.
During four years Mr. Venable was engaged in the barber business, and was for nearly three years at Adams, Umatilla county. He is quite a popular man in the community in which he resides and numbers many friends in a wide circle of acquaintances.
- An Illustrated History of Central Oregon Spokane, Washington, Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905, pg. 499.
JAMES B. VENABLE the popular proprietor of the "Wheat Exchange" saloon, Wasco, Sherman county, Oregon was born in Klickitat county, Washington, November 23, 1869. His father, Francis M. Venable, mentioned elsewhere was born in Pike county, Missouri; his mother was Jane (Hubbard) Venable.
Until he attained his majority our subject remained with his parents and rode the range for his father. He received a good business education on Chamberlain Flat, and when twenty-one years of age married and rented the "Dingle place" near his father's present home. Two years after he rented another, the "Hoss place", remaining there one year. Then his father gave him a quarter section of land, which he worked four years, and then disposed of the property to John Hull, mentioned elsewhere, and engaged in the saloon business in Wasco.
November 13, 1890, at Silverton, Marion county, Oregon our subject was united in marriage to Kate Woolen, a native of that place. She was the daughter of William and Mary (Cooper) Woolen. Mrs. Venable died on her husband's farm, January 3, 1901, of consumption after an illness of six months. She left four children, Alva, Oral, Fanny and Harold.
September 23, 1903, at Wasco, Mr. Venable was married to Ida Mahar. She has two sisters, Minnie, wife of Charles Seeley, a farmer near The Dalles; and Nellie, wife of George Robinson, of The Dalles, an engineer. Politically, Mr. Venable is a Democrat, although not particularly active. He is an energetic, liberal-minded citizen and generous to a fault.
- An Illustrated History of Central Oregon Spokane, Washington, Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905, pg. 509.
PERRY VENABLE, who resides with his father, Francis A. Venable, and whose farm he conducts three miles south of Rufus, Sherman county, was born in Klickitat county Washington, September 7, 1875. The mother of our subject previous to her marriage, was Jane Hubbard.
It was in Klickitat county that our subject attended district and graded schools and here he acquired a good business education. He also added to his education by terms in the schools of Silverton and Sherman county, Oregon. Mr. Venable has always resided with his parents and at present is the chief factor on his father's farm, comprising about five hundred acres of land. He has been thus occupied for the past seven years.
Our subject is a single man, energetic and industrious. Politically he is a Democrat, but is by no means an active partisan in the successive campaigns.
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