David G. Venable

Birth Date

c1838

Death Date

1881-03-17

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin County, Kentucky, laborer, merchant, soldier, and student. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Son of John C. Venable and Margaret J. Venable. Married to Mary C. Reading Venable in Franklin County, Kentucky, on January 23, 1861. Father of Mittie S. Venable. Attended school in Shelby County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1850. Laborer in Shelby County in 1860. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860. Merchant in Franklin County in 1861. Served in the 30th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and quarter master from August 11, 1862, to October 4, 1862. Student in Franklin County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 289A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 27.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 281A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 98B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0400.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 27.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages.
"Denison: Prominent Citizen Accidentally Killed," The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX), March 18, 1881, p. 1.

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