Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 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
Klickitat 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.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2010 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.