• General Notes

  MILTON W. VENARD is a native of Clinton County, Ohio, was born May 25, 1830, and is the son of Martin H. and Sarah (Lee) Venard, natives, respectively of Ohio and North Carolina. In 1834, the parents came to Indiana, locating in Fulton County, where for seven years they endured all the privations of frontier life. They then came to this township; in 1852, the father made a trip overland to California, returned after an absence of two years, and died at the age of sixty-six, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He had been a Whig, but later became a Republican, and had served as County Commissioner both in Fulton and this county. Milton W. received his education at the pioneer schoolhouse, and worked on the home farm until he attained manhood. He then worked a year at wagon-making in Homer, Ill., and then returned to this township, where he now owns 320 acres of good land, all gained through his own industry. April 29, 1855, he married Miss Maria Borders, one of the seven children of Wesley and Sarah (Edson) Borders, and born October 19, 1838. To this union were born nine children, of whom six are living - Emma, Mary, Laura, Maud, Stella and Ada Pearl; the deceased are Schuyler Colfax, Edwin Grant and Celesta. Mr. Venard and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  
  "Counties of White and Pulaski Counties, Indiana - Harrison Township" by F.A. Battey & Co. - published in 1883
  Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy - Biographies
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpulask/
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  Ancestry.com  Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920   
  Pulaski County, Indiana
  Name: Milton W. Venard
  Spouse: Frances M. Borders
  Marriage Date: 29 Apr 1855
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  1860 U.S. Census, Harrison Township, Pulaski County, Indiana; 04 July 1860
  Line 32: h/h 303/303
  MILTON VENARD, 29, Farmer, $2000/$740, b. Ohio
  Mariah Venard, 22, b. Indiana
  Schuyler F., 3, b. Indiana
  Calestia B., 1, b. Indiana
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  1870 U.S. Census, Harrison Township, Pulaski County, Indiana; Post Office: Winamac; 07 July 1870
  Line 1: h/h 15/14
  Milton M/W Venard, 40, Farmer, $1000/$2000, b. Ohio
  Frances M., 32, Keeping house, b. Indiana
  Calesta, 12, b. Indiana
  Marinda E., 9, b. Indiana
  Mary, 5, b. Indiana
  Louisa, 9 mos., b. Indiana; b. September
  William Sowders, 17, b. Indiana

Details of Milton 's family with Frances Maria Borders