Andrew Venable

Andrew was born in 1861 in , Hawkins, Tennessee.  Andrew's father was Daniel Venable and his mother was Mary Lawson.  His maternal grandparents were Martin Lawson and Nancy. He had five brothers and eight sisters, named John, William, George, James, Joseph, Zora, Nancy, Catherine, Priscilla, Mary, Charity, Martha and Mary Margaret.  He was the third youngest of the fourteen children.