William Venable

William was born in 1847 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   William'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, George, James, Joseph, Andrew, Zora, Nancy, Catherine, Priscilla, Mary, Charity, Martha and Mary Margaret.  He was the fourth oldest of the fourteen children.