The Latimers - Person Sheet
The Latimers - Person Sheet
NameVENABLE, Mary Elizabeth
Birth Date28 Oct 1829
Birth PlaceCharlotte County, Virginia
Death Date1 Dec 1903 Age: 74
Death PlaceDallas, Dallas County, Texas
FlagsHughes Line
Spouses
Birth Date22 Aug 1830
Birth PlaceSpringfield, Washington County, Kentucky
Death Date20 Oct 1895 Age: 65
Death PlaceDallas, Dallas County, Texas
FlagsHughes Line
Misc. Notes
Dr. Frederic Venable Hughes was born in Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, August 22, 1831 and educated in Washington Academy of that town. He subsequently studied medicine in the medical college, St. Louis, graduating before he was 21 years old.

In 1850 he came to Texas and settle in Indianola. A year later he attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania and returning to Indianola, he engaged in the drug business.

He left Texas for Virginia where he farmed and practiced medicine. He returned in 1860 and started a plantation on the Guadalupe River. He attended the sick and wounded in New Orleans during the civil war.

In 1872 he moved to Dallas with his sons where engaged in manufacturing.
ChildrenFrederic Venable (1862-1933)
Last Modified 28 Apr 2018Created 27 May 2021 by Robert Avent