I have researched the Venable family for over 40 years and have documentation for most all entries regarding this family.
Andrew is buried in an umarked grave.
He moved from York District, S.C. to Branchville (Round Pond) St. Clair Co., Al. c1838 and was postmaster at Branchville post office and a farmer before relocating in 1849 with his immediate family to Tyler, Smith Co., Tx. In 1853, he was traveling alone en route from his home in Smith Co., TX to visit relatives in St. Clair Co., Al. when he became ill and died. Estate papers verify his death and burial in Shreveport but no cemetery was mentioned. Oakland was the ONLY available cemetery in 1853. Present cemetery personnel (SPAR) would not allow a memorial marker to be placed for him, although historians of the area agree with me that he is probably interred there. There was a yellow fever epidemic in 1853 and that may have been the cause of his death. His estate papers went into some detail about the doctor and nurse who cared for him for two weeks. When I visited the cemetery, it was in poor condition and in a very undesirable section of Shreveport. Betty Venable Phillips, gggranddaughter.
Andrew is buried in an umarked grave.
He moved from York District, S.C. to Branchville (Round Pond) St. Clair Co., Al. c1838 and was postmaster at Branchville post office and a farmer before relocating in 1849 with his immediate family to Tyler, Smith Co., Tx. In 1853, he was traveling alone en route from his home in Smith Co., TX to visit relatives in St. Clair Co., Al. when he became ill and died. Estate papers verify his death and burial in Shreveport but no cemetery was mentioned. Oakland was the ONLY available cemetery in 1853. Present cemetery personnel (SPAR) would not allow a memorial marker to be placed for him, although historians of the area agree with me that he is probably interred there. There was a yellow fever epidemic in 1853 and that may have been the cause of his death. His estate papers went into some detail about the doctor and nurse who cared for him for two weeks. When I visited the cemetery, it was in poor condition and in a very undesirable section of Shreveport. Betty Venable Phillips, gggranddaughter.
I have researched the Venable family for over 40 years and have documentation for most all entries regarding this family.
Andrew is buried in an umarked grave.
He moved from York District, S.C. to Branchville (Round Pond) St. Clair Co., Al. c1838 and was postmaster at Branchville post office and a farmer before relocating in 1849 with his immediate family to Tyler, Smith Co., Tx. In 1853, he was traveling alone en route from his home in Smith Co., TX to visit relatives in St. Clair Co., Al. when he became ill and died. Estate papers verify his death and burial in Shreveport but no cemetery was mentioned. Oakland was the ONLY available cemetery in 1853. Present cemetery personnel (SPAR) would not allow a memorial marker to be placed for him, although historians of the area agree with me that he is probably interred there. There was a yellow fever epidemic in 1853 and that may have been the cause of his death. His estate papers went into some detail about the doctor and nurse who cared for him for two weeks. When I visited the cemetery, it was in poor condition and in a very undesirable section of Shreveport. Betty Venable Phillips, gggranddaughter.
Andrew is buried in an umarked grave.
He moved from York District, S.C. to Branchville (Round Pond) St. Clair Co., Al. c1838 and was postmaster at Branchville post office and a farmer before relocating in 1849 with his immediate family to Tyler, Smith Co., Tx. In 1853, he was traveling alone en route from his home in Smith Co., TX to visit relatives in St. Clair Co., Al. when he became ill and died. Estate papers verify his death and burial in Shreveport but no cemetery was mentioned. Oakland was the ONLY available cemetery in 1853. Present cemetery personnel (SPAR) would not allow a memorial marker to be placed for him, although historians of the area agree with me that he is probably interred there. There was a yellow fever epidemic in 1853 and that may have been the cause of his death. His estate papers went into some detail about the doctor and nurse who cared for him for two weeks. When I visited the cemetery, it was in poor condition and in a very undesirable section of Shreveport. Betty Venable Phillips, gggranddaughter.
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