Background
VENABLE, Russell Vernon was born on August 9, 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Henry and Mary Ann Palmer (Vater) Venable.
Lieutenant Colonel United States Army
VENABLE, Russell Vernon was born on August 9, 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Henry and Mary Ann Palmer (Vater) Venable.
United States Military Academy. Command and General Staff School.
First Class Private and Corporal, Company B., Second United States Volunteer Engnrs, 1898-1899. Major, (temporary), 1917. Lieutenant Colonel (temporary), 1918.
Major, 1920; Lieutenant Colonel, 1928.
Spouse Florence Gertrude Moore, April 29, 1908.