William Venus

William Venus, son of Henry and Anna (Sykes) Venus, natives of York County and the north of England, respectively, was born in Shrewsbury Township, September 3, 1843. He was educated at the public schools of the township, and at the age of twenty-three years engaged as a clerk in a store, and one year later he removed to Carroll County, Md., where he engaged in the milling business with his father. In 1868 he returned to Shrewsbury and engaged in the carpenter business. In 1870 he again engaged in the mercantile business in Hopewell Township, and in 1875 he moved to Winterstown, where he opened a general store. In 1877 he sold out and removed to Shrewsbury Township where he engaged in his old business, store keeping. In March 1877, he removed to Hopewell Township, where he is at present engaged in keeping a general store. He was married in 1870, to Elizabeth Gladfelter, of Shrewsbury Borough, and has six children: James A., Charles H., Sadie B., Annie C., Daniel E., and an infant.


Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical Editor