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VENLEMANS Dominik,  - b: 1829 Belgium 
residence: Clinton Twp Dominick Venlemans, proprietor of Johnson's Mill on section 23, was born in Belgium, February 5, 1829. At the age of seven years he came with his parents to America, and finally settled in Louisiana. 
After a residence there of five years, in 1841, he came to Cooper County, Missouri, where he was engaged in mill wrighting and farming till 1881, then purchasing the Johnson Mill, which he has since successfully conducted. It is one of the oldest mills in the county, having been built by John Nave in 1841. It passed into the hands of J. A. Rogers in 1854, who ran it till 1858, when R. J. Jackson took charge. He continued as proprietor till 1880, and after a time it fell to its present owner. 
Mr. V. was married January 17, 1855, to Miss Sarah F. Gordon, who was born in Henry County, Missouri. She was a daughter of Patterson Gordon, an old pioneer and prominent in the early settlement of the county. They have three children, Mary E., Anna L. and William L. They are members of the Catholic Church.

Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 547
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