John Vennum
family confidence: 0 — not family / context
Of Jamestown, Dakota Territory. Named in the Jamestown Weekly Alert of 31 August 1883 as a member of a hunting party headed for Spiritwood Lake. Possibly the same man as the "acting Mayor Vennum" who fires Policeman Murphy in the same paper on 18 December 1884 (the 1884 clipping gives no first name; treat as plausibly the same until distinguished).
Facts
Each fact shows how sure the archive is of it (0–100) and the sources it rests on.
- Residence:
- Jamestown, North Dakota
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1883-08-30 | event · one of 'A hunting party consisting of John Vennum, Marshall McClure, Tony Klaus, Charlie Rattinger' bound for a slough north of Spiritwood lake; 'They all signed the Murphy pledge' (a joke about the Francis Murphy temperance pledge) (Jamestown, North Dakota) One primary report; 'yesterday' in the 31 Aug issue. | 95 | 1883-08-31 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.4 |
| 1884 | name · 'John F. Vennum' (Jamestown, North Dakota) Rests on a Jamestown Weekly Alert page in _inbox/ (vision transcription read 4 Oct 2026), not yet filed as an archive source, so no source id can be cited. Printed in the Alerts of 25 Apr, 20 Jun and 13 Nov 1884. | 85 | |
| 1884-06 | office · special committee at large for the 1884 Fourth of July celebration ('John F. Vennum') (Jamestown, North Dakota) Rests on a Jamestown Weekly Alert page in _inbox/ (vision transcription read 4 Oct 2026), not yet filed as an archive source, so no source id can be cited. Alert of 20 Jun 1884. | 85 | |
| 1884-11 | office · alderman of the city of Jamestown ('Aldermen Carr, Dudley, Kelleher, Spangenberg and Vennum') (Jamestown, North Dakota) Rests on a Jamestown Weekly Alert page in _inbox/ (vision transcription read 4 Oct 2026), not yet filed as an archive source, so no source id can be cited. Council minutes, Alert of 13 Nov 1884. | 85 | |
| 1884-11 | office · 'Mr. John F. Vennum was appointed as acting mayor during the absence of mayor Lloyd' (Jamestown, North Dakota) Rests on a Jamestown Weekly Alert page in _inbox/ (vision transcription read 4 Oct 2026), not yet filed as an archive source, so no source id can be cited. Alert of 13 Nov 1884. | 85 | |
| 1884-12 | event · as 'acting Mayor Vennum' retired Policeman Murphy from the police force 'on charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct' (Jamestown, North Dakota) The filed item gives no first name; 85 that it is John F. Vennum, from the November appointment above. | 85 | 1884-12-18 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.3 |
Sources linking to this person
<25 — Namesake / flag / context — 2
- 1883-08-31 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.4role: subject · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: John Vennum
Identity: 'John Vennum' of the hunting party; the record was made from it.
- 1884-12-18 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.3role: dismissing_officer · identity 85 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Acting Mayor Vennum
Identity: The Alert of 13 Nov 1884 (in _inbox/, vision transcription) prints 'Mr. John F. Vennum was appointed as acting mayor during the absence of mayor Lloyd'. A month later the filed item names 'acting Mayor Vennum'. Only one Vennum is known in Jamestown civic life.