M'DONALD L. WRENN
Aurelius and Martha V. (Holmes) Wrenn, both now deceased, were
the parents of McDonald L. Wrenn, who was born in Norfolk, November
5, 1858. He married in Richmond, Virginia, October 22, 1884, his wife,
born in Richmond, Kate, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Ellyson)
Campbell, of Richmond.
He attended school in Norfolk, from the age of six to fifteen years, and
then went into his father's establishment, carriage business, as bookkeeper,
where he remained six years. In 1880, with his father and R. W.
Whitehurst, he went into business, under the firm name and style of
Wrenn, Whitehurst & Co., having factory, foundry and salesrooms for
the manufacture and sale of plows, presses, planters, and all agricultural
implements, his father still continuing his carriage business separately.
In 1885 became a member of the firm of A. Wrenn & Son, in which business
he still continues, with C. O. Wrenn in partnership, the firm name
remaining A. Wrenn & Son. This business was established in 1852, and
the firm carries on the largest factory in the South, manufacturing carriages,
buggies, road carts, harness and conveyances of every description.
