Putnam County FlArchives Biographies.....Odom, Alex H. January 19, 1875 - 
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Source: Vol. II, pg.366    The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present

       ODOM, ALEX HUGH. During a period of about twenty years ALEX HUGH ODOM 
has been engaged in the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar of 
Georgia in 1902 and building up a reputation at Jacksonville, Florida, prior to 
his locating permanently at Palatka in 1908. Here he has been successful in the 
acquirement of a large and lucrative clientele, attracted by his sound ability, 
great industry and fidelity to the interests of his clients, and has also 
established himself thoroughly in the confidence of his fellow members of the 
profession.
	Mr. Odom was born in what is now Toombs County, Georgia, January 19, 
1875, and is a son of JAMES H. and SARAH JANE (McNATT) ODOM, natives of the 
same section of Georgia as that in which occurred the birth of their son. They 
were reared and married and spent their entire lives there, the father passing 
away in May, 1911, at the age of sixty-nine years. A portion of his life was 
devoted to the pursuit of agriculture, and for twenty years prior to his death 
he was also a dealer in naval stores. For four years he served as a soldier of 
the Confederacy during the war between the states, being a private in a Georgia 
volunteer infantry regiment. His widow, who survives him, now makes her home 
near Lyons, Georgia. In their family there were three sons and four daughters, 
one child dying at the age of eleven months. Two of the children now reside in 
Florida : PATRICK H., a resident of Jacksonville; and ALEX HUGH, of this review.
	ALEX HUGH ODOM remained at the place of his birth until he left home to 
attend school, supplementing his early education by a course at Emory College, 
where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts as a member of the graduating 
class of 1899. Two years later the same institution conferred upon him the 
degree of Master of Arts. He attended Mercer University for his law course, and 
was graduated as a Bachelor of Laws in 1902, at which time he entered upon the 
practice of his profession at Lyons, Georgia, and in August, 1904, removed to 
Jacksonville. He remained there until 1908, when he located at Palatka, where 
he has since been engaged in general practice and has been accorded a large and 
distinctly representative clientage, indicative of the trust reposed in him by 
the public and its appreciation of his ability. Mr. Odom presents his cases 
fairly, is strong in argument and logical in his deductions, and in his every-
day practice recognizes and observes the highest ethics of professional 
actions. Both he and his brother, Patrick, are owners of farms in Georgia.
	Mr. Odom is a democrat, but takes only a good citizen's interest in 
politics, and has never sought nor desired office. He belongs to the Sigma Nu 
college fraternity and to the Knights of Pythias, and in Masonry has attained 
to high rank, having taken the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rite 
bodies up to and including the thirty-second degree in the latter, and he is 
also a member of Morroco Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He also has several business 
and civic connections. The rules that further govern his conduct and shape his 
life are found in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he is a 
devout member.

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