Carroll-Wayne-Tippecanoe County IN Archives Biographies.....Odell, James (Sr.) 1765 - 1845 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 17, 2006, 7:07 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JAMES ODELL, SR. James Odell, Sr., was born in South Carolina, March 10, 1765. The grandfather of James Odell, Sr., was Thomas Odell, who came from Scotland to America and settled in South Carolina, in the year 1600. The children of Thomas Odell were James, John, Eli, Ruth, Martha and Sarah Odell. James Odell, Sr., the subject of this sketch, was a son of John Odell, a son of Thomas Odell. Ruth Odell, a daughter of John Odell, and sister of James Odell, Sr., married Moses Hendrix, in South Carolina. Sarah and Martha Odell, sisters of the subject of this sketch, married two brothers, named Whitney. There is no record of the sons James and Eli. Tradition has it that some of the members of the family of Thomas Odell emigrated north, probably to New York. There is no record that any of the married daughters of Thomas Odell ever left the state of South Carolina. James Odell, Sr., was married twice in the state of South Carolina. His first wife was Charlotta Rogers and to this union one child, a daughter, Charlotta, was born on September 25, 1789. His wife died after two years of married life. He was married to his second wife, Sarah Martindale. To this union were born eleven children, the date and place of birth being as follow: Elizabeth, born in South Carolina, January 2, 1797; Martha, born in South Carolina, January 23, 1798; John, born in South Carolina, April 22, 1799; Mary, born in South Carolina, December 22, 1800; William H., born in South Carolina, March 19, 1802; Anna, born in Ohio, September 25, 1804; Ruth, born in Ohio, December 20, 1806; Sarah, born in Indiana, December 28, 1808; James, Jr., born in Indiana, September 10, 1810; Elisha, born in Indiana, January 26, 1813; Eleanor, born in Indiana, December 25, 1817. James Odell, Sr., moved from South Carolina, in 1802, to Ohio, and from there to Wayne county, Indiana, in 1807. He lived on a farm near Richmond and from there he moved to the Wea Plains, near Lafayette, in 1824, and raised a corn crop. The next spring he moved up to this territory, locating on land two miles east of Delphi. His family and married children all came with him. He entered a number of tracts of land here. Charlotta, a daughter of his first wife married John Doane, in Wayne county, December 28, 1809, and with her husband went to South Bend to live. Elizabeth married B. D. Angel, in Wayne county, September 16, 1815. Martha married John Gibson, in Wayne county, January 1, 1818. John married Sarah Holman, in Wayne county, in March, 1820. Ruth married John Carey, in Wayne county, August 26, 1824. Anna married Aaron Wiles, in Wayne county, January 9, 1825. All of these married children became settlers of this county. James Odell, Jr., was married in this county, July 7, 1836. Eleanor married Isaac Jackson, in this county, September 23, 1841. The wife of James Odell, Sr., died on May 20, 1827. His son-in-law, B. D. Angel, died on September 16, 1825. After these two deaths Mr. Odell moved into the Angel home with his unmarried children and the two families lived together many years. His son, Elisha, died on June 20, 1834. His daughter, Anna (Odell) Milles, died on December 13, 1825. Elizabeth (Odell) Angel died on November 23, 1840. Mr. Odell's, son-in-law, John Carey, went to the territory of Oregon in 1848. John Gibson died in Wayne county, Indiana. John Doane died in Illinois, also his wife, Charlotta, who died on December 28, 1869. John Odell, in 1851, moved to Oregon territory, where he died on March 20, 1869. Ruth (Odell) Carey died in 1873, in Oregon. Martha (Odell) Gibson died in Carroll county in 1863. James Odell, Jr., died in Delphi, June 4, 1891. Eleanor (Odell) Jackson died on July 31, 1894. James Odell, Sr., died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Jackson, April 17, 1845. James Odell, Sr., while a young man, entered the service of his state in the War of the Revolution. He was a typical pioneer, a man of large physique and a natural-born leader of men. Among the host of descendants not one has been a confirmed drunkard. His remains were interred on the farm that B. D. Angel entered from the government. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana CHAPTER IX. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/odell44nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb