Carroll-Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Odell, James (Jr.) 1810 - 1891
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JAMES ODELL, JR.

   James Odell, Jr., was born in Wayne county, Indiana, September 10, 1810, and
with his father, James Odell, Sr., and family, came to this locality in the
spring of 1825. He was married to Sarah Hatfield, a daughter of Wheatly
Hatfield, July 7, 1836, and to this union were born seven children, as follow:
William, the eldest, died in infancy; John C.; Elisha; Cyrus; James D.; Martha,
who died in infancy; Sarah J. and Frank P. Sarah J. died in 1871. James D. died
on September 30, 1911. Frank P. died on May 13, 1915. Mrs. Sarah Odell died on
October 17, 1876.

   James Odell, Jr., lived on his farm forty-six years. He taught several terms
of school in a log school house when a young man. He was one of the early
sherriffs of the county in 1834 and county commissioner in 1845 and 1853. He
represented the county in the Legislature in 1848 and was state senator from
Carroll and Clinton counties in 1858. In 1870 he was elected clerk of the
Carroll circuit court, and served two terms. He was one of the founders of the
Old Settler's Society and one of the directors of the Chicago Airline Railway
Company. He took an active interest in promoting agriculture in county fairs and
educational matters. He was administrator of many estates and guardian of many
orphan children. He died on June 4, 1891, survived by five sons.


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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.


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