ODOM, Isaac, (Palmetto State) then St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
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The prominent and much esteemed citizen, Isaac Odom, farmer, Grangerville,
La., now residing eighteen miles southwest of Greensburg, was originally
from the Palmetto state, born December, 1824.  He is a son of Thomas and
Mercy (Doughty) Odom, and the grandson of Jacob Odom, of North Carolina.
His maternal grandfather, Levy Doughty, was a native of South Carolina.
The parents were born in North Carolina and South Carolina and were of
Irish and English descent respectively.  Their family consisted of eleven
children of whom Isaac Odom was the sixth son and seventh child.  The
latter was educated in the common schools of South Carolina and followed
farming in that state until 1848, when he moved to Louisiana, settling in
East Feliciana parish.  He was married in South Carolina in 1847 to Miss
Zylphia E. Stanley, a native of Alabama, and the daughter of James Stanley,
of South Carolina.  The latter was a descendant of the Stanleys who fled to
this country and settled in the Palmetto state after the fall of the
Cavaliers and the predominance of Cromwell of England.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Odom wore born twelve children, eight of whom lived to be grown:  Joseph B.
(deceased);  James M.;  Benjamin E. (deceased);  Isaac L.;  Preston P.
(deceased);  William H. H.;  Cebelle E. (deceased);  Ella C. (deceased) ;
Thomas B.;  Adella, and two infants died unnamed.  In 1849 Mr. Odom moved
from East Feliciana parish, La., to St. Helena parish and settled on his
present property, where he has since remained.  Mrs. Odom, who was an
exemplary member of the Baptist church, died on the 12th of December, 1890.
 She was born March 15,1829.  Mr. Odom has been a member of the Masonic
fraternity since 1860 and is a master Mason.  He is a member of the Baptist
church as are three of the children.  Mr. Odom owns about 1,000 acres of
land and has about 150 acres under cultivation.  He is a public-spirited
citizen and is a patron of education and all worthy enterprises.  His son,
Isaac L., was educated in St. Helena parish and is now engaged in farming
and merchandising there.  He also conducts the postoffice at the store
known as Dennis' Mills, and is a wide-awake and enterprising young man.
Mr. Odom's daughter, Adella, graduated at Gillsburg college, Mississippi,
in June, 1885, and his son,  Thomas B., who also attended the same school,
is now located in Livingston parish and is practicing medicine at Clio.
The remainder of the children all have good English educations and reside
in Louisiana.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 289-290.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.