George E. Odell Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH From: Ranee Egee - raneeegee@hotmail.com Surname: ODELL Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 943 GEORGE E. ODELL, who, in association with his brother, Samuel T. Odell, owns seventy-five acres of good farm land, forty-five of which are situated in Greenland and thirty in Stratham, was born in Greenland, Rockingham county, N. h., September 6, 1857. His father was George Washington Lafayette Odell, and his mother before her marriage was Elizabeth Libby, born in Scarborough, Me., a daughter of Storer Libby. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Dr. George Odell, who owned the farm now owned and operatedby the Odell brothers, and which is known as the George Odell Farm. George W. L. Odell, the father, was in early life a speculator and later a farmer. Their children were: George E., whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Sam- uel T., who is employed in the navy yard at Portsmouth, and William Allen. George E. Odell was educated in the common schools and subse- quently took up farming on the farm he now owns in connection with his brother and they are carrying on the business very successfully. They keep fifteen head of cattle. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Grange and the Junior Order of American mechanics. Mr. Odell was married October 7, 1913, to Mrs. Alice Barnaby, widow of Trueman Barnaby, her parents being from Nova Scotia. By her first marriage she had nine children. The family attend the Con- gregational Church, and are numbered among the prosperous agricul- tural people of this section. ************************************************************************ * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.