William Allen Odell of Greenland, N.H. Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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   WILLIAM ALLEN ODELL, a well known and respected citizen
of the town of Greenland, owner of a good farm of 100 acres, was born
in this town, April 20, 1859, a son of George W. and Elizabeth (Libby)
Odell. The father of our subject was a native of Hampton, N. H., and
son of Dr. George Odell, in his day a well known physician. Mrs. Eliza-
beth Odell was a daughter of Storer Libby, and was born in Scarboro,
Me. The father, George W. Odell, was in early life a speculator, and in
later years a farmer. He and his wife are both now deceased and are
buried in Greenland. They had three children: George E., of Green-
land; Samuel T., who is employed in the navy yard at Portsmouth;
and William Allen, whose name appears at the head of this sketch.
   William Allen Odell acquired his education in the common schools,
after which he took up farm work, in which he has since been engaged.
He has resided in the town of Greenland all his life up to the present
time, and in addition to owning the farm of 100 acres above mentioned,
he leases other land for his operations, employing usually about eight
hands. He is a Republican in politics and is now serving as selectman
and as fire warden of the town.
   Mr. Odell was married in 1893 to Catherine Pickering, a native of
Greenland, N. H., and daughter of William J. and Josephine (Holt)
Pickering. Her father, a native of this town, was a farmer, while her
mother was from Georgia. Their children were: Mary E.; Lucy, who
died when seventeen years of age; Josephine, widow of the late Frank
J. Scammon; Catherine, wife of the subject of this sketch, and Edwin.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell have two children, Dorothy Lancaster, who is a
student at Mt. Holyoke College, and Elizabeth P. The family attend
the Congregational Church. They are thrifty and prosperous people
and have a wide circle of friends in this town and the vicinity.