Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[Obituary of Elizabeth H. (Sellers) Odom
   abt 1848-Dec 1890]

The Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Friday, January 2, 1891 edition

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"Death’s Sad Work"
A Fatal Epidemic visits Our Town and Killed Nearly All it Attacked. Christmas 
Week a Week of Gloom and Sadness Many Homes Mourn the Death of a Loved One. The 
Saddest Chapter Ever Recorded in the History of the Town.

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Mrs. Odom, wife of Mr. F. B. Odom, of Ward Prairie
Mrs. Whitaker, wife of Mr. Henry Whitaker, of Stewards Mill. 
Also infant of Mrs. Whitaker. Mrs. W. was a sister of Mrs. Odom.
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