Biographies from The History of Columbia County,
Wisconsin, 1880 


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From The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880,
publ. by Western Historical Company, Chicago, Page 993

CHARLES E. ODELL, furniture dealer, Lodi; was born in
Ohio, April 1827; his father, William ODELL, was a
native of the State of Vermont, born Feb. 9, 1793; he
was a volunteer soldier in the war of 1812; he removed
from Ohio to Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1837, and to Dane
Co., in 1849; he settled in the town of West Point,
Columbia Co., September 1855; he died August 1879; his
wife died in Waukesha Co., in 1847.  Mr. Charles E.
ODELL was engaged in farming in West Point Township
for about twelve years, residing on Sec. 27; he came
to Lodi in October 1867, and engaged in his present
business in February following.  He was married to
Miss E. F. BURNETT, of Ohio; they have two children -
Edna (now Mrs. George H. SIMONS), and Edgar.

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L. H. PALMER, Lodi; was born in Binghamton, N.Y., in
1809; his father was a Presbyterian minister and when
a young man was engaged as a missionary among the
Indians, and elsewhere in the State of New York; he
preached for several years at Binghamton; afterward
removed to what is now Fulton Co., N.Y.; he died about
1850.  Judge PALMER came to Madison from Fulton Co.,
N.Y., in 1837, where he lived till the spring of 1846,
when he came to Lodi and settled on 40 acres of land
in Sec. 27, which he had entered the previous
February; in March and April of that year he entered
more land in this section; on this land  is located
the present village of Lodi.  He was married in 1836
to Miss Ann THOMPSON of Fulton Co., N.Y.; they have
had ten children, eight of whom are living - Elizabeth
(now Mrs. John SLIGHTAM), Sarah J. (now Mrs. Edward
ANDREWS); Mary; Julia (now Mrs. Addison EATON); Helen;
Clara (now Mrs. C. CLEMENS); Hattie, and Herbert; has
lost two sons - Henry and Edward.  At the organization
of Dane Co. Mr. PALMER was appointed Probate Judge; he
was elected to the Legislature in 1842, and served
several years.  Judge PALMER has always been actively
engaged in business, and by industry and economy has
accumulated a fine property; he is a worthy
representative of the pioneers of Columbia County.

JOSEPH E. PARKE, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lodi, was born
in Pennsylvania in 1821; his parents removed to
Chenango Co., N.Y., when he was about 3 years of age,
where he lived till 1845, when he removed to Michigan;
in the spring of 1846, removed to Illinois; he came to
Wisconsin in November 1851, and settled in the town of
Dekorra, Columbia Co., where he lived about three
years, thence to the town of Lodi; in 1856 he removed
to Winona Co., Minn.; returned to the town of Lodi in
1863; settled where he now lives Sept. 25, 1877.  He
was married to Marianna KINGSLEY, daughter of Darius
KINGSLEY, who came to Lodi and settled on the farm
where Mr. PARKE now lives, in May, 1856; Mr. KINGSLEY
died in 1878; Mrs. KINGSLEY died Oct. 6, 1875.  Mr.
PARKE has two children - Emily M., now Mrs. Walter
LAMENT, of Dane Co., and Harry J.; has lost two
children - Elizabeth and Henry D.; when the parents of
Mrs. PARK came to Lodi they had nine children, all but
one of whom arrived at the age of maturity; of these
nine children, only Mrs. PARKE and Mrs. Sarah A. PRATT
are now living; farm contains 140 acres.  Mr. PARKE
has a farm of 110 acres in Secs. 29 and 32.

S. DANFORD PRATT, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Lodi; was born
in the town of Long Meadow, Hampden Co., Mass., in
1822; when he was 10 years of age, his parents removed
to Onondaga Co., N.Y. he removed with his parents to
McHenry Co., Ill., in 1843, where he was married,
December 1845, to Miss Sarah A. KINGSLEY, daughter of
Darius KINGSLEY; they came to Columbia Co. in January
1849, and settled in the town of Dekorra, where they
lived till 1853, when they removed to the town of
Lodi, and settled on Sec. 25; bought present farm in
the spring of 1856; has two children - Wolcott, who
married Miss E. WALKER (they have one child - Danford
W.); Noah D., married Ada M. THOMSOPN (they have two
children - George S. and Lettie M.)  Mr. PRATT's farm
contains 290 acres.

JOEL M. PRUYN, merchant, Lodi; son of Joel PRUYN, born
in Herkimer Co., N.Y., March 28, 1843; he came to the
town of Lodi, with his father, in August 1858.  He was
married in 1864 to Miss Sarah L. RICHMOND, daughter of
Anson RICHMOND; born in Columbia Co., N.Y. in October
1843; her parents came to the town of West Point in
April 1855; her father died in the summer of 1856; her
mother lives with Mr. PRUYN.  Mr. PRUYN engaged in the
butchering business with his father in Lodi in 1868,
which he continued until Jan. 1, 1879; engaged in the
grocery business, March 1880.  Mr. PRUYN has had three
children, only one of whom is living - Howard born
September 1865; lost one son and daughter in infancy.

GABRIEL REEDAL, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Lodi; was born
in Michigan in 1833; his parents were natives of
England; they emigrated to New York in October 1831;
thence to Michigan in May 1832, and to Illinois in
1837; they came to Columbia Co. from Illinois, in
November 1849; his father died Sept. 22, 1863, in the
7tth year of his age.  Gabriel REEDAL was married to
Miss Ellen A. MARSH, daughter of George MARSH, of
Portage; they have three children - Mattie, Henry and
Laura.

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