ODELL, Solomon (1828-1905)

ODELL

Posted By: Don Boucher (email)
Date: 2/28/2013 at 15:06:09

Obituary from The Winterset Madisonian newspaper, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, USA on 2-9-1905:

Solomon Odell was born in Crawford co., Ohio, May 19, 1828 and died at his home at East Peru Sunday, February 5, 1905. The cause of his death was pneumonia.

Mr. Odell was married to Miss Frances Caskey November 21, 1850 and to this union were born eleven children. He with his wife came to Madison co. in 1854 remaining but a short time, then removed to Adams co., lowa, returning to this county in 1861, settling on a farm in section 14, Scott township.

His wife died in 1879 and some time later he was married to Anna Allcock, who with four children by the first marriage survive him. The funeral services were held Monday and interment made in Winterset cemetery.