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Harry O'dell

Male Abt 1875 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Harry O'dell 
    Born Abt 1875  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I38100  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 24 May 2005 

    Father Cicero Hannigan O'dell,   b. Abt 1844, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Minerva Jenette Flesher,   b. 12 Mar 1836, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [2
    Notes 

    • 1870 Illinois Richland - Noble
      Odell, Cisero 26
      Genett 31
      Lizzie 2
      Hanigan 5/12 Jan
      Sargent, Lucy 10
      Georgia S 6

      1880 Missouri, Pettis Co
      Odell, CH 33 Ind Ind Ind
      Jetti 38 Va VA OH
      Georgia 16 Va VA Va
      Lizzie 11 Ill Ind Va
      Hanigan 9 Ill Ind Va
      Annie 6 Ill Ind Va
      Harry 5 Ill Ind Va
      Edith 2 Mo Ind Va

      From Suzanne Sheppard, eternal_dancer@earthlink.net:

      Cicero Hannigan 'Hal' O'Dell

      b. either 25 Jul 1845 or 1846 in Indiana

      d. 10 Sep 1915 in Yountville, CA and buried in the Veterans Hospital Cemetery. His monument is in Sebastopol, CA with Jetti.

      Married to Minerva Jeanette 'Jetti' Flesher b. 12 Mar 1836 in Jackson Co. WV

      d. in Sebastopol, CA

      (Jetti was a schoolteacher between marriages. Married women were not allowed to teach. This is where she met Hal. He came to her class to learn how to read and write. Hal and Jetti brought their children to CA by train.)

      Children from marriage of Hal and Jetti:

      Elizabeth O'Dell, b. abt 1870, buried in Woodland, CA
      m. William Nichol from Scotland

      Hannigan O'Dell b. abt 1872

      Annabelle O'Dell b. abt 1874
      m. James Richardson (He was the Postmaster General of San Francisco, CA, and was in the 1906 earthquake with Anna. He saved the sewing machine. He came to California by wagon train. The entire train got very ill with the flu. Some were dying. He was found by an Indian tribe and nursed back to health.)

      Harry O'Dell b. abt 1876, m. Lurcy, d. in Sacramento, CA

      Edith Victoria O'Dell b. 28 Oct 1878 in Sedalia MO, d. Sept 1968 in Sacramento, CA

      John Wesley O'Dell b. abt 1883

      After Jetti died, Hal married 18 May 1910 to Emma Sparks Griggs b. Feb 1843 in Quincy Adams, Illinois, d. 11 Apr 1918 in Woodland, Yolo Co, CA
      No children from Hal and Emma

      Jetti was previously married to George R. Sargent in the Eastern US
      Children of Jetti and George:
      Lucy Sargent b. abt 1863 m. Marlin
      Georgia Sargent b. abt 1861 m. Daly
    Family ID F11010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S426] Suzanne Sheppard eternal_dancer@earthlink.net.