Mary Odell Genealogy

Record modified: 2008-05-31
This is my direct ancestor 4 generations back.

 / Philander Odell
 / Clark Odell|
|  \ Sarah Bacon
Mary Odell |
|  / John Nichols
 \ Mary Nichols |
 \ Elizabeth Bibler

Born: 1851-12-16 Ohio USA
Died: 1877-07-11 New Market, Taylor Co, Iowa USA
Marriages:
1. 1867-08-12 James B Roberts
Children of Mary Odell and James Roberts:
Lester Roberts
Oren Bell Roberts b. 1869-06-09
*Olla Orene Roberts b. 1871-06-10
Roy Roberts b. 1874-00-00 d. 1923-11-02

Notes:

On Ambrose Roberts' will, there is a list of nephew,nieces,grand-nephews, etc. Pencilled above each group of names is another name, presumably the parents, Ambrose's siblings. Above the group of Orem, Roy, and Olla's children is pencilled "Mary Roberts". The other female sibling names are listed with their married surname, which matches the nephews/nieces. I'm guessing that J.B. Roberts was dead before Ambrose, but the other siblings were not, and the pencilled name is the contact point for the inheritors.

The Odell name was found in many places among the genealogy files of the Zentz relatives.

Taylor County, IA census records show the ODell family. 1880 has Ollie, Oren, and Leroy as grandchildren of Clark ODell. They are shown born in IA; parents born in IL and OH.

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from Hazelton:

Iowa Southwest, Bedford IA 1877-08-11
Mary O'Dell Roberts - DIED - On the 11th of July, 1877, in Mason township, Taylor County, Iowa, Mary
Roberts wife of J.B. Roberts, of consumption, aged 25 years, 7 months, and 15 days.

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1870 census Taylor Co IA p5
A B Roberts 60 NY
Lamira 58 NY
J B 29 IL
Mary 18 OH
Oren B 1 IA

[It looks like Mary and James lived with his father for a while after marriage.]

1860 census Taylor Co IA p23
Clark Odell 31 OH
Mary 27 OH
Mary 8 OH
Anazella 6 OH
Warren 4 IN
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