Jean,
Here is a biography of George W. Odell, son of John W. Odell. More than
likely John Odell is buried in either Wheeler's Grove or Sugar Grove
cemeteries in Jackson Township. You can contact the Tippecanoe County
Genealogical Society, a.k.a. TIPCOA, and they may be able to tell you where
the family is buried. Their email address is: library(a)tcha.mus.in.us
Adina
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GEORGE W. O'DELL, of O'Dell's Corners, one of the prominent and enterprising
men of Tippecanoe County, resides on section 2, Jackson Township, where he
is engaged in farming and stock raising. He is a native of this county, born
in the township where he now resides, October 14, 1834, a son of JOHN W. and
SUSANNAH (BEASLEY) O'DELL, and a grandson of NATHANIEL BEASLEY.
The father, who is now deceased, was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, July
19, 1789. He came to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1831, and was one of the
old and honored pioneers of the county, and here he bought some 200 or 300
acres of land, besides entering 800 acres of land from the Government. He
was a soldier in the war of 1812, and also participated in the Black Hawk
war in 1832. To him and his wife were born fourteen children, thirteen
reaching maturity, their names as follows: NATHANIEL B.; SARAH A.; JEROME
B.; GRACE C.; TELEMACHUS; ALFRED C.; JOHN W.; GREENLEAF N.; SUSANNAH C.; and
MILLA A. All are now deceased with the exception of SUSANNAH, who is now the
wife of JOHN GILMOUR, living near Lawrence, Kansas, and GEORGE W., the
subject of this sketch.
GEORGE W. was reared to agricultural pursuits, his father being a farmer,
and his education was received in the common schools of his neighborhood,
and at Asbury University, at Greencastle, Indiana. He was united in marriage
October 4, 1860, to MISS LETTY GILBERT, a daughter of JOHN GILBERT, one of
the early settlers of Tippecanoe County, now deceased, who came here from
Brown County, Ohio, in the year 1831. Of the eleven children born to this
union nine are yet living--HELEN C.; THOMAS A.; T. EUGENE; L. MAGGIE; EDA
S.; CHARLES C.; MARY B.; GEORGIANA G. and JEANNETTE E. MR. O'DELL has met
with success in his agricultural pursuits and is now the owner of over 300
acres of valuable land. He and his family are Methodists in their religious
faith, and are among the most respected citizens of Jackson Township.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1888,
pg. 690