William Christopher Odom

Brief Life History of William Christopher

When William Christopher Odom was born on 12 May 1832, in Auburntown, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Odom Sr, was 22 and his mother, Mary Higgins, was 17. He married Charlotte Blane Magness on 3 October 1854, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cannon, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 2 November 1896, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Dowelltown, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States.

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William Christopher Odom
1832–1896
Charlotte Blane Magness
1836–1907
Marriage: 3 October 1854
Samantha Odom
1855–1928
William Hall Odom
1857–1936
Samuel Edgar Odom
1859–1934
John Thaddeus Odom
1860–1903
Mary Elizabeth Odom
1863–1931
Adell Odom
1867–1891
Bailey Peyton Odom
1872–1945
Clide Odom
1874–1891
Robert Lee Odom
1876–1959
Buford P Odom
1881–1900

Sources (13)

  • Corn C Adom in household of Ray F Adom, "United States Census, 1850"
  • William Odene, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • William C. Odom in entry for Samuel Edward Odom, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

from Middle English othom, odam (Old English āthum, ādam) ‘son-in-law’ or ‘brother-in-law’.

habitational name from Odam in Highampton or from Odam Barton in Romansleigh (both Devon). The placenames probably derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.

English:

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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