John Owen Odum

Brief Life History of John Owen

When John Owen Odum was born in 1811, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Jacob Odom, was 42 and his mother, Nancy Stubbs, was 41. He married Elizabeth Jane Jordan about 1831. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Douglass, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 3, Angelina, Texas, United States in 1900. He died about June 1880, in Nacogdoches, Province of Texas, Mexico, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

John Owen Odum
1811–1880
Elizabeth Jane Jordan
1816–about 1875
Marriage: about 1831
Elizabeth Jane Odum
1833–1934
Elizabeth Odum
1834–1900
Miss Odum
about 1836–
Henry Jefferson Odum
1847–1900
John Wesley Odum
1834–1903
James Talley Odum
1837–1912
Lusallie Odum
1842–1934
William Madison " Buck" ODUM
1844–1904
Joab Abner Evans Odum
1853–1941

Sources (12)

  • J. O. Odum, "United States Census, 1880"
  • J O Odam, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • John Odam in entry for Sally Mckee, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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World Events (8)

1812

Louisiana is the 18th state.

1822 · Slave Rebellion

"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."

1830

Rebellion drives Guerrero from presidency. Immigration to Texas from United States prohibited but not enforced.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Odom . This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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